Devorah Lieberman is a senior advisor with the President’s Office at the American Council on Education and president emerita of the University of La Verne.
Sherri Lind Hughes is the Interim Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Fresno Pacific University (CA). She was previously the assistant vice president for community strategy and engagement at the American Council on Education.
Morgan Taylor is the director for research and business intelligence at the American Associal of State Colleges and Universities. She was formerly a researcher at the American Council on Education.
Steven Taylor is a senior fellow on postsecondary education at Stand Together Trust. He was formerly the director of the Center for Education Attainment and Innovation at the American Council on Education.
Jonathan M. Turk is assistant professor of higher education at Saint Louis University (MO). He previously was director of research at the American Council on Education.
Ira Harkavy is associate vice president and founding director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania.
Julie Ajinkya is a senior advisor at HCM Strategists and was a former vice president of applied research at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).
Allison Beer is a research data manager at California Community Colleges and was previously a research analyst at Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).
Jessica Egbert is the chief program officer at Saprea, founder and CEO at Limelight Leadership, and on the board of trustees of the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals.
Aaron Brower is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a fellow at the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, and a strategic advisor for the University Professional and Continuing Education Association.
Lucia Brajkovic is an education specialist for the Education Global Practice at the World Bank and executive director of the Higher Education Initiative for Southeastern Europe.
Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University (NJ). She previously was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jared C. Avery is the director of institutional research and effectiveness at the Dallas Theological Seminary. He previously worked at Howard University.
Robert L. Carothers is the executive vice president at College Unbound, a degree completion college, and president emeritus of the University of Rhode Island.
Ursula Holtzapple is the director of operations, consulting, and search at the National Association of College and University Business Officers and a communications consultant for non-profit organizations.
Ronald A. Crutcher is the former president of the University of Richmond (VA), president emeritus of Wheaton College (MA) and senior fellow at the Aspen Institute.
Lorelle L. Espinosa is a program director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She was previously the vice president for research at the American Council on Education.
Amy Foerster is CEO of the LMH Hopice and Social Services Foundation. She was formerly a partner in the higher education practice group at Troutman Pepper and general counsel at Bucknell University.
Elizabeth Holcombe is a senior research associate in the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education.
Brad Farnsworth is the principal at Fox Hollow Advisory, focused on advancing international learning. He was previously a vice president at the American Council on Education.
Natsumi Ueda is a doctoral candidate at the University of Southen California Rossier School of Education and research assistant at the USC Pulias Center for Higher Education.
Karen Haynes is a senior consultant at AASCU Consulting and the former president at California State University San Marcos and University of Houston-Victoria.
Robin Helms is the vice president for membership and educational services at the Association of Community College Trustees. She was formerly the assistant vice president for programs and global initiatives at the American Council on Education.
Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar is vice president of community engagement and co-head of the Office of Community Engagement and Communications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The Action Network for Equitable Wellbeing works to accelerate change in higher education settings so that all college students can thrive and flourish.
Laura W. Perna is vice provost for faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and co-founder of Penn GSE’s Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (Penn AHEAD).
Kristi Hottenstein is the owner of Compass Counseling and Coaching and the former vice chancellor for enrollment management at the University of Michigan-Flint.
Jerry Lucido is a professor and the executive director at the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice at the University of Southern California.
Darren Cambridge is managing director of the Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society at the University of Maryland and the president of the Cambridge Learning Group. He was formerly the director of content strategy at the American Council on Education.
Sara Abelson is an assistant professor and senior director of education and training at The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University.
Heather Ward is the associate provost for global affairs at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She was previously associate director of internationalization and global engagement at the American Council on Education.
Haelim Chun is an institutional research analyst at Georgetown University. She was formerly a senior research Associate for internationalization at the American Council on Education.
April Mason is provost and senior vice president of Kansas State University. She is an advisory council member for the Association of Chief Academic Officers.
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar is a professor of education and associate dean of equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of California-Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Karen P. DePauw served as vice president and dean for graduate education and held various academic appointments as tenured professor at Virginia Tech from 2002 until her retirement in 2021.
Joana Dos Santos is the co-founder and co-CEO at Cosyn, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultantcy. She was previously the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.
Ruth M. López is an associate professor in Educational Leadership and Policy in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice at the University of Arizona College of Education.
Mark M. D'Amico is a professor of higher education and former department chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at University of North Carolina Charlotte.
Brett Scofield is the executive director at The Center for Collegiate Mental Health and co-interim senior director at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services at Penn State.
Scott Cowen is president emeritus of Tulane University and distinguished presidential visiting professor of leadership and management at Case Western Reserve University.
Adrianna Kezar is the Dean’s Professor of Leadership, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California.
Jordan Harper is an assistant professor in the department of advanced studies, leadership, and policy and the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University.
Kathy E. Johnson is president of the University of New Orlens. She previously was executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer of the Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.
Suzanna Rose is founding associate provost for the Office to Advance Women, Equity and Diversity and professor of psychology and women’s and gender studies at Florida International University.
Tabbye Chavous is a professor of education and psychology, vice provost for equity and inclusion, and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan.
Stephanie Huie is a vice president at WASC Senior College and University Commission and former vice chancellor for the Office of Strategic Initiatives for The University of Texas System.
Stephanie Bell-Rose is a corporate, philanthropy and governance professional. She previously served as senior managing director of TIAA and head of the TIAA Institute.
Maren Greathouse is the senior director of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging at Harvard University and former director of the Tyler Clementi Center.
Jim Purcell is the executive director for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and served in similar positions in Rhode Island, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Armando Montero is a senior planning analyst in the office of the senior vice president at Arizona State University. He also serves as the president of the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board in Arizona.
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk is vice president for health promotion and chief wellness officer, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, and president of the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities.
Elizabeth Click is the medical director of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU); an associate professor at CWRU's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; and external advancement and collaborations chair for the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities.
