OUR TEAM · THE GUILD MASTERS

The people who walk it with you.

WHY THE GUILD EXISTS

Our purpose is to make online study genuinely achievable for working adults and professionals — the nurse on nights, the manager with two children, the teacher finishing a master's at 39 — and to stand beside them until the degree they are paying for is a degree they actually hold.

We were founded in 2012 by three mentors who had each finished a graduate degree while working full time, and who were tired of watching capable adults drop out for reasons that had nothing to do with ability — a preceptor who never replied, an IRB template nobody explained, a rubric read too late. Since then the guild has guided more than 175,000 students. Every mentor here holds the credential they coach, works with you rather than instead of you, and hands back work that you review and submit yourself.

The masters of the guild

Portraits illuminated in the guild's own hand.
Elspeth Cadwallader, DNP FNP-C, guild master and founder

Elspeth Cadwallader

DNP, FNP-C · Guild Master

Founded the guild in 2012. Coaches DNP projects and defends the rule that students remain the authors.

NURSING · LEADERSHIP
Margarethe Ekstrand, PhD RN, head of research counsel

Margarethe Ekstrand

PhD, RN · Head of Research Counsel

Nine years on a university review board. Writes petitions that pass the first reading.

IRB · METHODOLOGY
Mateus Carvalho, MSN AGACNP, head of placement

Mateus Carvalho

MSN, AGACNP · Head of Placement

Has secured preceptors in all fifty states, including the ones everyone calls impossible.

PRACTICUM · CLINICALS
Cécile Aubert, PhD statistics, head of analysis

Cécile Aubert

PhD Statistics · Head of Analysis

Explains regression in the language of your own dataset, then makes you run it yourself.

STATISTICS · SPSS · R
Emiliano Duarte, MBA MHA, head of business studies

Emiliano Duarte

MBA, MHA · Head of Business Studies

Capstones, case analyses and finance courses for managers who study after the shift ends.

MBA · MHA · BHA
Solvei Halvorsen, EdD, head of education studies

Solvei Halvorsen

EdD · Head of Education Studies

Twenty years teaching, then twelve coaching teachers through M.Ed and EdD programs.

M.ED · EDD
Bernadette Oyelaran, MSN PMHNP-BC, senior mentor

Bernadette Oyelaran

MSN, PMHNP-BC · Senior Mentor

Psychiatric-mental-health clinicals and the coursework that runs alongside them.

PMHNP · NURSING
Henrik Kovács, MSc, head of exam preparation

Henrik Kovács

MSc · Head of Exam Preparation

Builds study plans from published blueprints — HESI, comprehensives, finals.

EXAMS · HESI
Amara Nwosu, MPH BSN, senior mentor

Amara Nwosu

MPH, BSN · Senior Mentor

Public-health coursework, evidence appraisal and the RN-to-BSN return to study.

MPH · RN-TO-BSN
Lucía Ferraro, MA, head of writing counsel

Lucía Ferraro

MA · Head of Writing Counsel

Rubric-first structure, honest citations, and returning your voice to your own paper.

WRITING · APA
Séamus Callaghan, MSc IT, senior mentor

Séamus Callaghan

MSc IT · Senior Mentor

Technology, informatics and the analytics courses that ambush non-technical students.

IT · INFORMATICS
Annelies Vos, MSN CNE, keeper of standards

Annelies Vos

MSN, CNE · Keeper of Standards

Audits every engagement against guild law: coaching only, your authorship always.

STANDARDS · INTEGRITY
Josefina Ibarra, keeper of the ravens, student care

Josefina Ibarra

Keeper of the Ravens · Student Care

Answers every first letter within two hours and matches you to the right mentor.

INTAKE · MATCHING
Anselm Bauer, keeper of the seal, privacy and records

Anselm Bauer

Keeper of the Seal · Privacy

Guards records, agreements and discreet billing. Initials only, everywhere, forever.

PRIVACY · RECORDS

How the guild is ordered.

HALL OF NURSING

The largest hall: BSN, MSN, DNP, FNP, PMHNP, AGNP. 64 mentors, every one credentialed in the field they coach.

HALL OF RESEARCH

IRB counsel, methodology and statistics. Former board members and doctoral statisticians, 21 in all.

HALL OF PLACEMENT

Preceptor search, site vetting and paperwork, with 18 guides covering all fifty states.

HALL OF LETTERS

Business, education, psychology, public health and technology — 37 mentors across the professional degrees.

KEEPERS

Ravens answered, mentors matched, records sealed. The people you meet first and never have to chase.

STANDARDS BENCH

Independent of every hall. Reviews engagements to ensure the guild coaches and the student authors — no exceptions, at any price.

At the gate