Desirée Kleykamp has a long and successful history of employment with educational and nonprofit organizations. As the Associate Director of Hartt Admission, she works to assist prospective students and their families as they navigate the college search and application process to performing arts programs.
Desirée is a University of Hartford alumna having earned her BFA in Ceramics from the Hartford Art School in 2007. She returned to UHart as the Assistant Director of Advancement Services for Development and Alumni Affairs in 2012. Beginning in 2015 she served as Board Manager for the Hartford Art School Endowment, Inc. In 2017 she joined the Provost’s office staff as the Administrative and Operations Specialist, and then moved into the role of Executive Assistant to the Provost in 2021.
Prior to Desirée’s employment at the University of Hartford, she held various development, marketing, and events positions at The Greater Hartford Arts Council for close to a decade.