The GradLeaders team includes top experts in the world of student recruitment, focused on providing superior service to our school, professional association, and corporate partners.

Mark D. Quinlan 
Chief Executive Officer

Mark has nearly a decade of SaaS company experience and more than 30 years in financial services. He has demonstrated success as a CEO and president across industries and brings his entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge to the GradLeaders team.

Richard C. Rudek 
President & Chief Operating Officer

Rich has a rich background in corporate development, sales, marketing and customer service with SaaS companies (nearly a decade) and in the financial services industry (25+ years). He has a proven record of corporate growth and building customer relationships.

Darrell Dewese   
Chief Technology Officer

Darrell, a co-founder of GradLeaders, began his career within the MBA recruiting industry in 1999 as an applications developer at Resume-Link, and now has total oversight of all aspects related to product development provided by GradLeaders.

Sales & Support Teams

Nick Carney 
Director, Support Services 

Aaron Clark    
Director, Client Services

Todd Erdy
Strategic Partnerships

Bryan Furler
Strategic Partnerships

Ben Groff
Business Development Representative

Rob Hageman
Implementation Manager

Matthew Hall 
Customer Relationship Manager

Dave Hoy   
Business Intelligence Specialist

Amy King
Strategic Partnerships

Heather Krumpak
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Sean Nelms
Business Development Representative 

Mohamed Noor
Customer Support Associate

Carlina Peltier
Lead Customer Support Specialist

Ryan Pratt   
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development

Ellie Ringler 
Senior Customer Relationship Manager

Alex Salmon 
Customer Support Associate 

Rachael Thompson 
Implementation Manager

Bob Wedemeyer
Customer Support Associate

Josh Zeise
Customer Support Associate

Board of Directors

Ray DeWeese

Randy Fortener

Roger Jacobs

Jared Poland

Mark D. Quinlan, Chairman

Richard C. Rudek

Steve Swartzman