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Elizabeth Ross Hubbell is an educator, author, and speaker with more than 20 years’ experience across many levels of education. She serves as Program Manager for Student Affairs where she conducts market research on current trends and issues impacting Higher Education, collaborates with subject matter experts, and designs professional learning experiences. Her primary topics of interest include women in higher ed leadership and new innovations in advising and career services. Prior to joining Academic Impressions, Elizabeth served as a K12 consultant, focusing on instructional strategies and technologies. She has presented at ASCD, ISTE, Colorado TIE, Learning Forward, SREB, NSBA’s T+L, and EARCOS conferences. Elizabeth is a former Montessori teacher.

As the Director of Partner Development, Sarah interfaces with higher ed leaders regularly to understand their needs. She then uses her organizational and leadership development expertise to design engagements that support their goals and drive progress. Sarah travels to campuses across the country regularly to facilitate leadership workshops for faculty, chairs, deans, and staff. She oversees Academic Impressions’ academic leadership development and strategic planning work and supports others across the organization with needs analysis, proposal development, and engagement design.   Outside of the office, Sarah is a mother of two young daughters and resides in Vermont. She enjoys cooking and baking, spending time outdoors, journaling, reading, and spending time with friends and family. 

Grace is manager of Programs & Industry Partnerships for Academic Impressions, where she develops dynamic training programs that give clients the knowledge and skills they need to solve complex problems and excel. The ability to help companies empower their employees and impact their mission is what inspires her everyday. Grace joined Academic Impressions in 2016, after leading the development of training programs for a Saudi Arabia-based educational organization. As a university instructor and avid adventurer, Grace followed her passion for new and challenging environments holding teaching and leadership positions in universities in South Korea and Saudi Arabia. Grace holds a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Colorado and is a credentialed master trainer. She earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of Colorado, as well. While the expression, “city girl with a mountain heart” may not actually exist, Grace says it describes her conflicted dichotomy perfectly.