Phoebe, a nationally known leader in issues related to access and equity, served as chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden from July 2014 through 2020. She was dean of the University of Maryland School of Law from (2009-2014) and secured a $30million gift for the Law School; at the time this was the largest gift to a public law school, leading to its being named Francis King Carey School of Law. Under her leadership at Rutgers University-Camden the institution was able to widen affordable access to students through its landmark Bridging the Gap program, which provides full or significant tuition coverage for New Jersey’s poor and working families. She also amplified Rutgers-University’s role as an anchor institution in Camden and in the Delaware Valley by expanding the university’s nationally recognized civic engagement program. She continues her affiliation with Rutgers as Chancellor Emerita and University Professor of Rutgers Law School. Among other awards and recognitions, Phoebe has received the 2019 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of American Law Schools and the 2019 Smith College Medal. In 2015, she received the Trailblazer’s Award from the New Jersey Women Lawyer’s Association. In 2014, she was an invited speaker at the American […]
Kristine is an experienced leader in higher education, both as a faculty member and as an academic administrator. Specializing in the innovative, strategic administrative leadership of small, private institutions, Kristine has worked in diverse organizations, including multiple women’s colleges. At Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina, which went co-ed in 2020, she oversees all aspects of faculty affairs, student support services, and the curriculum for traditional day and evening college students, as well as a growing online program. Kristine also serves as a dissertation chair and faculty member in Bay Path University’s Higher Education Leadership and Organizational Studies (HELOS) online doctoral program, teaching a variety of courses that include research methods, communities of practice, and dissertation completion support. Prior to joining Columbia College in 2022, she served in roles of increasing influence, including as a consultant in Academic Affairs at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts. At Bristol, her focus was on developing departmental infrastructure, designing program review protocols as well as tools and training to support senior-level leaders. From 2010 through 2021, Kristine had several administrative roles at Bay Path University in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, serving as a leader in both Academic Affairs and Student Life. She joined Bay […]
Todd Rinehart is the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment at the University of Denver (CO). In his 24th year at Denver, Rinehart has helped elevate the University’s undergraduate reputation with unprecedented growth in enrollment, academic quality, and diversity. Rinehart previously worked at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (La) and Bowling Green State University (OH). BGSU is also where Rinehart earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. Rinehart is a noted speaker at local, regional, and national conferences, covering key issues related to enrollment management, college admission, and ethical practices. He currently serves as the President for the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), and will serve on that board through 2022. In 2017, Rinehart completed a two-year term as chair of NACAC’s Steering Committee on Admission Practices, a committee that wrote a new code of ethics for admission professionals, aligning emerging practices with the values and principles of the association. Prior to that, Rinehart chaired the national Admission Practices Committee, where his team monitored and enforced compliance with NACAC’s Code of Ethics.
Brittany has spent the last decade empowering campus connection in clinical and outreach/prevention efforts at the Counseling Centers of the University of Michigan, The University of Texas at Austin, and most recently as the Outreach & Prevention Coordinator at the University of Colorado Denver’s Student & Community Counseling Center. Brittany thrives on creating bespoke mental health trainings and unique programming, and recently was awarded a SAMHSA GLS Grant for these outreach endeavors. She presents interactive trainings for faculty & staff on countless mental health topics and presents at national conferences, such as AUCCCO and the like. Following clinical and research consultation in the Middle East and East Africa, Brittany continues to work with Arab and/or Muslim refugees in her Denver private practice, as well as clients with other intersecting marginalized identities, specializing in clinical work with these professionals around enoughness, trauma, relationships, and grief. Nationally, Brittany serves as an expert source for media outlets including the HuffPost and Oprah Magazine. She is the Chair of the NASW-Colorado PPG Committee.
Kellie is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education Leadership at Capella University. She holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from State University of New York at Oneonta. She served as the Special Assistant to the President for Diversity from 2018-2020 and is the advisor to the MTU chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. Before assuming her current role as Director in 2020, she was the Director at the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, where she led programming for the Center’s Social Justice Lecture Series, Cultural Competency Training, and Heritage and History month programming. Kellie has been working in higher ed for 16 years, with previous roles in Academic Support and Learning Center management.
Jamiella Brooks is an Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Pennsylvania. Her primary work at CTL focuses on programming and support for equitable and inclusive teaching practices. Jamiella earned her Ph.D. in French Literature at University of California, Davis, and her B.A. in English at Oberlin College. She has served as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in France and participated in the McNair Scholarship and Mellon Fellows programs. Her teaching and research interests include sociolinguistics, language and power, discourse analysis, and anticolonial pedagogies, and she has presented on codeswitching and linguistic equity. Her current project involves analyzing pedagogical practices of settler colonial education that persist in present-day teaching practices. Prior to coming to Penn, Jamiella served as founding director of the Teaching Assistant Program at Berea College. She is the author of several articles on navigating college, including “Dissertating While Parenting: Not a Contradiction” and “Tackling the Academy: Practical Advice for Navigating the Culture.” She has an article in the 2020 second edition of Presumed Incompetent: Race, Class, Power, and Resistance of Women in Academia.
In his current capacity, William teaches graduate courses in Organization Development and Change and oversees Ph.D. dissertations in Workforce Development. Among his recent books are Workforce Development: Guidelines for Community College Professionals (2020), Increasing Learning & Development’s Impact Through Accreditation: How to Drive-Up Training Quality, Employee Satisfaction and ROI in Workplace Learning and Development (2020), and Community College Leaders on Workforce Development (2017). Before arriving at Penn State in 1993, William had nearly 20 years of work experience in human resource management in business and in government.
Karalee has been working in the world of annual giving for over seven years and has experience with a magnitude of annual giving initiatives. Some of these areas include giving days, crowdfunding, phonathon, student philanthropy and senior campaigns, acquisition and prospecting, portfolio management and pipeline qualification, foundation setting with advancement services, and mass marketing, including direct mail, email, and digital. Prior to coming to the Catholic University of America, where she has served as the Director of Annual Giving for the last two years, she led annual giving marketing at Georgetown University. During her time at Georgetown, she also completed her masters in Integrated Marketing Communications.
In this role, Daniel serves as MSU’s chief international development officer and oversees the Office of International Advancement in its efforts to grow alumni, corporate, foundation, and donor support for MSU’s international initiatives. He is a seasoned higher education administrator with leadership experience in institutional advancement, international relations, enrollment management, and student development. Daniel received his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University, master’s degree from Michigan State University, and doctoral degree from Eastern Michigan University in Educational Leadership.
Dr. Chris Haskell plays video games for a living, or at least that’s what his friends think. He’s the director of Varsity Esports at Boise State. As a professor and researcher, Chris also focuses on the impact of video games, virtual worlds, social media, and digital culture. Chris teaches classes in Minecraft and World of Warcraft. He created a course about Facebook, Youtube, and memes. He even has retro 80’s arcade games in his office… for research of course. When it comes to work, Dr. Haskell is serious about play.
