Command Education
Meet Our

CHRISTOPHER RIM
Founder & CEO
Christopher Rim is the founder and CEO of Command Education, a premier education and admissions consultancy based in New York City and Miami.
Prior to founding Command Education in 2015, Christopher Rim worked on building inspirED at Facebook in partnership with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Christopher has served on multiple advisory boards including Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and panels such as the Emotion Revolution at Yale, HackHarassment by Intel, and World Internet Conference in Shanghai. He is frequently featured in education-related TV segments and articles including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, New York Post, and FOX, as well as international media such as the Hong Kong Economic Journal and South China Morning Post. He is also a Senior Contributor for Forbes, where he writes about emotionally intelligent leadership and education.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Yale University, using his research to develop his EQ-driven, near-peer mentoring approach. As the founder of Command Education, Christopher has been recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30. He received President Obama’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was named to Luce’s Young Global Leaders and People Magazine’s “Heroes Among Us.”

CHRISTOPHER RIM
Founder & CEO
Christopher Rim is the founder and CEO of Command Education, a premier education and admissions consultancy headquartered in NYC.
Prior to founding Command Education in 2015, Christopher Rim worked on building inspirED at Facebook in partnership with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Christopher has served on multiple advisory boards including Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and panels such as the Emotion Revolution at Yale, HackHarassment by Intel, and World Internet Conference in Shanghai. He is frequently featured in education-related TV segments and articles including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, New York Post, and FOX, as well as international media such as the Hong Kong Economic Journal and South China Morning Post. He is also a Senior Contributor for Forbes, where he writes about emotionally intelligent leadership and education.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Yale University, using his research to develop his EQ-driven, near-peer mentoring approach. As the founder of Command Education, Christopher has been recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30. He received President Obama’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was named to Luce’s Young Global Leaders and People Magazine’s “Heroes Among Us.”

ROBERTA SEILER
Managing Partner & COO

ALI MANTELL
VP of Enrollment

Grace Lee
Managing Director
Our team has a track record of
All of our counselors are trained in SEL (Social & Emotional Learning) and are recent graduates of Ivy League schools and other elite institutions including Stanford University and NYU. We pride ourselves on our ability to match each student with the perfect counselor based on the counselor’s expertise, shared interests, and background. Knowing that their counselors recently succeeded in the college admissions process gives our students confidence that we understand the current landscape and can help them focus on what really matters.
Mentoring & Tutoring Team

Chris Rim
Founder & CEO

Grace Lee
Managing Director

Jane Pritchard
VP of Mentorship Support

Josiah Jordan
VP of Mentorship Strategy

Aaron
Director of Tutoring

Ian
Director of Mentoring

Ibrahim
Director of Mentoring

Jesse
Director of Mentoring

Arthur
Senior Tutor

Charlotte
Senior Mentor

Dagan
Senior Mentor

Ellen
Senior Mentor

Erin
Senior Mentor

Ethan
Senior Mentor

Fatima
Senior Tutor

Giovanni
Senior Tutor

Kailee
Senior Tutor

Kelly
Senior Mentor

Kyle
Senior Tutor

JEN
Senior Mentor

Jin
Senior Tutor

Josh
Senior Mentor

Lindsay
Senior Mentor

Lauren
Senior Mentor

Michael
Senior Mentor

Min
Senior Mentor

Sam
Senior Mentor

Srinija
Senior Tutor

Vincent
Senior Mentor

Yibiao
Senior Mentor

ALI MANTELL
VP of Enrollment

Sean Kelly
Director of Enrollment

Jessica Chidiac
Enrollment Manager

ROBERTA SEILER
Managing Partner & COO

Shalane Hutchins
Senior Director of Digital Marketing

Nikita Khara
Director of Human Resources

Anaïs
Marketing Coordinator

Ashley
Senior Designer

Dennesha
Senior Operations Manager

Emily
Content Strategist

Haydn
Social Media Manager

Katy
Brand Designer

Nicholas
Research & Data Coordinator

Raegan
Visual Designer