Brooke Chang

Prior to her current role, Ms. Chang served as the Title IX Officer for Radford University. She came to these Title IX Officer positions from her role as Associate Counsel in the Office of University Counsel for East Tennessee State University advising the Title IX Office, Student Affairs Division, Human Resources department, among others. Prior […]

Dr. James E. Samels

Dr. Samels is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Education Alliance and The Samels Group, a full service higher education consulting firm. He is also the founding partner of Samels Associates, a law firm serving independent and public colleges, universities, foundations, non-profit, and for-profit higher education organizations. Dr. Samels has served on the […]

Dr. Susan Poser

Dr. Susan Poser has served as the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois since February 2016. She is responsible for the university’s academic enterprise, including the planning, implementation, and assessment of UIC’s academic programs. Dr. Poser received her bachelor’s degree with honors in Ancient Greek and Political Science from […]

Dr. Nivine Megahed, Ph.D.

Dr. Megahed has worked in higher education for over twenty-five years. She has served as a faculty member, a dean, and a president. In addition, she has overseen the administration of operations of multiple campuses for a number of proprietary institutions. Dr. Megahed has demonstrated a track-record of success relative to institutional growth and development. […]

Elizabeth Francis-Connolly

Prior to her current role, Elizabeth served on faculty at the University of New England where she was the Dean of the Westbrook College of Health Professions. During that time, she oversaw twelve academic programs, undergraduate through doctoral programs, a clinical simulation center, state of the art motion analysis laboratory, and the Interprofessional Education Collaborative. […]

Jacquelyn D. Elliott, Ed.D.

Jacqui has over 30 years of leadership experience in higher education. She was formerly Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Mary Baldwin College, Associate Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Bridgewater College, and Vice President for Enrollment Management at Tusculum College. She most recently served in an academic appointment with the University of Missouri—St. […]

Dr. Geoff Payne

During his 15 years at UNBC, Dr Payne has held a number of administrative positions including Assistant Dean for Education and Research with the Northern Medical Program. Dr. Payne maintains his research program in area of vascular physiology where he is a Full Professor in both the Northern Medical Program and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology […]

Doug Puffer

Doug Puffer is the Director of Personal and Planned Giving for Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and Senior Consultant with PGGrowth Inc. in Toronto. For 10 years he was the Senior Director of Gift Planning at Simon Fraser University and previously had served 9 years as Senior Planned Giving Officer at Queen’s University. Doug is a […]

David Reetz

Dr. David Reetz completed his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Indiana University. He is a licensed psychologist in Indiana, Illinois, and New York and has spent the past twelve years serving as both a university psychologist and counseling center administrator. Prior to his role at RIT, Dr. Reetz served as the Director of Counseling Services […]

Daviree L. Velázquez Phillip

In her current capacity, Daviree is responsible for providing leadership and management for the programs, services, and staff within the Department of Multicultural Student Affairs. In addition, Daviree serves as an advocate and ally for students whose gender, ethnicity, race, and sexual identities play a primary role in their university experience, while working with the […]