Sarah brings more than 20 years of experience in industry and academia, and in her current role, she works with the three universities in the University of Illinois system on common academic issues. Her success depends on relationship-building, collaboration, negotiation, and (occasionally) a gift for managing conflict. Sarah also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches the introductory course on higher education for graduate students as well as a graduate course on student affairs administration. Her research interests include experiential learning and its impact on student learning outcomes, with a particular focus on internships, cooperative education, and apprenticeships. Previously, Sarah held several successive leadership roles at the Urbana-Champaign campus, including MBA admissions, student programs, career services, public engagement, and corporate and international relations. Prior to joining academia, Sarah worked in consulting, where she served a rich assortment of diverse clients on various business issues. She also led strategy for an innovative nonprofit organization that aimed to improve leadership in Chicago Public Schools. Sarah earned a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MBA focusing on strategy, organizational behavior, management, and marketing from Northwestern University’s […]
Amy is a skilled educational leader who has served in diversified cabinet-level roles in academic institutions and in the for-profit sector. A dynamic executive known for a collaborative approach, an analytical mindset, and a bias for action, she brings more than 25 years of business leadership to her work. As a highly successful product, marketing, and communications leader, and as a teacher, advocate, and professional development consultant, she is passionate about student success and about elevating the stature of educational institutions in the world. In her most recent role as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Amy was involved at the highest levels in setting strategic priorities for the organization, driving culture change, and elevating the operations of the university overall. The oversight and execution of major university-wide initiatives fell under her purview, including the university’s annual budgeting process; the development and implementation of WPI’s strategic plan, Lead With Purpose; the programming and launch of its newest facility on campus, the Innovation Studio; and the conception and launch of WPI’s Center for Project-Based Learning. She provided direction to multiple divisions on campus, oversaw the Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Enrollment Management, and […]
Karen guides academic faculty in developing leadership skills, advancing their careers, and creating alignment between their work and life. Karen is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a practicing physician anesthesiologist with an international medical career spanning over 30 years. Her experience as a national leader in academic medicine and education informs her work as a coach. Karen’s areas of coaching expertise are in leadership, professional development, and career advancement. Karen’s coaching approach is centered on the partnership between coach and coachee; she creates a safe space for her clients to explore and find alignment between their core strengths and values and their goals. Her coaching focuses on deep listening and using powerful questions to inspire curiosity, and to assist her clients in establishing a strong foundation from which to grow as leaders and achieve their professional goals. Karen’s coaching clients are physicians, and academicians at all levels whose goals are to establish themselves as leaders, develop and sustain their careers and make transitions. Examples of her clients’ successes include developing a personal leadership style, leading teams, negotiating, navigating difficult conversations, and using 360-degree evaluations. Karen uses a variety of established tools and techniques tailored to the needs and goals […]
In his current role, Brent oversees the University’s $2.1 billion campaign. With over twenty-three years of fundraising experience on campaigns totaling more than four billion dollars, he previously held the position of Assistant Vice President and Director of Campaign Operations at Cleveland State University. Brent has also led major gifts and campaign leadership positions for Indiana University and Ohio University. Prior to that, he was on the executive team at United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta for four campaigns. His first major responsibility in volunteer management was with the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where he oversaw a seventy-member team for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Brent earned a bachelor’s degree in communication from Indiana University, Bloomington; a master’s of public administration from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University; and a doctorate in educational leadership (Ed.D.) from Indiana University, Bloomington. His research includes women and philanthropy programs in higher education, and he has worked directly with athletes in professional sports football, baseball, and auto racing on fundraising initiatives and sports philanthropy research. In July 2022, he released his first book, A Dean’s Handbook for Philanthropy, in partnership with CASE. Brent also serves on the faculty for the […]
Chandani provides strategic direction for the global diversity education area within the Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation. She focuses particularly on creating inclusive teaching and learning environments for students, faculty, and staff and is committed to advancing a more equitable higher education landscape. Chandani has presented and facilitated numerous workshops and presentations on inclusive teaching, learner-centered teaching, active learning, metacognition, critical self-awareness, and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education contexts. She is also an equity coach with the Every Learner Everywhere Network and serves as the co-chair for the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)’s Academic Council. Chandani holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago as well as a B.A. in Comparative Literature and an M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University.
