At the University of Central Florida (UCF), Jeremy works with collegiate males to help them strive for success academically and professionally. He has been a mentor and coach for over 200 young men since 2009. At UCF, Mr. Jones coordinates the Collegiate Male Institute, in which he oversees two mentoring programs, Brother 2 Brother (Collegiate) and Brother’s on the Rise (Pre-Collegiate). He is also the faculty advisor for numerous male registered student organizations on campus, such as Men of Integrity, Chi Tau Tau chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Faithful Black Men of UCF, and Hazard Team. While at Tusculum University, Mr. Jones developed and implemented a mentoring program called “Pioneering Connections,” which is nationally certified by College Reading and Learning Association. The University had the highest retention rate in 10 years with the implementation of high impact programs like Pioneering Connections around campus. He is also an alum and former professional of TRiO Student Support Services.
In his current role, Wayne provides academic support for more than 30,000 multicultural and first-generation students on the UCF campus. During his tenure at UCF, Wayne has received the 2016 NASPA Excellence Award, the 2012 SDES Team of the Year and the 2010 NACADA Outstanding Institutional Advising Program Certificate of Merit for his leadership in directing the department’s summer bridge program called SOAR (Seizing Opportunities for Achievement and Retention). He is also the 2003 winner of the Noel-Levitz Retention Excellence Award for his work in directing the Minority Mentoring Program at The College of New Jersey. Wayne is the co-founder of Jackson-Davis Educational Consulting, a company that helps colleges and universities increase their retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students.
In these roles, she leads and provides training, support, guidance, and resources for formal and informal mentoring relationships for college students, faculty and staff, and alumni, as well as leading personal and career development programs for young professionals. She has written for and spoken to national and international audiences about effective mentoring strategies, leadership, and professional development. Prior to joining Wake Forest in 2010, Allison was a public service faculty member at the University of Georgia, where she created, administered, and facilitated leadership development and organizational development programs for higher education and public sector audiences. A native of Durham, North Carolina, Allison earned her bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest, and holds a master’s in public relations and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Georgia.
Dr. Grace Wong Sneddon has an Interdisciplinary PhD in Anthropology and Pacific and Asian Studies. As past Director of Academic Leadership Initiatives and Advisor to the Provost on Equity and Diversity at the University of Victoria, she continues to share her knowledge and expertise with organizations locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. She consults with post-secondary institutions and corporate organizations. Her areas of research include: equity, diversity and inclusion, race and gender in popular culture, Asian North American identity, Chinese Canadian Spirituality in the 21st Century, and the Chinese diasporic culture. Dr. Wong Sneddon is committed to community engagement. She is vice-president of the Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation, treasurer of the Hoy Sun Ning Yung Association, chair of the Victoria Foundation, and a member of TRIUMF Board of Management, Personnel, and Administration Committee.
Prior to joining academia, Dr. Kaufman worked in sales for Nabisco Biscuit Company. In this capacity he managed territories and developed and implemented store level sales promotions. On a Fulbright, he gained international experience working in planning for DuPont in Mexico City and separately as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow spent one year in Mexico interviewing executives and government officials regarding their perceptions of free trade. At the university he has been a co-director on a U.S. Department of Education grant and was also awarded a Small Business Administration grant to promote international business education at Illinois State University. These grant monies total $250,000. Most recently he has co-created interdisciplinary minors in Business Environment & Sustainability and Analytics. Through classes and grant sponsored activity, he has consulted extensively with U.S. companies in the following areas: automobiles, packaging, eye-wear, chemicals, agriculture, beverages, medical devices, air filtration, and construction. Dr. Kaufman’s teaching interests include Marketing Strategy, International Marketing, Sustainability, and Career Management. He has received numerous teaching awards, including: Wilma Jean Alexander Innovation Award (College of Business) (2008) American Marketing Association Prentice Hall Solomon-Marshall-Stuart Award for Innovative Excellence in Education (national) (2008) Outstanding Team Research Award (university-wide) (2012) MBA Professor of the […]
Becky Shepherd joined the Florida State University College of Law in 2005 as the Assistant Director for Development & Alumni Affairs and became the Director in 2006. Her background includes work in both the public and private sectors. Shepherd has extensive experience in the areas of higher education administration, special event planning, public relations, marketing, alumni relations, and fundraising. She has presented and advised both regionally and nationally on the topics of law school alumni affairs and annual giving. Shepherd has been with Florida State University for 16 years, working in the Vice President of Student Affairs Office and in Student Affairs at the College of Medicine. Before coming to Florida State, she served in event planning, public relations, and marketing positions at Florida Physician’s Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida, and The Tallahassee Democrat and Beverage Law Consultants, Inc. in Tallahassee.
