Julia is the Director of Annual Giving Strategy at Tufts University, where she works with colleagues from across the Advancement Division to develop innovative strategies that enable the annual fund teams to be both more efficient and creative with their resources. Specifically, she provides strategic and tactical support to the school-based annual fund directors and their staff, analyzes the results of each fund’s direct marketing efforts, researches and disseminates best practices, manages presidential annual fund solicitations, and provides management oversight for the centralized Tufts Telefund program. Julia has also served as the director of prospect management and annual giving strategy for Tufts, where she managed a team developing internal strategies for moving donors through the entire development pipeline from annual fund to the completion of a major gift. Prior to that, she spent seven years in the annual fund at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the last five years as annual fund director. There, she had a track record of double digit annual growth and securing five-figure annual fund leadership gifts. She has an integrated understanding of major gift fundraising as it relates to annual fund support and recognizes the importance of working with donors, volunteers, and colleagues […]
As an associate general counsel, Jack’s primary areas of responsibility include intellectual property, academic freedom and speech, privacy, security, computing and cyberlaw, media rights, student rights, affiliation agreements, and disability law. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Jack was an academic administrator and instructor at Macalester College, Saga Daigaku (Japan), and the University of Michigan. He teaches at the University of Michigan’s Schools of Law, Education, and Information, as well as at the Ford School of Public Policy. He is currently chair of the University of Michigan Council for Disability Concerns. In 2009, Jack received the American Library Association’s (ALA) L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award, as well as the First Decade Award from the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA). He has also been a Spence Fellow and a researcher at the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement. He received his J. D. from the University of Michigan Law School and Master’s in Higher Education from the University of Michigan’s Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Andrew Griffin received his officer’s commission from The Citadel in 1978. He served in US Army Intelligence, retiring in 2000 after 22 years of military service. From 2000-2010 LTC (Ret) Griffin served with the Department of Military Science at Northern Arizona University (NAU) where he provided campus liaison, student services, and leadership instruction. Since March 2010 Andrew has been serving as the director of the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs (OMVA). In this position, he serves as the senior advocate for military and veteran students and their families, providing service and support towards educational transition, retention, graduation, and post-graduation career services. Under his leadership, NAU was ranked by the Military Times as the 2013-2015 top university within the American Southwest for its service and support to the military and veteran student in higher education. In addition to his duties leading OMVA, Andrew has held the positions of director of emergency management and director of scholarships and financial aid, and more recently has been appointed as a commissioner for the Arizona Governor’s Veterans’ Advisory Commission serving the 550,000 military veterans residing in Arizona
Richard staffs the UT Shared Services Executive Committee chaired by the UT System Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs and comprised of the Chief Business Officers from the fifteen UT System academic and health institutions. Richard performs the following activities: identifies future UT Shared Services projects; develops comprehensive analyses that articulate the project, value, investment required, location of the operations, etc.; develops compelling business cases when project analyses are approved; and monitors key performance measures focused on ensuring effective and efficient operations in the sustainment phase. Richard also manages other UT Shared Services projects such as the UT System Supply Chain Alliance and the Self-Directed Work Teams for medical billing compliance programs and online effort reporting compliance program. Richard received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Tech University and a Masters of Accountancy from UT El Paso. Richard is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.
Over the last thirty years, Mike has initiated and managed business transformation in high-tech, telecomm, consumer electronic products sectors, as well as in higher education. His expertise has been in analyzing the organizational challenges and envisioning and managing opportunities make the business operations lean and efficient. He has worked as a senior executive in Ericsson and Ericsson/GE, and has lead major initiatives in global companies such as American Express/AMS and IBM. The last seven years he has been with the University of North Carolina, three of which as the Executive Associate Dean of the School of Pharmacy and the other four in the current position that was specifically created to make UNC-CH streamlined and cost efficient. In this role, Mike has been given charge to investigate ten operational areas within UNC-CH, with an overall goal of reducing the expenses by $70million over five years. Given the decentralized nature of the University, Mike faced a difficult question: how to get acceptance for and participation in the improvement initiatives since there was no mandate from the top. He designed and implemented an innovative self-directed solution that has created bottom-up creation and implementation of efficiency efforts. This comparative metrics based approach has helped […]
Mara Fellouris has spent the last 25 years helping organizations transform their operations. Ms. Fellouris brings hands-on implementation expertise in process redesign, large-scale technology applications implementation (ERP) and organizational restructuring. Since 2002, she has served as Executive Director of the Program Management Office at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In that capacity, she guides campus-wide teams to implement improvements in technology, process and organizational alignment. A key focus area for UCSF in the last four years has been the implementation of consolidated administrative functions through shared services in PreAward, Human Resources and IT support among other areas. Prior to joining UCSF, Ms. Fellouris spent 16 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers leading projects for public and private sector organizations in the United States, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to strengthen their processes, technology and organizational capacity.
As a former provost, Dr. Seidelman supported the full range of opportunities for student learning, coordinated the College’s efforts to develop innovative program designs and pedagogy, provided leadership for all academic divisions and educational resources of the college, student development (residential and student life, student services, and intercollegiate athletics) and information resources (academic and administrative computing, library, and institutional research). Dr. Seidelman has provided leadership in Westminster’s development of 4 CBE programs. Prior to his appointment as Provost, Seidelman served as Director of the Economics Program, Director of the MBA Program and Dean of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business. Dr. Seidelman was formerly a Commissioner for the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and served as Chair of the Commission. In addition to a number of consulting and expert witness engagements, his research interests focus on international trade issues, trade agreements, development economics and innovation and change in higher education.
Ellen M. Babbitt, an attorney in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, has over thirty-five years of experience as a counselor, litigator, and appellate advocate. Since 1991, she has concentrated on the representation of colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning. She regularly assists educational institutions and their administrators in drafting and updating institutional policies, including board bylaws, faculty handbooks, academic integrity policies, faculty codes of conduct, grievance procedures, ADA accommodation processes, and other compliance protocols. Ms. Babbitt also has extensive experience representing institutions in government investigations, lawsuits, and administrative proceedings scrutinizing compliance with statutory, governance, contractual, and accreditation requirements. Her practice encompasses work on behalf of public and private institutions, including graduate and professional schools, universities, colleges, religious schools, and museums. She frequently presents at conferences, seminars, and webinars sponsored by NACUA and other higher education policy associations, addressing significant legal issues affecting higher education.
Ashley directs the digital marketing, strategy, and engagement for alumni affairs and development at Cornell University. She has been working in higher education digital strategy and web design since 2007. Prior to joining the digital team at Cornell, Ashley spent more than five years at her alma mater, Rochester Institute of Technology, where she led social media strategy for undergraduate admissions. Through speaking, writing and research Ashley offers insights into contemporary issues in enrollment, fundraising, and communication technology. She hosts workshops for digital campaign planning, content strategy, and writing for the web. Ashley serves as producer and host on the Higher Ed Live network where she explores innovations and trends in higher education.
Jillian manages the daily operations of the 49er Finish Program including: academic advising, conducting marketing and outreach, generating reports and tracking data, managing program assessment and evaluation, and collaborating with academic departments. She serves as the central resource for students through providing personalized advising services to assist students in successfully completing their degree.
