Chief Enrollment Management Officer
Silvio E. Vazquez (MBA) was appointed Wheaton’s inaugural Chief Enrollment Management Officer in January 2018. In this role, Silvio provides leadership for all aspects of enrollment strategy and services, including Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions, Student Financial Services, Global Initiatives for Asia Pacific, and the residential Wheaton College Summer Institute and summer BRIDGE Pre-College Programs for high school students.
Prior to his appointment, Silvio served as Dean of Admissions at Westmont College; as an enrollment management consultant at the higher education firm Scannell & Kurz (now Ruffalo Noel Levitz); and as Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing at Gordon College, where he also held positions in Admissions; Advancement; and Alumni, Parent, and Church Relations over a period of two decades. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Silvio came to faith in Jesus Christ late in high school through the ministry of Young Life, and upon graduating from college, served on YL staff in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Silvio is a 1987 graduate of Gordon College and received his M.B.A. from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. He and his wife, Tara, are parents of three children.