Team Fundraising Page of Rachel Beech

Dr. Rachel A. Beech serves as Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management at California State University, San Bernardino. Her nearly twenty-year career in higher education has centered on the structures of student transition and community building. Dr. Beech sees her work in enrollment management as critical to student access and degree attainment, positioning her to remove administrative barriers in order to establish a strong foundation for student engagement and success on campus. Prior to working at CSUSB, Dr. Beech held leadership roles in orientation, admissions, and student engagement at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. ACPA is Dr. Beech’s professional home. She is proud to serve as Director of Membership Development on the Governing Board, has held roles on convention planning teams and is a past Chair of the Commission for Admissions, Orientation, and the First Year Experience. Dr. Beech earned her Doctorate of Education in Higher and Postsecondary Education in 2011 from Arizona State University; her dissertation focusing on support of staff in their professional transitions within student affairs. She holds a M.Ed. from the same program at ASU and Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.