Justin is the chairman of the UFV Alumni Association board of directors, an honorary chairman for the UFV Campaign Cabinet, and is a former elected-member of the UFV Board of Governors. He has served on over two dozen non-profit, academic, municipal, and political boards and committees. Justin is a senior partner with Giesbrecht, Goodrich & Co.; a consulting firm specializing in advocacy, communications, and public relations. Previously, Justin served as a political and public affairs radio and television host, and as a communications officer at the BC Legislature where he coordinated various media and communications initiatives. Justin regularly advises representatives from all three levels of government (including mayors, provincial cabinet ministers and federal cabinet ministers), works closely with various non-profit organizations on local initiatives, has been a keynote speaker at events in Canada, the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore, and has guest lectured at several universities.
Ed Oswald, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office, is a member of the Tax Group. Mr. Oswald’s practice concentrates in the taxation of municipal finance including healthcare, public power, higher education and nonprofit issues, housing financing, IRS audits of tax-exempt bonds, and arbitrage matters. His practice also includes advising on post-issuance tax compliance matters including working with non-profit borrowers of tax-exempt bonds on new IRS Schedule K annual reporting matters. Mr. Oswald served in the Office of Tax Legislative Counsel at U.S .Treasury Department, where he developed policy, legislative initiatives and regulations affecting public finance.
In her current role at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jordan manages all programs geared toward expanding student philanthropy on campus and engaging undergraduate students as donors to the university. She helps to advise two student organizations, which include over eighty students who serve as ambassadors to the development office. As a UNC student, Jordan was a member of the Heelraisers Student Giving Council, one of the groups that she now advises, which carries out four major campus-wide campaign events throughout the year. The Heelraisers have been honored with the CASE ASAP District III award for outstanding organization two times since their inception. Jordan also oversees the annual senior campaign, which grew from participation of twelve percent in 2006 to the record of forty-seven percent in 2011.
Carol Dollard is an Energy Engineer and Sustainability Facilitator at Colorado State University. In her nearly 15 years there, she has helped make University operations more sustainable. These efforts include: seven photovoltaic installations totaling over 5,500 kW, a biomass plant that burns wood chips, 11 LEED Gold buildings with more pending, and a wide variety of energy and water efficiency projects. She has implemented projects through a broad spectrum of funding models ranging from direct allocations to third party partnerships with power purchase agreements. In addition to working on implementing projects on campus, she leads a team that conducts the University’s annual greenhouse gas inventory and produces biannual updates to the CSU Climate Action Plan. Carol received her MSME from Colorado State in 1990. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and a LEED AP.
Mark is well known for encouraging projects that celebrate and promote the unique strengths of the programs housed and creating warm and inviting spaces with the recent renovation of the Penrose Library (originally built in 1972) into the Anderson Academic Commons that re-opened in March of this year a notable example. As university architect, Mark’s responsibilities range from the initial programming and design to adapting projects years after construction – allowing him to garner a rare understanding of how buildings serve an academic institution for many years beyond completion. Following upon initial design direction, Mark has continued the challenging work of unifying the University Park Campus in a manner that embraces its distinguished history, accounts for the necessity of enduring design, and celebrates an enthusiasm for DU’s future. Mark has enjoyed the roles in architecture from “picking up redlines” and “producing shop drawings” to being deeply involved in the design of every project at the University of Denver over the last two decades.
Tod Stevens offers insight into trends and strategies for effective planning of modern academic libraries. He has more than twenty years of architectural experience, with a focus on design, and an expertise in library planning. Tod leads Stantec Architecture’s library research and benchmarking team and has been very hands-on–conducting both primary and secondary research on libraries, visiting state-of-the-art institutions, speaking nationally, and attending American Library Association (ALA) conferences. He has attended a variety of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design Executive Education programs, focusing on planning and design of libraries. Through these endeavors, Tod is able to approach projects with progressive problem-solving techniques and is able to develop innovative solutions specific to the issues facing today’s libraries.
Robin provides expertise in elearning, social media, learning management systems and other educational technologies. She served as the Director of Online Quality and Community at Academic Partnerships, where she designed and developed the Faculty eCommons, Quality Course review processes and faculty development projects. Prior to working at AP, Robin was an instructional designer and educational technologist supervising online course and program development, faculty training, and provided strategic consulting in learning technologies. She has also served as a faculty member for Master’s Level educational technology and information science at Northeastern State University and the University of North Texas. Robin has more than 15 years of experience in educational technology leadership and has led numerous presentations and workshops around the country on topics such as: Social Media for Active Learning, Designing High Quality Online Courses, Mobile Learning, Game Elements for Learning and Learning with Open Educational Resources. She is a research fellow at The Texas Social Media Research Institute (TSMRI). Robin has a master’s Degree in Information Science from the University of North Texas, Post Masters Certification in Digital Content Management and is a PhD candidate at Texas Woman’s University.
Betsy Chapman is responsible for communications with undergraduate parents across a variety of platforms, including the Parents’ Page website and the Daily Deac blog, as well as parent content for Facebook and Twitter. She also works with the Wake Forest Parents’ Council and is responsible for the Council’s operations, meetings, and member fundraising. Betsy also manages the New Student Receptions program for incoming freshmen and their families. She has been at Wake Forest for nearly 15 years in a variety of roles serving the alumni and parent constituencies, as well as working in communications and events.
Minta McNally is associate vice president and executive director for parent programs at Wake Forest University. In her role, she manages the Wake Forest Parents’ Council, fundraising initiatives for the parent constituency, and oversees external relations with undergraduate parents. She has over 30 years experience in institutional advancement; her previous positions have included Director of the College Fund and Assistant Vice President of Alumni Activities and Annual Support.
