John has extensive experience as a professional fundraiser. From non-institutional community organizations to frontline development work in multi-billion dollar higher education campaigns, John has consistently led teams to meet and exceed fundraising goals. John’s six-year tenure at the helm has seen the College achieve six of its top seven fundraising years in unit history. During his career, John has taken great pride in mentoring new hires, with a focus on strategies to train, retain and empower employees for success starting day one of their employment. John’s servant leadership approach and his creation of this 30-60-90 day plan encourage collaboration and performance. John is motivated when the University, College and his employees achieve unprecedented fundraising heights under his watch.
Jill McKinstry is Librarian Emeritus of the University of Washington (UW) and former director of the Odegaard Undergraduate Library and special assistant to the dean of University Libraries for undergraduate education and programs at the University of Washington. Jill is a graduate of the University of Washington Information School and a librarian at the UW for almost 30 years. In 2013, Odegaard Library underwent a much-needed renovation on the 42-year-old building, adding 6,000 additional square feet of useable space on the first floor, new study spaces, skylight, and state of the art active learning classrooms. The renovation received several awards: 2013 AIA Seattle Honor Awards | Honor Award; 2014 AIA National Institute for Interior Architecture Honor Awards | Honor Award; SCUP (Society of College and University P) Design Excellence Award Excellence in Architecture (Category: Building Additions or Adaptive Reuse) | Honor Award; and ALA IIDA (American Library Association & International Interior Designers Association); Library Interior Design Awards (Category: Academic Libraries / Over 30,000sq ft)| Honorable Mention.
Kristin Kelsey is the Architecture and Design Lead for the northwest region. Kristin has over eight years of experience working in both the architecture and interior architecture fields. She holds dual Master’s in Architecture and Interior Architecture from the University of Oregon. Kristin approaches building programming and design from perspective of identifying programmatic opportunities to create considered and complete solutions. Kristin spent the last five years as part of the design staff and an Interior Architecture leader at the Miller Hull Partnership. She worked primarily on tenant improvements, commercial and higher education projects. Kristin was an interior architecture leader at The Miller Hull Partnership. She highlighted chemicals that are present in finishes and building materials and helped remove them, finding alternatives for all future Miller Hull projects. She completed Miller Hull’s Seattle studio renovation, which became Petal Certified in April 2017. Kristin is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon in Portland teaching in architecture and interior architecture.
Cheryl L. Dickter is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and a faculty affiliate of the Neuroscience Program and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program. Dr. Dickter received her Ph.D. from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She co-directs the William & Mary Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (WMSURE), which supports high-achieving undergraduate scholars from underrepresented backgrounds. Her research uses a social cognitive approach to examine how individuals perceive members of different social groups (e.g., racial minorities, autistic individuals, etc.), and how these perceptions differ based on contextual information such as stereotypes. In addition, she examines the degree to which individual differences in autistic behaviors and social anxiety affect emotion identification and the neural processing of emotions. Dr. Dickter has published over 30 articles and book chapters as well as two books. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Dickter is a member of the Neurodiversity Working Group at William and Mary, which focuses on supporting neurodiverse students.
After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Alberta and a Master of Arts in education from Central Michigan University, Dr. Cameron attended University of Toronto and completed a PhD in Theory and Policy Studies in Education. Her dissertation, “The Lived Experience of Transfer Students from a Baccalaureate Nursing Program,” won the Best Dissertation Award from the Council of Study of Community Colleges in the United States. Dr. Cameron has taught and held several senior administrative positions in the post-secondary system for over 30 years. She is committed to academic excellence balanced with learner centred principles in teaching and learning to educate competent, confident, and caring human service professionals. As co-chair of the Learner Success Committee and Special Advisor to the Vice-President Academic, she is currently developing a strategy to implement Universal Design for Learning Principles college-wide.
Professor Burk received his Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. Currently, his area of studies include the neural mechanisms underlying differences in attentional processing. In collaboration with Professor Cheryl Dickter, he studies how differences in autistic behaviors and social anxiety affect emotion processing. Professor Burk has co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has co-edited one book. His work has been funded by several agencies, including the National Institutes of Health. Professor Burk is also one of the co-chairs of the Neurodiversity Initiative at William & Mary. He co-teaches a course, Neurodiversity, two times each year, in addition to assisting with programming associated with the Neurodiversity Initiative.
In her current role, Tori Landry serves as a forward-facing advocate of the College to increase revenue and participation for the Merrimack Fund. She previously managed initiatives for the Together for Good Campaign with a goal of raising $50 million, the largest fundraising effort in the institution’s history. She directly supported the frontline fundraising team by managing funding and naming opportunities and executing projects to engage and solicit major gift prospects and donors. Prior to Merrimack, Tori worked in various roles at Westfield State University, the Walt Disney World Resort, and the American Diabetes Association’s Orlando, FL office. Tori completed her masters of public affairs degree at Merrimack College and has a bachelor’s degree in communication from Westfield State University. Tori lives in Stoneham, MA, is an active volunteer with the Massachusetts Hugh O’Brian Youth (MA HOBY) Leadership organization, and loves cooking, traveling, and browsing the clearance racks at Target.
Dr. Jim Hundrieser is the inaugural Vice President for Consulting with NACUBO. Previously, Jim served the Association of Governing Boards focusing on institutional sustainability with strategies to grow or strength institutions business models. Jim has spent his career in higher education serving as an institutional vice president at two private and one public university. As Vice President for Enrollment and Student Affairs at Plymouth State he reengineered their enrollment management system leading to record enrollments. At NACUBO, he is providing higher education institutions with new strategies to match ambition with action focusing on revenue growth, building capacity, providing pragmatic solutions, and conducting operational assessments. Over his 30-year career in higher education, Jim has served in a variety of roles from an institutional vice president, to consultant, to faculty member, to residence hall director. The core of Jim’s work has been focused on providing ways for students to gain access to and succeed in higher education. Prior to joining NACUBO, Jim served the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) focusing on institutional sustainability with strategies to grow, partner, or build strategic business models. Jim has spent his career in higher education serving as an institutional vice president at two private and one […]
Anne Botteri is a writer and communications consultant working in the higher education and nonprofit sector who specializes in fundraising and donor communications. She also provides executive communication support and counsel to university leaders and boards. Prior to opening her practice, Anne was Vice President for Marketing and Communications at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida; Prescott, Arizona; and the university’s online division. Before that, she was Associate Vice President for Advancement Communications and Donor Relations at the University of Central Florida Foundation. Originally from New England, Anne was Assistant Vice President for Communications and Marketing at Saint Anselm College and Executive Director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. She has been a contributor and editor of numerous publications. Prior to her work in higher education, she was chief of staff of a federal agency within the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities. She has a B.A. in English and an MFA in Creative Writing and is a regular speaker on and issues in higher education and advancement communications.
Dr. Kelly earned her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Social Foundations of Education also from the University of Maryland. Her research interests are examining university campus cultures for racial, gender, and educational equity. Her scholarship focuses on documenting the journeys of women and People of Color in historically White research institutions, preparing socially just educators, and understanding how power is negotiated in qualitative research. She has authored over 40 publications, including two articles that have received over 200 citations each and are cited in AMICUS briefs for U.S. Supreme Court cases. Dr. Kelly is an award-winning teacher of intergroup dialogue and presents nationally on the topic. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education and as Executive Editor for the Journal of Student Affairs, Research and Practice. Dr. Kelly is co-editor of Building Mentorship Networks to Support Black Women: A Guide to Succeeding in the Academy (Routledge).
