JCC Appoints Paul Keller as Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services

Jefferson Community College (JCC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul D. Keller to the position of Associate Vice President (AVP) of Enrollment Services. His appointment as AVP of Enrollment Services took effect on July 15, 2024.

Keller, formerly of Pittsford, NY, comes to Jefferson with 26 years of experience in education leadership including roles in student affairs and enrollment management, among others. He hails from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where he served as Director of International Enrollment and Interim Director of Graduate Enrollment. At RIT, Keller provided leadership and direction to a team of 20 members responsible for enrolling graduate students in over 100 graduate programs. He served on a leadership team for the Enrollment Management Division, led efforts to roll out new departments, improved application review processes, and built agreements with more than 50 student recruitment consultants. These initiatives resulted in a new pool of over 200 international student enrollments per year. Prior to his tenure at RIT, Keller spent over a decade at Wayland Academy, serving first as Dean of Students, then as Dean of Enrollment and Financial Aid, and finally Assistant Head of School. Additionally, Keller is a board member of Marvelwood School, a college preparatory private boarding school located in Kent, CT.   

Keller possesses a diverse skill set, including teaching economics, statistics, and mathematics, as well as expertise in student recruitment, strategic planning and implementation, and marketing. Beyond academics, Keller has coached baseball and basketball.   

As AVP of Enrollment Services at Jefferson, Keller will oversee admissions, financial services, student records, workforce solutions, and the public information office as well as the EDGE concurrent enrollment program. 

Keller holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Economics from the New York University Stern School of Business and a Master’s in Education in School Leadership from Columbia University. 

“The College is pleased to welcome Paul Keller as our new Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services,” says Jerilyn E. Fairman, Provost, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. “With over two decades of leadership experience in education, much of it focused within Enrollment Services, Paul brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our team. We look forward to working with him.”