Stephanie Wilkinson

Stephanie brings rare clarity when explaining how innovative data tools translate into real, day-to-day value for admission and financial aid professionals, making complex datasets and models feel accessible, trustworthy, and immediately usable. Stephanie Wilkinson is an exceptional leader whose work at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and a deep understanding of independent school enrollment needs and financial aid practice. As Senior Director of Engineering and creator of Market View, she brings rare clarity when explaining how innovative data tools translate into real, day-to-day value for admission and financial aid professionals, making complex datasets and models feel accessible, trustworthy, and immediately usable.

In preparation for our presentation at the 2025 NAIS Symposium on AI and the Future of Learning, Stephanie consistently kept our final presentation on schedule, set clear expectations, and communicated with professionalism at every step. Her ability to listen carefully, quickly iterate on ideas, and refine content so that the numbers always connected back to our school's mission was instrumental in the success of our session.

As a co-presenter, Stephanie is organized, steady under pressure, and generous in sharing credit - she is someone who elevates everyone on stage with her. Stephanie is an expert in closing the gap between quantitative insight and the qualitative narrative behind those figures, helping schools see how demographic trends, admissions-related data, and affordability metrics should shape data-informed strategy and practice.

I highly recommend Stephanie for any work involving cross-functional collaboration to help K-12 independent school leaders use data rigorously and strategically. Stephanie will be a significant asset to any team or initiative she joins, and I look forward to our next opportunity to work together in the near future! Read more

Stephanie is an extremely talented and productive developer with strong leadership and an ability to ideate, create, and ship a product lightning fast. Stephanie is an extremely talented and productive developer with strong leadership and an ability to ideate, create, and ship a product lightning fast. She's got a knack for picking up new technologies to build apps that are always well adopted. Stephanie is a true innovator with original ideas and the communication skills to share these ideas intelligently and concisely to both technical and non-technical individuals alike. As a team lead and project manager, Stephanie is able to plan, spec, and break projects down into small chunks that leverage individual team members' strengths. Stephanie is a delight to work with and is truly a valuable asset to any team bringing intelligence, compassion, and attention to detail. Read more

Stephanie brought a commitment towards designing demand-side products anchored in UX research, always striving to improve the user experience. I worked with Stephanie for over three years at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). She served as an excellent thought partner both in opportunities to improve our product in addition to puzzling through any challenges we encountered as a project team. She exemplified strong written and verbal communication skills which facilitated cross-functional collaboration and trust. Her workflow was always documented thoroughly in Notion. Stephanie brought a commitment towards designing demand-side products anchored in UX research, always striving to improve the user experience. She was an exceptional, solutions-minded colleague and I will always miss collaborating with her! Read more