Doris Wright Carroll is Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. She brings more than thirty years’ experience as a multicultural counselor, teacher, and educator to her appointment, a position held since 1999. Dr. Carroll teaches and conducts applied research in student affairs practice and higher education administration, with special focus in diversity issues and curriculum development. Dr. Carroll has presented national and international presentations related to academic advising and student retention and is well published in these areas. Dr. Carroll holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Kansas State University and earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1982.
DeWayne Frazier currently serves as the President of the American University of Nigeria (AUN). As President, he serves as the CEO for the university operations and leads the institution. Founded in 2003, as the first American-style university south of the Sahara, AUN is Africa’s first “Development University” and currently has around 100 faculty members and undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 1,500 students. Dr. Frazier came to AUN from Iowa Wesleyan University, where he served as the Provost for eight years. There, he oversaw diverse areas across campus, including student success, student development, academic affairs, international education, online programs, academic divisions, and the graduate school. Prior to joining Iowa Wesleyan, Dr. Frazier was the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at Campbellsville University in Kentucky, where he oversaw 17 different graduate programs in various disciplines. Prior to his work at Iowa Wesleyan, Dr. Frazier served as the Senior Vice President for International Programs at Upper Iowa University (UIU). There, Dr. Frazier oversaw campus internationalization efforts, including the implementation of an international student recruitment plan and the growth of UIU’s academic extension centers abroad.
Gretchen is a global engagement strategist, author, and academic with 27 years’ experience across five continents. She advises CEOs, CHROs, governing boards, and policymakers on best practices in EdTech and other creative strategies and solutions that enable institutions, companies, organizations, and governments to identify, track, and manage relationships with their global stakeholders and brand ambassadors. Gretchen is the author of Being Global: Making the Case for International Alumni Relations (CASE Books, 2011), the International Travel Handbook (Academic Impressions, 2014), and has edited Staying Global: how international alumni relations advances the agenda (EAIE, 2015). She is currently co-writing NAFSA’s first book on global alumni relations (expected publication in 2021). Gretchen received her BA and MA from Boston College, and her EdD from the University of Pennsylvania. She is affiliated with the University at Albany’s School of Education as an International Education Leadership Fellow. She is based in New South Wales, Australia.
Dr. Gregory Eells holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology and is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York. He has worked in higher education mental health for twenty years and has served as a director of a university counseling service for the past sixteen years. Dr. Eells regularly publishes articles in scholarly journals and presents frequently. His areas of interest include leadership, staff morale, mental health delivery systems, student self-injury, and providing care to challenging students. Dr. Eells is a member of various professional organizations, is the chair-elect of the mental health section of the American College Health Association (ACHA) and a past president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD). He received a Presidential Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from AUCCCD and has been a strong advocate for college mental health issues, appearing on CNN, ABC News, and National Public Radio.
Greg has served as the Associate Provost for Curriculum at the University of New Mexico since 2011. During that time, he has led campus-wide student academic success initiatives, and worked with key entities on campus, to produce all-time record retention and graduation rates. In 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of New Mexico, where he is currently a Professor. From 2005 to 2011, he served as Associate Chair (Director of Undergraduate Programs), and led the department through two ABET accreditation visits. In 2011, he became an ABET program evaluator. In 2009, he was also awarded the IEEE Albuquerque Section Outstanding Educator Award. He was the recipient of ECE’s Lawton-Ellis Award for combined excellence in teaching, research, and student/community involvement in 2001 and again 2009. He held ECE’s Gardner Zemke Professorship from 2005 to 2008. He received the School of Engineering’s Teaching Excellence award in 1995, and the ECE Department Distinguished Teacher Award in 2000. During 1998, he held a research fellowship at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and in 2005, he held a similar position at the Universidad Politénica de Madrid.
With 25 years of fundraising leadership experience, Fiona Newton is currently Director of Donor and Volunteer Engagement for Johns Hopkins University. Her responsibilities include improving the engagement of some 1800 leadership volunteers (trustees, advisory council and other volunteer leaders) and ensuring high quality, effective stewardship and recognition of top institutional donors during the university’s $5 billion fundraising campaign, Rising to the Challenge: The Campaign for Johns Hopkins. Previously at Johns Hopkins, she worked as Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations for the School of Nursing, exceeding the School’s $55 million target for the last campaign, and as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for the Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2003, Fiona moved to the USA from the UK, where she worked as a fundraising strategy consultant for Marie Curie Cancer Care, Big Brothers Big Sisters UK and Johns Hopkins University, and prior to that as Director of Development and Communications for the Royal Academy of Music, and as a Head of Regional Appeals for the NSPCC, a leading UK children’s charity. Fiona has a Masters in Management from Ashridge Business School. She is interested in organizational development and talent management of staff and volunteers in the nonprofit […]
As associate provost, Dr. Winn provides leadership on academic and administrative issues for Auburn’s thirteen colleges and schools. In this capacity, Dr. Winn oversees processes related to faculty hiring, evaluating, and issues related to the promotion and tenure processes and post-tenure review. Dr. Winn works closely with the more than sixty department chairs, the university promotion and tenure committee, the university senate leadership, and all academic deans. In addition to being Auburn University’s associate provost, J. Emmett Winn is a professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism. Dr. Winn has served Auburn University for the past twenty years. Additionally, he is a longtime member of the AAUP and works with all campus constituents to ensure the institution’s commitment to shared governance.
Janet oversees the Office of Adult Students and Evening Services (OASES) at UNC Charlotte, which is designed to enhance student success, and works collaboratively with academic units to provide the 49er Finish program, re-entry programs, advising, scholarship, a mentoring program, e-newsletters, and two honor societies for adults on campus. In addition to internal relationships, Janet oversees OASES work with external organizations to promote the mission of OASES and develop scholarships for adult students. She has recently co-authored a paper on the 49er Finish Program published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. In 2012 OASES was named as the recipient of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Malcolm Knowles Award for Outstanding Adult Education Program.
In Jennifer’s current role she provides strategy and direction for the ways in which Lehigh engages with its 80,000 alumni around the globe. She came to Lehigh in early 2016. To her delight, many of the staff members on her team and in the Advancement division have used survey information to better inform their decisions and communicate with alumni; the trick is to systematize the processes and start sharing the information more regularly with the Lehigh University Alumni Association and other volunteers. Previously, Jennifer worked at Cornell University for nine years as the Senior Director of Metrics and Marketing. Prior to arriving at Cornell, she ran a copywriting and resume writing business in Seattle, and spent seven years in Portland, OR and New York City working at advertising agencies on accounts including Microsoft, MasterCard, AT&T Wireless, Popeye’s and Loews Hotels.
Jennifer has extensive experience in faculty affairs administration including strategic planning, labor relations and grievance handling, faculty policy, faculty and department chair training and development, and faculty personnel management. As a long-time faculty member and a department chair prior to becoming an academic administrator, Dr. Faust understands the unique context that academic departments present as well as the value of tenure and the longevity and stability of the academic “workforce.” Jennifer has presented workshops and seminars to faculty members, department chairs, and academic administrators from institutions across the U.S., on topics from “Active Learning in the College Classroom” to “Handling Complaints 101: What Every Department Chair Needs to Know to Survive.” At her former institution, she founded the Academic Leadership Institute, which provided new and aspiring faculty, staff, and administrators with the tools needed to not only manage others but to lead them.
