Evelyn Thimba

Evelyn Thimba is a nationally recognized leader in enrollment management who brings more than two decades of experience to the role. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated the ability to develop and execute integrated enrollment and student success strategies around a cohesive institutional vision. 

Prior to joining Temple in 2026 as vice president for enrollment management and as vice president for undergraduate enrollment management at American University in 2023, Thimba served for nearly 10 years at Drexel University. She also served as an enrollment management leader at New York University. 

Thimba’s leadership has helped stabilize undergraduate enrollment and aligned recruitment, financial aid optimization and retention efforts. She has advanced a more data-informed, student-centered enrollment model while strengthening cross-campus collaboration. Specifically, she designed and implemented a comprehensive transfer enrollment strategy to expand access and diversify pipelines, which included the launch of the American Transfer Advantage program. The initiative created new community college student pathways and partnerships to bolster transfer student enrollment, access and opportunity. 

Thimba holds a degree in business leadership and management studies from NYU.