Santa Clara University

Toby McChesney is the Vice Provost for Graduate Programs for Santa Clara University and has served in this role since July 2021. He oversees recruiting, marketing, branding, new program development for the graduate programs in the Leavey School of Business, School of Engineering, School of Education Counseling & Psychology, School of Law and the Jesuit School of Theology. Prior that his current role, he was Sr. Assistant Dean of Graduate Business Programs at the Leavey School of Business. He oversaw admissions, student services, and career management for three MBA programs (Evening, Executive, Online) and four Master of Science programs (Business Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, and Marketing). Helping to launch new online programs and redesigned on campus programs he led the team to increase the number of students attending the various graduate programs. He also increased the rankings for all graduate business programs. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate business communication courses.

Previously, Toby was assistant dean of graduate programs for Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University for eight years. In this role he oversaw three MBA programs, twenty Master of Science programs, helped lead several re-organizations, and increased both revenue and enrollments. Prior to GSU, Toby was at Emory University's Goizueta School of Business in Executive MBA admissions, and at American University working in undergraduate admissions. Toby has served on the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admissions Council and has spoken and presented at numerous GMAC, AACSB, AMBA, EMBA Council, MBA Roundtable and PTMBA conferences. He is currently on the Chair of the Graduate Deans Network for AJCU, Advisory Council Member for SEED Global Education, Board Member of the PTMBA Advisory Board and a Board of Directors for Veggielution (a non-profit in East San Jose). He earned his bachelor's degree from American University, a master's degree in higher education from George Washington University, and a doctorate degree in higher education.”