Dr. Vardaman serves as Associate Provost for Academic Support at Troy University where he manages faculty personnel issues, budgeting, faculty contracts and certifications, legal issues, IT initiatives, the tenure and promotion process, and post-grant award activity for the Academic Division. In addition, he provides oversight of Continuing Education and Outreach as well as the financial aspects of the Confucius Institute. He also serves as an adjunct instructor of employment law in TROY’s Master of Human Resources program. Prior to his current position, Dr. Vardaman spent nine years leading the Human Resources Department for Troy after serving as both HR and IT manager for the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission in Dothan, AL. Dr. Vardaman has held local, state, and national leadership positions in human resources professional organizations and has numerous national and international publications.
In his current role, Adam provides data-driven decision support to institutional senior leadership in the areas of academic program costing, competitive and peer analysis, and institutional rankings. He oversees the economic performance model for the institution, and provides valuable insights into the economic and financial health of the institution. Before joining the Office of Institutional Research last year, Adam spent ten years in the Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis. He also participated in the Business Intelligence team as a data analyst. Throughout this time he has managed peer analysis systems, developed an administrative assessment program, and facilitated the development of an academic program financial review process. Adam holds both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Aeronautics degree in addition to an Associate’s of Science in Aviation Maintenance from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Adam is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education in Higher Education Leadership at Nova Southeastern University.
Roger Lumpp is an experienced consultant in the financial, accounting and not-for-profit arenas. He began his career with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., leaving after four years to become the first chief financial officer of one of his clients. This began a twenty-year period of increasing officer level responsibilities with two publicly held insurance centered conglomerates. Lumpp then entered the twenty plus year consulting phase of his career where he served major financial services clients as well as clients in the retail, consumer products and healthcare industries. He created Arthur Andersen’s Midwest insurance consulting practice in the 1990’s and more recently KPMG’s Midwest advisory account relationship corps. Throughout his career, Lumpp has served as president, chairman, and board member of numerous not-for-profit organizations. He served as President of the Wabash College National Association of Wabash Men and Vice President of The University of Michigan’s Alumni Society. He is currently Treasurer of the Bexley Seabury Foundation, an Episcopal seminary. He also is Chairman of the Board of Mather LifeWays, which is dedicated to improving our understanding of how to age well. In these capacities, he has witnessed and influenced the full spectrum of governance, strategic planning, and operational execution, as well […]
David Haynes has a wide and extensive background in higher education, serving as faculty, board member, and administrator, as well as management and strategic consulting in the not-for-profit and corporate worlds. Most recently, he has served as a faculty member and administrator at Northern Michigan University. In July 2014, he retired as President of Northern Michigan University. His undergraduate and graduate teaching is in public administration, leadership, public policy, budgeting, and political science. He served as the Co-Director of the Center for Rural Economic and Community Development and the Director of the Master of Public Administration program. He organized the department’s Public Policy Symposium Series that brought international, national, state, and local presenters to campus. He also chaired the Faculty Senate’s Graduate Program Committee and served as a member the of the university’s Committee on Diversity, Honorary Degree Committee, the President’s Budget Committee, and President’s Cabinet. For several decades, he was a partner at Public Affairs Associates (PAA) and a member of the Board of Directors. PAA was one of Michigan’s top three corporate and not-for-profit public policy, crisis management, and strategic planning companies. It represented a broad cross section of the nation’s Fortune 500 companies, world class universities and […]
Terry Franke is a strategic consultant, certified executive coach, and consultant/trainer with expertise in the not-for-profit world as well as large corporations. Franke started his career at Lawrence University, worked as a Commercial Banker for Continental Bank, and spent most of his career at Hewitt Associates, a top human resources consulting firm where he was a senior partner. Franke has helped numerous organizations create visions of the future and map strategy to realize those visions. An accomplished curriculum developer and executive-level trainer and coach (certified through The Newfield Network), Franke created and hosted the Hewitt Associates monthly talk show and has been at guest expert on broadcast interview shows. He has been a guest speaker at two recent Association of Governing Boards conferences. The March/April 2014 edition of Trusteeship Magazine contains an article by Franke: “Needed: A New Style of Leader for the New Era.” He was also a contributing author to the recently published Effective Board Chairs: A Guide for University and College Chairs (AGB Press). Numerous board positions reflect his leadership and management talents. Franke is the former chairman of the board of trustees at Lawrence University. Since joining the Board in 1993, he has served under three […]
Melissa Thammavongsa began her career as a development administrator at her alma mater, the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. The University of South Florida is a global research university with over 50,000 students across three campuses. Melissa has been the International Alumni Officer at USF since 2017, building the international alumni shop from the ground up. With over 7,000 alumni in 165 different countries, Melissa has created 11 different engagement touch points throughout the alumni life cycle.
