Meet Your Admissions Counselor

Get to know your admissions counselor — they’re here to support you through every step of your admission journey.

Ryan Killilea
Ryan Killilea
Director of Admissions
919-508-2026
rckillilea@peace.edu
Gress McGowan
Admissions Counselor
(919) 508-2022
cgmcgowan@peace.edu
Emily Ritchie
Admissions Counselor
919-508-2350
egritchie@peace.edu
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Kris Shay
Assistant Vice President of Admissions
585-353-1591
kmshay@peace.edu
Donolique Tyrell
Senior Admissions Counselor and Head Tennis Coach
919-508-2020
dtyrell@peace.edu
Jess Waddell, M.S.
Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions
919-508-2042
jowaddell@peace.edu
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Tara Whitbread
Director of Online Enrollment and Strategic Partnerships
919-508-2215
tlwhitbread@peace.edu
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Who Is My Counselor?

Below are your assigned counselors listed by NC county and state. Still not sure who to contact? Just email admissions@peace.edu or call 919-508-2214.

Kris Shay
International Students

Ryan Killilea
Recruited Student-Athletes

Lique Tyrell
Counties Inside NC: Wake, Chatham, Johnston, Randolph, Orange, Durham, Person

Outside of NC: MD, NY, NJ, PA, MI, OH, IL, MA, MO, CT, IN, DC, WI, MN, NH, WV, DE, IA, VT and Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, US Armed Forces (and any other US territories)

Gress McGowan
Counties Inside NC: Nash, Franklin, Vance, Granville, Edgecombe, Halifax, Warren, Caswell, Rockingham, Guilford, Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Surry, Yadkin, Davie, Iredell, Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Caldwell, Alexander, Catawba, Avery, Mitchell, Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford, Polk, McDowell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Clay, Graham, Cherokee, Transylvania

Outside of NC: FL, GA, TX, AL, LA, TN, KY, MI, AR

 

Emily Ritchie
Counties Inside NC: Bertie, Gates, Chowan, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Washington, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Beaufort, Martin, Pitt, Hertford, Pamlico, Craven, Lenoir, Wayne, Jones, Greene, Onslow, Carteret, Pender, New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Sampson, Duplin, Cumberland, Bladen, Robeson, Hoke, Scotland, Moore, Montgomery, Richmond, Anson, Union

Outside of NC: VA, CA, AZ, OK, WA, UT, NM, AK, NE, NV, OR, HI, KS, MT, ID, CO, ND, SD, WY

Darius Bradley
Counties Inside NC: Mecklenburg, Rowan, Gaston, Stanly, Lincoln, Cabarrus

Outside of NC: South Carolina

 

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