About Jessie

Jessie Peck Martin, MEd, is the founder of CompassU Educational Consulting, LLC, dba "Elevated Admissions." She launched her business in 2014 with 25 years of experience in classrooms, in educational publishing, and in youth advocacy. Jessie visits an average of twenty colleges and schools annually. She also meets with admissions officers and colleagues and attends national conventions to stay up-to-date on the ever-shifting admissions landscape. Jessie was named a professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) in 2019, and she is also an active member of the New Jersey Association of College Admissions Counselors (NJACAC), New Jersey Independent Educational Consultant Association Regional Group (NJIECA), and the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC). Jessie earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing and a master’s degree in education from Lehigh University (go Brown and White!).

When she is not meeting with students, Jessie is less busy than she was for decades with her four children. She and her husband have launched two college graduates (University of Chicago `18, Lehigh University `19). Their daughter is currently a fourth-year medical student (Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine '25). Their younger son and daughter are in college (Lehigh University '27, Haverford College '28) after attending the same ski academy (Stratton Mountain School `22 & `24). Jessie enjoys a yoga class here and there and cares for a hyperactive German Shorthair Pointer, two geriatric horses, and one easily spooked but sweet gelding. She volunteers in northwest New Jersey and Colorado. When not coaching alpine ski racing or running his business, her husband, Dave, is an active participant in the chaos. 

About Tracy

LEAD EDITOR AND ESSAY SPECIALIST

Tracy Loughlin is a marketing, events, and project management executive with a unique background that
spans industries from fashion and beauty to technology and thought-leader conferences. Loughlin began
her career at start-up Boston Woman magazine, and followed a media career trajectory through multiple
sell-side positions at a variety of premier brands before launching her own consultancy, Tracy Loughlin,
LLC.

In addition to full-time roles at some of the top media brands of our time, including TED and TEDMED,
she has spent more than a decade as a consultant working with a broad spectrum of companies
including technology firms, event agencies, investment banks, telecoms, non-profits, and several of the
most prominent and successful consumer media brands at Condé Nast, Time Warner, Hearst Magazines
and Dennis Publishing.

In these various roles, Ms. Loughlin has developed expertise in writing proposals and marketing
materials, and formulating successful strategic alliances and partnerships in support of brand objectives.
She has managed domestic and international projects in diverse markets and has produced a
broad array of events, conferences, and business meetings. In addition to the executive producing the
nuts and bolts of various projects, she’s planned and executed the ever-evolving marketing and
promotion thereof, inclusive of custom website builds, email and newsletter development, social
campaigns, audience development strategies and ticket sales campaigns.

Ms. Loughlin has been involved in many charitable efforts over the years and was recognized with the
Maroon citation and the Ann Yao Young Alumni Memorial award by her alma mater, Colgate University,
where she served on the Alumni Corporation Board of Directors.

Ms. Loughlin currently resides in Minnesota with her rescue dog, Kita. 

About Melissa

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT and LD/ND SPECIALIST

Melissa Miller Faucher, MA, joins our Elevated Admissions team with 20 years of classroom and educational experience, informed by the unique perspective gained while parenting a child who struggles with dyslexia. After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Vermont and a Master of Arts degree in Secondary Education from NYU, Melissa began her teaching career in 2000 at the School of the Future, a New York City Public School funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where technology was incorporated into the everyday classroom. Additional teaching endeavors have included teaching mathematics at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, CT and at New Canaan Country School in New Canaan, CT. Currently, she also teachers middle school math and science at Stratton Mountain School in Stratton, VT. Melissa prides herself on applying her own experience working with kids with learning differences to her teaching and tutoring processes. 

When she isn’t chasing Oscar, her Aussiemo (Australian Cattle Dog / American Eskimo Dog) puppy, she can be found running between events for her three children who attend independent schools in New England.