Mary McGuinness creates environments for innovation, taps multiple intelligences, and provokes new ways of thinking and doing. She helps her clients to maximize their potential to create and execute ambitious plans for themselves, and for the organizations and teams they lead. Mary is a leadership development specialist and ICF-certified executive coach who partners with her clients to create collaborative cultures, improve employee engagement, and better navigate through the change, transitions, and challenges that arise in organizational life. Mary is past director of workplace learning and performance at DePaul University, where she designed and implemented initiatives to improve performance management, leadership, and employee relations. Prior to that she directed the Hay Leadership Project, where she co-developed an intensive values-based leadership certificate program that strengthened leadership from “the inside-out,” and served as an organization development consultant to mission-driven organizations. Mary possesses a B.A. in Theatre and French from University of Wisconsin and a M.Ed. in curriculum theorizing from DePaul University. Mary has studied adaptive leadership with Martin Linsky and Ronald Heifetz at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Public Service, coaching and adult development at Fielding Graduate University, and leadership at the University of Chicago. Working across sectors, Mary and her team author and […]
Christine “Chris” partners with individuals and teams in both large and small organizations, using her strengths-based approach to improve their communication, productivity, leadership presence, and relationship management. She has spent over twenty years in leadership positions in a variety of non-profit settings as well as entrepreneurial start-up companies holding leadership positions in Operations and Executive Management. In the last nine years, she has focused much of her Executive Coaching career on serving non-profits, government organizations, universities, the financial service industry, and healthcare industries. Chris has worked with numerous clients to assess and provide executive coaching to leaders across mid to senior levels of management around emotional and social competence, core values, and organizational climate. Utilizing assessment results from validated measurement tools and inventories, Chris has created and delivered over a hundred summary feedback reports providing clients and participants with a clear understanding of strengths, opportunities, and recommendations for development. In a consultative capacity, Chris confers with clients to assess the leadership capabilities of high-potentials, mid-level managers, and executives. She also works with senior leaders to create and deliver leadership development programs for both new and experienced leaders in a variety of industries including non-profits, government, higher education, healthcare, and financial […]
Peter Cimbolic has spent his entire career in higher education in both the private and public sector, and has held key leadership positions in both academic and student affairs. He served as the President of Ohio Dominican University for seven years and retired from this position in 2017. Prior to his term of office at ODU, he served as provost at Bellarmine University, and then provost at Marywood University. He served at the Catholic University of America for 22 years, where he also held positions as vice provost and dean of graduate studies. In each of these positions, he simultaneously held the rank as a professor of psychology. As a psychologist, Dr.Cimbolic has had an active career as both a clinician, professor, and scholar primarily in doctoral clinical psychology training programs. He is an internationally recognized scholar, who has published extensively and received a number of awards in recognition for his contributions to his field. He primarily taught in doctoral clinical psychology training programs while pursuing his scholarly interests. He was recognized as a master teacher with special interests in psychopathology, psychopharmacology, and assessment. Earlier in his career, he directed university counseling centers concurrent with his academic appointments at the […]
Niecie Washington, Senior Meeting Planner, ensures that all our in-person events go off without a hitch. She is our go-to for meeting planning and logistics. Niecie has more than 15 years’ experience in meeting and event planning with organizations ranging from Academic Impressions, Marriott Corporation, and the City and County of Denver. Niece has a degree from Grambling State University and recently emptied her nest with her daughter flown off to Colorado State University. During the week, Niecie keeps us all on our toes; on the weekends, she enjoys a quiet house and some long overdue downtime.
Roshaon is currently Academic Impressions’ Director of Account Management. In this role, she is responsible leading Academic Impressions’ team of Account Managers who partner with members institutions to ensure their professional development goals are met. Originally from New Mexico, Roshaon attended and graduated from University of New Mexico (Go Lobos!) with a dual degree in political science and philosophy. She also holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership and development from CSU Global. Outside of work, Roshaon enjoys hiking, kayaking, and laying on the couch with her three dogs.
As an art student at Colorado State University, Brady fell in love with graphic design and never looked back. He has brought his passion for simplicity in design to Academic Impressions since 2012, creating print material and graphics as well as helping design the website. While he spends most of his time in front of a computer during the week, on weekends he’s most often found in the mountains skiing, riding around on his unicycle, or spending time with family and friends.
In addition to being involved in company strategy, Beth directly oversees Academic Impressions’ marketing, sales, account management departments, human resources, and business development. She is often meeting with campus leaders about their challenges, facilitating connections, conversations, and playing a role in AI’s leadership development workshops. Beth’s career before AI was in public health working at the University of Colorado as Director of an AIDS Education and Training Center, developing training and capacity building for health care providers across an 8-state region. She has also served as a consultant with federal agencies and local non-profits. Beth’s background is in community and public health education and has a graduate degree in instructional design. She holds a strong passion for empowering women and women’s leadership, is an advocate for creativity and inclusion, and seeks to amplify innovative leaders in higher education.
Nicole is the Content Marketing Manager for Academic Impressions. She oversees the leadership newsletter and marketing mailing list, fields responses from a company inbox, and manages an intrepid team of data entry assistants from across the greater Denver area. Nicole originally hails from Georgia and received her degree in English from Georgia Southern University. When away from the office, she spends her time with her husband, their menagerie of pets, and a house filled with books.
Kori Parton serves as the ever-friendly face, ears, and eyes of the Academic Impressions office. If you have called our office, you’ve likely spoken with her. And as our Customer Service Associate, she likely left you with a smile. Though Kori is a bit of a nomad, her heart resides on the beach in Florida. Kori enjoys cooking, watching documentaries, and tending to her 3 adorable rescue pups: Huey, Riley, and Nugget.
Meg has been with AI since 2013. She works with members and partners, making sure that we are integrating with and supporting the work already happening at higher ed institutions strategically and mindfully. Meg landed at Academic Impressions after spending four years teaching and traveling abroad and has a bachelor of arts in liberal studies from the University of Notre Dame.
