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Rachel Saffel

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Vice President, Operations - Start-Ups at Concorde Career Colleges
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Rachel Saffel is the Vice President of Operations for Start-Ups at Concorde Career Colleges, leveraging over 25 years of experience in education management. Her expertise includes campus turnarounds, P&L management, and staff development. People who have worked with her describe her as approachable, open to new ideas, and having an unwavering commitment to students.

Formerly a modern dancer in New York, Rachel is now a passionate assemblage artist. For over a decade, she has created three-dimensional sculptures from flea market finds like old typewriters and broken violins, inspired by the work of artist Joseph Cornell. She has shown her artwork in galleries.

Her career in education began unexpectedly after a dance injury led her to become a massage therapist, which she then started teaching.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Operations - Start-Ups
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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Healthcare Education
Her entire career is dedicated to adult education in the healthcare sector, from massage therapy instructor to her current executive role focusing on new campus start-ups.
Assemblage Art
A long-time passion, she maintains a personal website for her art, creating 3D collages from found objects and showing her work in galleries.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Vice President, Operations - Start-Ups
Concorde Career Colleges
1-2015 - 6-2025
Regional Vice President of Operations, Campus President
Concorde Career Colleges
2010 - 2014
Campus President, Sanford-Brown College
Career Education Corporation
2008 - 2010
Executive Director
Carrington College California
2007 - 2008
Executive Director
Delta Career Education
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Education
Master's degree
Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
University of Houston
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