College Counseling

Mr. Keeon Gregory has more than 30 years of experience as a Director of College Counseling and college admission professional, and he is known as a champion and advocate for young people. He has dedicated more than 20 years to college counseling at three different independent schools and has placed more than 1,200 students nationwide and abroad. He has 10 years of experience in college admission, having served as Associate Director of Admission at the University of Rochester, Ithaca College, and Wittenberg University. He is also a recipient of the College Board College Counselor Recognition Award for exemplary school counseling and leadership. 

He has visited nearly 300 colleges and universities and has built relationships with admission contacts throughout the country. Mr. Gregory has sat on a number of college admission advisory boards and was recently selected to serve on the National Merit Corp. Scholarship selection committee. He is also an active member of the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools, where he serves on the college counselor conference planning committee and as annual conference moderator.

Since joining GDS, Mr. Gregory has introduced several new initiatives,  such as the biweekly College Counseling Newsletter, the College Pennant Wall Celebration, the Just for Juniors College Fair, and the Parent Quarterly Coffee series. He has also revamped the College Counseling Boot Camp into a robust and popular summer program that helps rising seniors complete their college application and essay. In addition to his college counseling responsibilities, Mr. Gregory serves as the Senior Class Clear Lab Coordinator and co-teaches the College, Career, and Life Skills course. He also serves as the team leader for GDS’ Senior Class Building Community Retreat (BCR) program. 

As a former DI track and field scholarship athlete and OSU team captain, Mr. Gregory works very closely with GDS’s recruited student-athletes when applying to college.

Dr. Barbara Boyette has spent nearly 30 years in higher education supporting and serving young people, including experience at The College of New Jersey, Guilford College, UNCG, and Elon University. She has served as Associate Director of Academic Services, Assistant Director of Athletics/Director of Academic Progress and Life Skills Development, Associate Academic Dean for Student Success, Director of Admissions, and Admissions Reader.

Dr. Boyette is a national presenter on retention, grit, academic advising, and student and academic affairs collaboration. She has taught several college classes and was recognized as an Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She has also been honored with the Bruce B. Stewart Award for Community Service at Guilford College.

At GDS, Dr. Boyette serves as the lead administrator of the SCOIR college application platform, organizes scholarship information, coordinates visits from college admission representatives, and teaches the Developing Your College Plan class for juniors. She also facilitates the biweekly College Counseling Newsletter and serves as Assistant Testing Coordinator for the PSAT, PreACT, and AP Exams.

Dr. Boyette has had success promoting excellent college essay writers to national recognition; one student’s essay was published in the New York Times, and another student’s essay was featured in Princeton Review’s Essays That Kicked Apps.

Dr. Boyette has been invited on national college counseling tours and travels regularly to explore campuses and to network with admission officers for the benefit of GDS students.

Mrs. Susan Doss has worked in education for more than 30 years, including 21 years in higher education. Her experience spans independent colleges (Commonwealth College, University of Lynchburg, Greensboro College, Guilford College) and state universities (UNCG), as well as Greensboro Day School, where she has served as Registrar for nearly 20 years. Her previous positions in higher education include serving as Admissions Counselor, Athletics Department Office Manager, Associate Director of Financial Aid, and College Registrar.

At GDS, Mrs. Doss manages students’ class scheduling procedures in the Middle and Upper Schools and monitors all students’ progress to ensure that graduation requirements are met. She was an integral part of redesigning and updating the GDS transcript, which she prepares—along with other documents—for college applications and other purposes. Mrs. Doss also assists with the SCOIR college application platform and generates statistical reports as needed.

In addition to her role as Registar and college counseling duties, Mrs. Doss coordinates standardized exams in the Upper School for exams that are given on campus (PSAT, PreACT, AP). She also serves as a liaison with the NCAA for recruited student-athletes and transmits transcripts and other course information that is needed for eligibility determinations by the NCAA. Mrs. Doss received the O. B. Teague, Jr., Memorial Handshake Award from the GDS athletics department in recognition of her service to our student-athletes.