Sean O'Brien

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Senior Director of University Partnerships at GradRight

Sean O'Brien is the Senior Director of University Partnerships at GradRight, where he brings a background in making higher education accessible and affordable, having founded Affordable College PBC. His experience provided insight into the potential for GradRight to help international students dramatically reduce student debt while driving strategic enrollment goals for university partners. Sean enjoys partnering with university leaders by leveraging technology and data science to increase access and affordability, facilitating a bridge between students seeking valuable education opportunities, universities aiming to attract ideal candidates, and financial institutions offering efficient lending solutions. He started his professional career as a hockey player and is still happy to be on the ice in a pick-up game as often as possible.