Carlos Guillen draws on over 10 years of professional experience in higher education in his role at the University of Washington in Seattle. In his current role, Carlos provides leadership to a department charged with the successful transition of over 8,000 first year students. Carlos earned his Master of Science in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University and Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Mexico. In addition to his work with first year students, Carlos’ experience includes curriculum development, equity and diversity, parent orientation, and assessment in higher education.
Dr. Dawn Coder has over fourteen years’ experience in the field of higher education and online learning in both public and private institutions, and fourteen years’ experience in a leadership role. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Penn State, a Master’s degree from Penn State in Adult Education and a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from Liberty University. She has four published articles in NACADA’s Academic Advising Today. She has presented at professional conferences including NACADA, UPCEA, Madison-Wisconsin’s Distance Learning and Teaching, Hendrick, and Noel Levitz. Dawn was the recipient of NACADA Region 2’s Advising Administrator award and received an Advising Administrator Certificate of Merit from NACADA’s Annual Award Nominations. Her team has won several awards under her leadership including an Effective Practice Award from the Online Learning Consortium, The Partnership Award from UPCEA, and NACADA’s Advising Technology Innovation Award.
Susan Haarman hails from Louisville, KY, but has lived in Milwaukee, Texas, Berkeley, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the fine city of Chicago. She serves as the Associate Director of the Center for Experiential Learning at Loyola University Chicago, where she runs their service-learning program and faculty development programs. Susan holds a Masters in Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and a Masters in Community Counseling from Loyola University Chicago. She has been working in higher education for almost 15 years. Susan specializes in critical reflection practices and ethical engagement practices especially within the realm of community-based learning and short-term service immersions. Previous to joining the CEL team, she served as the Faith and Justice Campus Minister, primarily in charge of the Alternative Break Immersion program. Susan is passionate about Jesuit education, community-based learning, and asking the big questions of how a university seeks to transform the social reality it also participates in. She is an improviser and practicing therapist.
With more than 20 years of higher education experience, Matt has served as advancement vice president on two occasions and chief alumni officer at four institutions. In his current role at Georgian Court University (Lakewood, NJ), he provides oversight regarding all matters related to fundraising, alumni engagement, special events and the university’s professional studies program. Prior to joining Georgian Court, Matt was the interim vice president for development and alumni relations at the George Washington University, where he led the team that completed their $1 billion campaign, the largest in their history, one year ahead of schedule. Matt has also served in advancement leadership positions at Syracuse University, Rutgers University, the University of Northern Colorado, and at his alma mater, the College of New Jersey.
As a leadership coach, team coach, and group facilitator, Anita helps clients identify and sidestep many of the inner gremlins that keep them from achieving their goals. Think of her as your thought partner who, through powerful questions, helps you identify your roadblocks and explore your limiting beliefs. She often leverages humor to prompt self-reflection and create a supportive space in which clients are encouraged to practice new behaviors and take safe risks. Anita’s sessions serve as an opportunity for you to hold yourself accountable for achieving what matters most to you. In addition to coaching university faculty, Anita also has over 1000 hours of experience coaching close to 300 emerging and seasoned executives. She works with companies across several industries to facilitate leadership skills, navigate difficult conversations, and help find meaning and fulfillment at work. While she currently holds an ICF certification in team and group coaching, she is also in the process of completing a first-of-its-kind, 6-month team coaching program taught by world renowned team coaching experts Dr. David Clutterbuck and Dr. Peter Hawkins. Anita leverages strategies such as reframing blame, outcomes-based check-ins, and the value contribution grid exercise to promote more productive and harmonious relationships among colleagues, […]
Helping academic leaders focus on the stuff that really matters. Work less, work more effectively, experience more joy. Carina Vocisano, PhD has extensive experience in creating change as an academic leadership coach. She draws on evidence-based approaches to leadership coaching including mindfulness-based stress reduction, positive psychology, and organizational psychology. A core assumption of Carina’s approach to leadership coaching is that positive emotional experiences provide academic leaders with important resources they need in order to confront the challenges they encounter at work. Thus, her approach to coaching focuses equally on strategies for accomplishing goals, and on helping clients to increase the joy and fulfillment they experience while achieving their goals. Carina uses positive psychology for team building and applied stress management to prevent and combat burnout among academic leaders, and the people they supervise. Through close collaboration, academic leaders find ways to change their approach to work, so that they spend less time working and are more effective during the time they devote to their work. Carina works with leaders towards maximal engagement while working, and expanded opportunities for personal and professional growth, overall. Carina addresses all the interconnected facets of life in the coaching relationships including personal relationships, physical health, […]
Allison DiBianca Fasoli, Ph.D. is a group coach who coaches faculty around writing, research, and career decisions. Allison is a former faculty member in psychology and a nationally funded (e.g., NSF, Spencer Foundation) mixed- methods researcher who has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. Drawing on her expertise in psychology, Allison’s coaching process is informed by decades of researching and teaching about learning processes, motivation, group dynamics, decision-making, self-concepts and identity, and theories of human growth and development. As a group coach, Allison has facilitated coaching circles and developed workshops and trainings on writing productivity and sustainability, scholarly voice, research branding and identity, networking, time management, impostor experiences, and early-career success. Coaching at its best is a transformative experience. Allison helps clients identify what they want, what is holding them back, and what they need to succeed so that they can engage from a place of greater clarity, creativity, and, even, playfulness. Allison DiBianca Fasoli earned her Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of Chicago, specializing in psychology and anthropology. She holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Clinical Psychology from Saint Michael’s College and a Coaching certificate in Wellness Coaching from Emory University. She has also received training in Academic Coaching from Landmark College and in teaching […]
As an accountability partner and success coach, I create space for women to navigate their career trajectory in higher ed while simultaneously prioritizing their self-care and well-being. Jill is a faculty, team and success coach who specializes in interpersonal communication, self-advocacy and professional growth. As a certified professional coach, Jill began working with executives, leaders and front line managers in a corporate capacity in 2010 in conjunction with leadership development training programs. She has built a thriving coaching and consulting practice in Statesboro, GA with clients spanning across the US. Her proprietary LeadWell program has enhanced team dynamics in professional settings spanning from university departments to non-profit organizations to locally-operated medical practices. She teaches global health and health education courses in the Jiann Ping-Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University where she specializes in women’s quality-of-life and wellbeing. Jill is an intuitive coach with a knack for helping women transition from living life by default to life by design. Through the use of evidence-based tools and interventions, Jill accompanies women on their journey from where they are to where they want to be. Since no two paths are identical, Jill begins each coaching relationship with a series of […]
Mike primarily supports the array of degrees offered through the School of Education, as well as MFA programs in Creative Writing and a Master’s in Legal Studies. His enthusiasm for institutional service has led him into the directorship of Hamline’s Collaborative Research program, co-directorship of the Race, Gender, and Beyond faculty development program, and membership (and chair duties) on a range of College and University committees — as well as two stints as Associate Dean and one as Associate Provost. Mike Reynolds received his B.A. from St. Lawrence University in 1989 and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 2000 (in English).
As Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Kostihova establishes the College’s academic priorities, oversees resource allocation, and coordinates strategic and long-range planning, as well as the day to day work with recruitment and development of faculty and staff. She’s co-directed Hamline’s Collaborative Research Program, and served as Associate Dean prior to her appointment as Dean. As Dean, she’s led administrative restructuring of new College units, collaborated with faculty on two holistic program reviews and subsequent implementation, facilitated future-oriented strategic planning, and led general curriculum reinvigoration.