With over a decade working in talent management in higher education Chelsey leads recruitment, career planning, professional development and training, and organizational development. She coaches leaders and staff members on best practices in change management, building inclusive and positive organization cultures, sponsoring the next generation of talent, and campus strategy. Her work is shaped by talent-centric trust building, advancing conversations around equity and power, and adapting business principles of productivity and employee engagement to the world of higher education. Prior to the University of Oregon, Chelsey led the TalentED practice at Bentz Whaley Flessner (BWF), a leading development consulting firm serving colleges, universities, and medical centers. While at BWF, Chelsey worked with clients in the areas of talent management and strategic planning and developed intensive sessions focused on building the capacity, skills, and knowledge of deans, academic officers, boards and advisory committees, as well as frontline fundraisers. Chelsey is a leader in research and discourse on the topic of talent management in development and has been featured in several publications, including CASE Currents and the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy. She is also a featured speaker at national conferences and maintains an industry-leading blog: targetingfundraisingtalent.wordpress.com.
Zaryab is a faculty and academic leadership coach with nearly twenty years of experience in higher education — as a professor, administrator, and consultant. She focuses on specific priorities and circumstances of individual clients to develop a specialized approach to goal achievement, productivity and success, development and growth, and strategies for navigating the intricacies of the academic profession and institutional processes. Her approach to coaching is based on the understanding that faculty face a broad range of challenges at various stages in their careers, at different types of institutions, and in specific disciplinary settings. Working closely with clients to comprehend the nuances of their professional environment, she adds her own insights to formulate a coaching plan that best meets the client’s needs. Generally, she encourages pragmatic problem-solving through empowerment and self-reflection. She has particular strengths in providing guidance in issues related to interacting with diverse stakeholders in a given institutional context, identifying appropriate career development opportunities, exploring pathways to professional excellence, and operating within organizational realities to attain optimal outcomes. With extensive experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) endeavors and mentoring scholars from underserved groups, her perspectives are informed by a keen awareness of the issues and impacts of […]
Karen is a practicing anesthesiologist and an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with over two decades of experience as a university faculty physician. Her extensive knowledge of academic medicine informs her work as a coach. Karen’s areas of coaching expertise are in career planning, promotion portfolio development, medical leadership, and navigating the fine balance between a successful career and a nurturing home and family life. Karen’s philosophy as a coach centers on the partnership between coach and coachee; she works to create a safe space for her clients to explore and find alignment between core strengths and values and their goals. She believes that the greatest wisdom comes from within, and her coaching focuses on deep listening and using powerful questions to re-frame limiting beliefs and behaviors. She works with clients to shift mindsets towards growth, curiosity, and creativity. Karen has successfully coached mid-career medical faculty moving into leadership roles in areas such as navigating difficult conversations, using 360 evaluations, leading teams, negotiating, and developing their own personal leadership style. She has created an effective program coaching academic faculty on successfully navigating university promotion pathways. Karen trained as a physician anesthesiologist in the UK (MB BS) and Canada and moved […]
Dr. Loue holds secondary appointments in Psychiatry and Global Health at the School of Medicine and in Social Work at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at CWRU. She served as the medical school’s inaugural Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity from 2012-2020. Dr. Loue has been trained in law (JD), epidemiology (PhD), medical anthropology (PhD), social work (MSSA), secondary education (MA), public health (MPH) and theology (MA) and is ordained as an interfaith minister through the New Seminary in New York and as a Modern Rabbi, through Rabbinical Seminary International, also in New York. Her empirical research has focused on HIV risk and prevention, severe mental illness, family violence, and research ethics. Dr. Loue has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and authored or edited more than 30 books. Her current research interests include vulnerability in research, mental health outcomes, and cultural humility as a framework to address structural inequities and unconscious bias. Dr. Loue has been serving as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health since its inception 23 years ago and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She has engaged with diverse audiences both nationally and […]
Angela manages the team responsible for ensuring donors understand the impact their gifts have on Kansas State University. Her team strives to provide a gratifying gift experience for donors at all levels with the goal of continued cultivation. Prior to finding her home in donor relations, Angela gained more than five years of development and management experience in roles ranging from gift entry and prospect research to grant writing and gift officer work. This broad background enables her to more fully understand multiple components of a development shop and use that knowledge to create unique donor interactions and events. Angela serves as President-Elect of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals.