Sue Hodges Moore has dedicated her 45-year career to improving lives through public higher education. She served at a comprehensive university in a major metropolitan area, a major urban research university, a rural research institution, a community and technical college system, a fledgling virtual university, and a statewide coordinating board. Just prior to her retirement in December 2021, Sue served as the first Chief Strategy Officer at Ball State University. In this role, Sue led the development of a new strategic plan for the University and supported and tracked the plan’s implementation. She also assisted divisions, colleges, and units with developing and successfully implementing their own individual plans, while ensuring that those plans aligned with the University’s priorities. In addition, Sue oversaw the Offices of Institutional Research and Decision Support, Community Engagement, and Inclusive Excellence. Prior to her tenure at Ball State, Sue dedicated nearly 40 years of her higher education career to the people of Kentucky. Sue began that career at her alma mater, Northern Kentucky University, where she returned as a vice president in 2005. Just prior to moving to Ball State in 2018, she served as NKU’s Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance, with responsibility for […]
Zachary Smith leads the efforts of the external relations staff at the Jacobs School which includes major and principal gifts, donor relations, stewardship, and events. He works directly with the Dean of the School to provide strategic direction for a comprehensive major and principal gifts program as the University completes the next comprehensive campaign. Smith is passionate about advancing higher education by developing strategic and meaningful relationships. At the Palomar Health Foundation, Smith served as the Senior Director of Development where he oversaw a team of fundraising professionals dedicated to the advancement of Palomar Health, California’s largest public health care district. Prior to this position, he served as the Director of Major Gifts within the Palomar Health Foundation where he had the primary fundraising responsibility for the divisions of Orthopedic Medicine, Cardiovascular Care, Men’s Health, Rehabilitative Care, and Neurosciences. He cultivated his passion for higher education at Portland State University, where he earned a B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, with a minor in Civic Leadership. Smith was a member of the PSU Wrestling Team and competed in the PAC 10 Division, during which he was honored as an All-Academic PAC 10 wrestler. He went on to earn his MBA […]
As a Psychotherapist, Dr. Tayyab has offered individual and group therapy since 2011 to more than 500 UTSC students experiencing depression, anxiety, psychosis, and other mental health related concerns. He has handled more than 150 crises in the past nine years in a variety of clinical situations. As the Lead Researcher of Flourish, he assisted his team in developing a strengths-based preventive mental health program that over 3700 UTSC students have participated in which includes comprehensive online clinical assessment and full-day workshops to reduce distress and increase well-being. Dr. Tayyab has also designed, delivered, and disseminated a large-scale group resilience intervention program and co-wrote a 280+ page train-the-trainer manual that provides an approach to support students with mental health issues in secondary and post-secondary settings. Dr. Tayyab has led a national group to design and launch a 135-page Comprehensive Assessment and Planning Inventory to encapsulate a systemic approach towards a student mental health interactive website. As a therapist by heart, and researcher by head, at the Health & Wellness Centre, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), Dr. Tayyab tries to integrate symptoms with strengths, resources with risks, weaknesses with values, and hope with regrets. He has tried to do the same […]
In his capacity as a health promoter at the University of Toronto, Chad Jankowski has 10 years of experience in developing, delivering, and evaluating health-promoting initiatives that support success. His work has included consulting with campus partners on the development of health-enhancing solutions, co-creating an institution-wide online mental health training resource, and overseeing the creation and development of the health education and promotion programs at the institution’s western campus. In the newly created role of Mental Health Programs Officer for the U of T Faculty of Arts & Science, Chad is pursuing Faculty-wide outreach and engagement initiatives and developing strategic partnerships aimed at enhancing mental wellness for faculty, staff, and students within U of T’s largest Faculty. Within his previous portfolio at Health & Wellness, Chad served as the Project Lead for the Student Life Resilience Project from 2017 to 2019. The Project facilitated dialogue around post-secondary student resilience, built capacity among faculty, staff, and student leaders to enhance their ability to foster personal and academic resilience, and embedded resilience curricula within new and existing student programming.
