Abigail Seldin
| Abigail Seldin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Abigail Pamela Seldin January 13, 1988 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Edtech entreprenuer |
| 📆 Years active | 2008-present |
| Known for | Rhodes scholar, Luce scholar[1] |
Abigail Seldin (born January 1988) is an American edtech entrepreneur. She co-founded College Abacus while pursuing on a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University,[2] and led the sale of the edtech company to ECMC Group in 2014. Seldin was recognized as one of 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education.[3] As of 2019, she leads the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation.[4]
Education
Seldin is a child of Judith Seldin-Cohen and David Seldin.[5] She attended Phillips Academy and graduated in 2005.[6] While at Phillips Academy, she curated a gallery exhibition focused on the Pecos Pueblo at the R.S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology.[7] She then attended the University of Pennsylvania, from which she graduated in 2009 after simultaneously earning a BA and MS degree in anthropology.[8] While in college, Seldin co-curated a gallery exhibition, Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania, at the Penn Museum with Chief Robert Red Hawk Ruth and Assistant Chief Shelley DePaul of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.[6][9] She was the first undergraduate to curate a gallery exhibition at the Penn Museum.[6]
In fall 2008, Seldin won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University, where she studied for DPhil in social anthropology.[5] She completed fellowship in cultural heritage tourism at Hong Kong tourism board as a Luce scholar.[1] She left her studies at Oxford to start her edtech company, College Abacus.[2]
Career
In 2012, Seldin and her husband, Whitney Haring-Smith, co-founded College Abacus, a web tool that allowed prospective students to compare individualized financial aid packages from various American colleges and universities.[10][2] The company was named as one of CNN Money’s “Best New Money Ideas” of 2014.[8] She served as the CEO of College Abacus until it was acquired by ECMC Group in June 2014 for an undisclosed amount.[11] After the acquisition, Seldin joined ECMC Group to serve as VP of Innovation at their Washington DC office.[12] Under Seldin’s leadership, the ECMC Lab collaborated with the White House and U.S. Department of Education on open data issues and on the launch of the Obama Administration’s College Scorecard initiative.[13][14]
Seldin is a board member at The Hope Center for College, Community & Justice at Temple University.[15] In 2019, she co-founded the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation with her husband.[4]
Personal Life
Seldin met fellow Rhodes Scholar Whitney Patrick Haring-Smith in 2009 and they married in Florida in 2012.[5]
Recognition
Seldin is a designee of 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zweifler, Seth (November 6, 2014). "Two graduates selected as Luce Scholars". The Daily Pennsylvanian.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Maffeo, Lauren (November 6, 2014). "Why I turned down Silicon Valley for Washington, DC". The Next Web.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "2015: 30 under 30 - Education". Forbes.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation organizes and funds precedent-setting public interest projects within the United States".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Abigail Seldin and Whitney Haring-Smith". The New York Times. May 27, 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Snyder, Susan (November 25, 2008). "Penn scholar's road to a Rhodes scholarship". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ↑ Malinda Stafford Blustain (2018). Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. ISBN 9781496205414. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Abigail Seldin - Founder of College Abacus". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ↑ Hurdle, John (December 1, 2008). "Exhibition shows how native American tribe survived". Reuters. Archived from the original on October 6, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ↑ Grant, Rebecca (September 25, 2013). "Finance 101: College Abacus helps students figure out what schools they can afford". Venturebeat.
- ↑ Lieber, Ron. "Comparing College Costs the easy way". The New York Times.
- ↑ Greenberg, Molly (January 5, 2015). "6 of Forbes' '30 Under 30′ Education All-Stars Have DC-Area Ties". DC Inno.
- ↑ Chang, Lulu (December 20, 2015). "Abigail Seldin talks College Abacus and being a woman in tech". Digital Trends.
- ↑ Berman, Jillian (November 1, 2015). "The New Math of College Rankings". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Board". hope4college.com.
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