Maxx Associates was founded in 1976 to provide application counseling in the complex and competitive world of graduate business school admissions. Today, Maxx Associates advises clients across the entire spectrum of graduate disciplines, including business, law, medicine, and arts and sciences.
Candidates from North America, South America, Europe and Asia have met success with Maxx Associates.
Maxx Duffy, Maxx Associates' founder and director, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from The Wharton School. Before starting Maxx Associates, Ms. Duffy was Associate Director of Admissions at Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration. She has corollary experience in career planning, marketing, advertising, and franchise consulting. Ms. Duffy has conducted corporate seminars and taught at a variety of continuing education programs.
She is a co-founder, board member and chair of the governance
committee of the Association of International Graduate
Admissions Consultants.
Maxx Associates editor John Vorhaus has a quarter-century
career as a writer and editor across a breadth of endeavors
including books, teleplays and screenplays, and international
creative consulting. His gift for both the intent and
presentation of language has earned him the plaudits of clients
in 26 countries on four continents. A graduate of Carnegie
Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America,
he has been a member of the Maxx Associates team since 2007.