An associate in WittKieffer’s Professional Search Practice, Roxana Woudstra brings a wealth of experience in higher education as well as the government sector to her role. She cares deeply about the clients and candidates she supports, striving to identify exceptional individuals to align with the strategic needs of an institution. Roxana supports a range of executive searches from director and department chair to the vice presidential level.
Most recently, Roxana held the role of director of graduate admissions for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and School of Engineering at Tufts University. In this position, she was responsible for managing the marketing, recruitment, admissions and enrollment for students within more than 75 master’s, doctoral and certificate programs in 30 departments. She also held other key admissions-related roles at Tufts, and served on many strategic planning and DEI committees. At the same institution, she spent two years as an information technology business analyst on the student services technology team.
Earlier in her career, she held a position as a client service specialist with The Centech Group, a contractor of the U.S. State Department Refugee Processing Center. As a student, Roxana had summer internships with the American embassies in Bahrain and Cyprus. Roxana puts all of her diverse experiences to work in serving clients with exceptional care and quality.