Derrick Christy, CFO

Mr. Christy leads the overall financial management of Collegiate Association, its financial reporting and long range strategic planning. He manages comprehensive pay per click campaigns utilizing analytical data to reach highly targeted and convertible leads. He is responsible for achieving both quantitative and qualitative lead development strategies by constant optimization and monitoring for competitive intelligence to benefit clients.

David Christy, President & CEO

Mr. Christy has extensive experience in promotional marketing within the educational space over the last 23 years. His efforts and those of his team have resulted in the placement of students yielding hundreds of millions of dollars in paid tuitions. He remains an integral part of the Collegiate Association team focusing on both planning and implementation of strategies that address the specific admission goals of each client university.

Todd Robinson, Director of Business Development

Todd graduated with a BA in both Education and Sociology. He has been in the business development arena for 20 years. Todd has been associated with education in both the public and for -profit areas for 15 of those years. His role in Collegiate Association is to develop long term relationships with Colleges and Universities in the online environment, bringing the expertise of Collegiate Association as a team to produce qualified leads for the institution.  

Zack Lidester, Webmaster

Zack works in conjunction with our Art Director creating customized websites specific to each college or universities' specific standards. He has a working knowledge of many coding languages including but not limited to HTML, XHTML, HTML5, Java, Java Script, CSS, and PHP. Along with web design, Zack also heads up the Customer Relationship Management System, creating follow up sequences that reach your perspective student within minutes not hours or days. Zack is also in charge of Search Engine Optimization; making sure that each page is fully optimized for all search engine web crawlers.

Jamie Vester, Art Director

A graduate of Ball State University, Jamie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. She brings seven years of design experience to the team with her knowledge and understanding of the design process for our clients benefit across a variety of media and industries. Working alongside the web master and the Collegiate Association team, Jamie is adept at conceptualizing strong branding strategies, establishing visual vocabularies for clients that express their unique qualities and strengths, and executing design programs.

Josh Vonhauger, Technical Advisor

Josh is proficient with hardware and software implementation. He is highly skilled in the area of telephony technology. Josh has specialized in his ability to connect prospective students in real time with admissions by utilizing the integration of API functionality in conjunction with multiple lead delivery systems for maximum performance and automation.