Our Team

CEO Joe Moore has pioneered higher education marketing and publishing businesses for more than 30 years, partnering with more than 1,000 institutions to help them meet or exceed their enrollment goals. After co-founding Carnegie Communications, he introduced digital services to higher education marketing in 1995 by launching CollegeXpress—one of the first websites designed for college-bound students. Carnegie merged with Dartlet in 2018, and now offers a complete end-to-end portfolio of innovative communications services and response-driven recruitment solutions. Joe’s leadership has motivated others to grow and succeed, and he has found great pleasure in empowering millions of students to find the right college or university.

As Chief Strategy Officer, Tyler Borders ensures Carnegie’s end-to-end products and services are continually advancing and providing unmatched value for clients. Tyler has transformed countless brands since the early 2000s, when he originated and began deploying a first-of-its-kind psychometric approach to communications. This distinctive psychology-centered and research-driven system has positively impacted audiences and teams across the country. Prior to Carnegie, Tyler found success as a creative director and as an entrepreneurial founder of five start-ups. He continues to take his expertise to industry stages nationally and to write and develop disruptive solutions in the fields of organizational psychology and brand transformation.

Meghan Dalesandro is passionate about finding innovative ways to help colleges and universities surpass their goals, making her a natural fit to oversee Carnegie’s business operations. Meghan is actively involved in sales, product implementation and management, business acquisitions and mergers, and in impacting the overall growth of the company. She is an advocate for authentic storytelling and education, and she helped launch the annual Carnegie Conference—a leading event in the education recruitment marketing circuit.

Scott Ochander is the Chief Client Solutions Officer for Carnegie. As a former Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing, Scott Ochander is regarded as an expert in reputation and enrollment strategy in higher education. Scott pioneered a consensus-building reputation and change management research model in higher education that empowered campus communities and enabled enrollment growth and reputation transformation. Scott has worked extensively in marketing and enrollment strategy, completing hundreds of strategy development projects across higher education at some of the largest and most influential institutions in the nation.

Mark Cunningham is a leading expert in recruitment services and marketing, empowering clients to communicate their brand and personality to create unmatched engagement with their audiences. With more than 20 years of experience, he is a regular presenter and speaker at industry conferences, and he manages many of Carnegie’s partnerships with various associations and organizations in the higher education space.

CFO John DiBari is an expert in structuring complicated financial transactions and has lent his expertise to solar, real estate, and public-private partnership agreements. Previously, John was CFO of Americas for Unispace, a global design build firm that led transaction finance and financial planning and analysis for Corvias Group, which creates innovative public-partnerships alongside governmental organizations. He has raised more than $2 billion to support projects benefiting municipal, state, and federal governmental organizations.

Scott Novak doesn’t just predict the future of educational marketing, he helps create it. For the last 25 years, he has been an authority on market trends in the industry, with an unrivaled ability to anticipate the marketing needs of colleges and universities across the country. Scott joined the Carnegie team in 2021 as part of the company's merger with Underscore, a dedicated Slate development and optimization company.

Alexa Poulin manages the daily operations of Carnegie’s leading-edge Digital marketing team. She understands the complexities of recruitment and enrollment marketing challenges, as a former collegiate director of marketing with more than 20 years of student-facing marketing experience. Alexa also serves as a board member of the American Marketing Association, working alongside colleagues to plan and execute AMA’s annual Higher Ed Symposium.

As the leader of account management at Carnegie, Jorie consistently brings excellence and finesse to client solutions and provides oversight across a variety of operations, communications, and business development functions. She is exceptionally well versed in managing multifaceted accounts, all while acting as a concise and encouraging liaison between the client and the project team. Her expertise has influenced start-up agencies, along with regional, national, and global brands.

In 2021, Bill brought his 25+ years of experience in consulting and software development to Carnegie as part of the company’s acquisition of mStoner, a web development agency for higher education. At mStoner, Bill worked closely with clients to form strategic partnerships to achieve measurable, deeply satisfying results through superior technology. An expert problem solver, Bill has thrived in leadership roles in consulting, start-up, and corporate environments. A highlight includes his seven years at CNA Insurance as director of application development, where he led a group of 50 employees and participated in large-scale projects that transformed the organization.

Eric Page brings a bold approach to clients’ enrollment solutions, propelled by his 15+ years of experience leading and executing cutting-edge communications and marketing strategies. He has expertise across the board, including in strategic planning, organizational dynamics, higher education enrollment and marketing, media and public relations, digital marketing, social media, website design, storytelling, and content marketing strategy. Eric previously led the admission recruitment and marketing team at the University of Iowa, where he engineered a 17% growth in enrollment over a two-year period.

As a Carnegie team member for more than a decade, Melissa Rekos manages and coordinates the forward-thinking enrollment and marketing strategies that meet each client’s unique needs and goals. Melissa has always been on the cutting-edge of digital strategy for students, co-founding an award-winning website focused on young adult and teen audiences in 1997. She is deeply invested in client success, and she enjoys traveling to campuses and enrollment-related conferences to develop relationships and partnerships that exceed expectations.

Megan is an expert on the endless possibilities of Slate and is eager to share her enthusiasm about its latest and greatest new features with clients. As a former admissions counselor, she understands the complexities of recruitment and operations in the higher education industry. She joined the Carnegie team in 2021 as part of the company’s merger with Underscore, a dedicated Slate development and optimization company.

Voltaire joined the Carnegie team in 2021 when the company acquired mStoner, a web development and technology agency for higher education that he led as CEO and Head of Client Experience. He has spent the last decade in development and alumni relations, working on print publications, alumni magazines, capital campaigns, and website launches. A natural storyteller, Voltaire enjoys teaching others how to effectively tell their brand story, empowering colleges and universities to forge transformative, memorable, and successful connections with their audiences. His expertise in information architecture, content strategy, and governance moves institutions from a project mindset to a process mindset, with powerful results.

David Viggiano has dedicated more than two decades to designing strategic communications, enrollment, and research solutions that empower colleges and universities to elevate their brands and reputations. “Vigg” is an expert at coordinating with leadership at the highest levels of institutions, and he has an unmatched ability to identify and solve the most pressing needs of organizations across the country.

Michael Dixon is a Senior Advisor in the areas of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Carnegie, providing guidance and thought leadership across the organization for DEI initiatives. He currently holds an appointment at Susquehanna University as the Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer in the Office of the President and leads the Division of Inclusive Excellence. Michael has been a higher education professional since 2004 and has functional knowledge in various student affairs areas.