Whitney Soule
Whitney Soule began her tenure as Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania in July 2021, bringing more than three decades in higher education admissions to the role. Previously, Soule served as Senior Vice President, Dean of Admissions and Student Aid at Bowdoin College. She is a member of the Common App’s Board of Directors and chairs its Finance Committee, serves on the Advisory Core for the College Board Admissions Research Consortium, and as a member of the Advisory Council of NACAC’s Character Focus Initiative.
Soule received the NEACAC Professional of the Year Award and was named one of the “Top Women Leaders for 2023” and “Top 25 Women Leaders 2025 in Pennsylvania” by Women We Admire, and was also included in the 2025 Philadelphia Business Journal’s Women of Influence. She is frequently quoted in outlets like Bloomberg, Forbes, USA Today and Wall Street Journal, and has had op-eds featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dallas Morning News and Grown & Flown.
She holds a B.A. from Bates College and an Ed.M. from Harvard.