As Dean, Eric is responsible for providing leadership, administrative oversight, and coordination of online and digital education. He has held several administrative positions throughout his career in higher education, and has been described as a visionary, inclusive, and collaborative leader. Eric has also received numerous awards and recognition, including the Alfred Noble Robinson Award at Lehigh University in 2010, which is awarded annually to one member of the University in recognition of outstanding performance in the area of service and unusual promise of professional achievement. He is actively involved in several professional organizations, including his role as Chair of the Partnerships Small Grants Committee for Division 2 (Teaching of Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. He is a member of the Editorial Board on the Journal of Instructional Research, as well as a founding member of the San Diego Leadership Alliance. In recent years, Eric has presented at numerous regional, national, and international conferences on the topics of assessment, academic program review, course design, data and decision-making, student retention strategies, and other areas related to teaching and learning. He is also a strong believer in leadership studies, continuing education, and professional development. For example, he has participated in the Management […]
Michelle has more than 25 years of experience in the field of advancement. She has worked in roles as grant writer, frontline fundraiser, and corporate relations officer. In addition she has served as overseen development teams including prospect development for both small and large organizations. She has experience with multiple types of organizations from community based institutions to international associations to higher education. Michelle joined Texas Christian University in 2013 and serves as Senior Director of Prospect Development where she is responsible for directing the relationship management, research, and strategy development for major gift prospects to ensure balanced and productive portfolios. Previously, Michelle served in professional roles at The American Red Cross (Houston, TX), Jabbory Foundation for Cancer Research (Houston, TX), Hospice of the Valley (San Jose, CA), The Tech Museum (San Jose, CA), Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (San Jose, CA), and the University of Illinois Foundation (Champaign, IL). Michelle is active with Apra and has presented at their international conference. She served on the North Texas Apra board in 2016/17.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Joyce Weinsheimer has had the opportunity to work in classrooms, learning centers, teaching and learning centers, and faculty development venues in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Driven by a strong interest in student learning and a passion to improve it, she began her career in higher education at the University of Minnesota and then 20 years later moved to Georgia Tech, where she currently serves as the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Joyce provides leadership to the campus community on teaching and learning issues, and she partners with campus units to help faculty and graduate students use evidence-based teaching practices in order to have a positive impact on student learning. Discovering many years ago that teaching is not the top priority of every faculty member, Dr. Weinsheimer became fascinated by the “challenge” of engaging faculty in professional development experiences that have the potential to help them be more effective with students. Making a difference with faculty–especially when it involves shifting mindsets–has become an area of specialty that she enjoys.
Caroline Brettell joined the faculty of Southern Methodist University in 1988 and is currently University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. From 2012 to 2018 she served as the Founding Director of the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute. She chaired the Committee to develop the vision statement for this institute, including formulating ideas for its signature programs. Caroline also worked with the Dean of Dedman College to raise the funds to support the institute and its programs. She has held a number of other administrative roles throughout her career, including Directing the Interdisciplinary Women and Gender Studies Program (1989-1994). She served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology at SMU (1994-2004) and as Dean-ad-Interim of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences (2006-2008) at SMU. Nationally, Caroline has served as President of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (1996-1998) and President of the Social Science History Association (2000-2001), an interdisciplinary scholarly community that brings historians and social scientists together. She has a B.A. degree from Yale University and a Ph.D. degree from Brown University. She has spent her career studying immigrant populations in Europe, Canada, and the United States (most recently in the DFW area). In addition to numerous journal articles and book […]
