Archives: Instructors

Aarti oversees the Harrison Professional Pathways Program, an innovative undergraduate degree program designed to close the achievement gap in higher education by offering students affordability, strong individualized support, and a personalized and professionally focused curriculum. Prior to joining NLU, Aarti spent 8 years in senior leadership roles at Chicago Public Schools, most recently serving as CPS’ Chief Officer for the Office of College and Career Success, where she drove strategies around attendance and truancy, drop-out re-engagement, out-of-school time, social and emotional learning, college and career planning, and early college and career acceleration coursework. Before joining CPS, Aarti spent several years as a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies at Marakon Associates. Aarti holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University, and she is an alumna of the Broad Residency in Urban Education program.

An advancement professional for twenty-five years, Alan brings extensive experience to the subject of standards related to records management, gift recording and receipting, and reporting. Until recently he directed records management processes and data for the University of Oregon Foundation. Previously affiliated with institutions such as Claremont Graduate University, DePaul University, Marquette University, Gettysburg College, and the University of Richmond, he has managed efforts in gift processing, demographic data, reporting, and prospect research, has served as the liaison between advancement and information services, and has managed the implementation of advancement systems. A regular conference speaker, Alan is the author of two chapters in the second edition of the CASE book, Advancement Services: A Foundation for Fundraising, and is a member of the Association of Advancement Services Professionals’ Committee on Best Practices in Records Management.

As an attorney and/or consultant, Allan has advised institutions of higher education for over 30 years on various issues, including student affairs, study abroad, disability accommodations, governance, accreditation, and risk management. He writes for a number of publications related to higher education policy and legal issues. He has written and presented extensively on students with disabilities, specifically on risk and legal liability issues related to students with significant psychological disabilities. Allan received his B.A. in history from Emory University and his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. Allan is the co-author of “Responding to and Supporting Students with Disabilities: Risk Management Considerations” (New Directions for Higher Education, No. 154, Summer 2011, Jossey-Bass) and The Student Affairs Handbook: Translating Legal Principles into Effective Policies (LRP 2007).

Amanda oversees all functions that support our accelerated undergraduate programs for adult women. She is also the Project Director for a 3.4 million dollar grant that The American Women’s College received from the US Department of Education to study the efficacy of adaptive learning and its impact on degree completion. In this capacity she was recently invited to present at the White House Complex to advocate for new models in higher education. Having received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Boston College, Amanda has worked in higher education administration throughout her career holding positions at Mount Holyoke College and Boston College before joining the Bay Path community in 2011 as Director of Institutional Research. Amanda brings with her a passion for implementing technology and data analytics in both the operational and learning arenas of higher education to help impact student success.

In addition to her current role, Ann Marie Klotz is also the Chief Student Affairs Officer on the Manhattan campus of the New York Institute of Technology. Previously, she spent 14 years working in Housing and Residence Life at Oregon State University, DePaul University, Ball State University, and Albion College. She earned her B.A. from Grand Valley State University in political science and M.A.’s from Michigan State University in student affairs and DePaul University in women and gender studies, respectively. She earned her doctorate from DePaul University where she studied the career trajectory and leadership styles of ten female university presidents. She has served in multiple regional and national roles for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), most notably with the Women in Student Affairs Knowledge Community. She is the recent recipient of the American College Personnel Administrators (ACPA) Standing Committee for Women Research and Scholarship Award. Personal and research interests include women’s career development, professional staff recruitment, developing online communities, personal branding, and first generation college students.

Anna Krum has spent the last twenty-one years working in higher education at Thomas Edison State College. In her current position, Krum supports Thomas Edison State College students with daily phone and email contact, answering questions and resolving student issues. Additionally, Krum provides support and assistance to the LSC team members and provides leadership as needed. Prior to joining the Learner Support Center (LSC), Krum was a program assistant in the Office of the Registrar, where she coordinated the college’s four graduations and annual commencement ceremony. Anna has attended several customer service training conferences, most recently attending a Disney Institute conference to gain knowledge and tools to continue to improve on customer service at the College. In addition, Krum received the Thomas Edison State College “Brightest Light” award in July 2008, and again in November 2014. The college’s Brightest Light award recognizes and honors staff contribution and performance that consistently exceeds the duties of the position, while helping to brighten the environment of coworkers. Prior to her tenure at the college, Krum worked for the NJ Department of Higher Education and the NJ Department of Transportation.

Anne E. Lundquist has twenty years of increasing administrative responsibilities in higher education, having served as the dean of students at four liberal arts colleges. As director of student affairs assessment and strategic planning at Western Michigan University (WMU), she coordinates the division’s planning and assessment efforts, providing support and leadership to colleagues throughout the division. She works with staff in university audit and institutional effectiveness on ERM implementation at WMU. Lundquist teaches Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education and law and policy courses in the Department of Educational Leadership at WMU. Lundquist is a PhD candidate in the Educational Leadership program at Western Michigan University with a concentration in Higher Education Administration. Her dissertation research study is titled Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Colleges and Universities: Administration Processes Regarding the Adoption, Implementation and Integration of ERM. She has published articles on enterprise risk management in Risk Management Today and the URMIA Journal and has a chapter titled “Lessons from the Academy: ERM Implementation in the University Setting” in Enterprise Risk Management: Case Studies for Executives, Risk Practitioners, and Educators.  She has an MFA in creative writing from Western Michigan University and a BA in religious studies from Albion College.

Carolyn joined the annual giving staff at Colby College in 2003. She has been the director of the Colby Fund since March of 2007 and the interim director of alumni relations since May of 2014. Together, the Colby Fund team raised $6.2 million in total support for the college in FY14 ($5.2 million unrestricted) from alumni and parents of the college, with 45% of alumni participating. She has also worked in development at two other institutions—as the director of institutional advancement at St. Dominic Academy and as the assistant director of the annual fund at Brandeis University.

Brian Williams is the first Transportation Demand Management coordinator for Duke University, supporting the university and most of the Duke Health System. He helped negotiate contracts for a universal bus pass program between Duke and local/regional transit providers, and for a custom car-sharing program supported by WeCar and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. He is completing a low-cost bike infrastructure project that will provide safety measures for biking on every road on campus. Brian graduated from North Carolina State University in 2001 with a BA in communications. Outside of work, he is involved with the promotion and support of electric vehicles with the Triangle Electric Auto Association in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park area.