Prior to co-founding Mandl & Co. Jack was Associate Vice President for Corporate Development at Emory University and played key project executive roles with Mike Mandl in developing Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory, Emory Innovations, Emory Genetics Laboratory, Emory Sports Medicine Complex, and most recently Emory’s $50.9-million acquisition of 60 acres at Executive Park in Brookhaven, Georgia. Jack currently leads the asset management practice at Mandl & Co., LLC in corporate and real estate development and strategic project execution. Mandl & Co. partners with institutional executives to identify and inventory non-core assets, develop cogent plans, and provide execution support to unlock their economic value. Jack has held leadership and governance roles with Emory-affiliated public-private entities, including EGL Genetic Diagnostics, LLC; Emory Innovations, Inc.; EmTech, Inc. and T3 Labs, Inc. Under his leadership, each of these companies has engaged in non-traditional and non-academic enterprises with missions to support and enhance the broader goals of Emory and Georgia Tech (in the case of EmTech).
Star is an Academic Advisor/Social Media Coordinator for the Office of Advising and Academic Services, a Department of Undergraduate Studies at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). She also teaches the University Studies, Freshman Seminar and advises student clubs and organizations. Star graduated from CSUSB with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology, minor in Sociology. She is an educator, consultant, mentor, and life coach, helping people achieve their goals and fulfill their life purpose. Star co-owns a business with her husband that specializes in graphic design, promotions and productions. She has partnered with CSUSB advising centers as well as other campus entities to enhance their social media marketing efforts and increase student engagement. Star has presented and facilitated workshops both regionally and nationally on the following topics: Understanding Diversity, Student Success, Social Media: Communicating through pictures, and Supporting Underrepresented Asian/Pacific Islander Students. As a first-generation college student, Star is passionate about helping students overcome the challenges students face in their academic journey. She attributes her family and academic advisors in the Educational Opportunity Program and Student Assistance in Learning (SAIL) Program for guiding her throughout her academics. Today she is humbled by the opportunity to give back and enjoys spending […]
Colonel Cardon Crawford is the Director of Government Affairs and the Crisis Action Team (CAT) lead for The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. As the CAT team lead he successfully managed the president and senior staff through four national level crises that held the potential to negatively affect the reputation and brand of the college. In addition he is the co-founder of Crisis Action Training and Intervention (CAT/i) LLC. CAT/i specializes in preparing institutions to make key strategic and operational decisions during an emergent crisis. Prior to assuming his current duties at The Citadel, he spent 24 years on active duty with the United States Army. Colonel Crawford deployed to both Desert Shield / Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom where he served as the Combined and Joint Director of Operations for the Afghanistan Theater of Operations. Colonel Crawford is a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College and holds a master’s degree in Administration from Central Michigan University and a master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the National War College.
Joseph, a library design specialist and founding partner of Studiotrope, has spent the past 18 years working with library clients to bring their buildings into alignment with their missions. He strongly believes we must first understand projects from the user experience perspective before we can start suggesting architectural solutions. Joseph has traveled and studied libraries across the nation and understands that contemporary libraries are in constant flux and must be recognized as very dynamic environments. In fact, Studiotrope was conceived so that Joseph could focus on the ever-changing role of the library in the eyes of its users. This journey has fostered memberships and partnerships with library organizations, including ALA, PLA, and CAL, and led to speaking engagements at local and national conferences. Joseph was also an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado College of Architecture for several years and taught previously at Arizona State University. Joseph has been a registered architect in the state of Colorado since 1996. He has a Master of Architecture from Arizona State University in Tempe, and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana where he studied two semesters abroad.
Cynthia has been an active participant since 2009 in the renovation of the Auraria Library, which serves three institutions of higher education, the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Community College of Denver. Throughout the multi-year projects, Cynthia convened essential conversations that ensured robust campus relationships and staff engagement. Reflective of her highly consultative approach, she invited students’ research-based design recommendations and advanced campus learning partners’ collaborations. Within the library organization, she furthered staff appreciation for repurposing facility spaces and, concurrently, reinventing service models. Cynthia’s visionary leadership guaranteed inclusive participation and responsive design. She earlier held positions at the University of Texas at Arlington libraries and earned a MLIS from the University of North Texas.
Lou joined the National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute in 2013 and leads the management and development of the National Community College Benchmark Project (NCCBP), the National Community College Cost and Productivity Project, the Workforce Training Benchmarking Project and the newest addition to NHEBI’s portfolio, the Maximizing Resources for Student Success project, a Gates Foundation project. The Benchmarking Institute is currently collaborating with the AAUP to develop their Faculty Compensation Survey and reporting website. Dr. Guthrie is a seasoned speaker, presenting data from the benchmarking studies at numerous national and regional conferences. Previously she was President of Guthrie Research Group, Inc., a benchmarking consulting company that worked with Fortune 500 companies and international financial institutions on general services benchmarking projects. Her consulting included strategic planning, key performance indicator development, and continuous quality improvement initiatives. For the past 5 years she also served as a benchmarking consultant to the World Bank’s General Services Division. Dr. Guthrie has higher education experience as an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University, and as an Instructor at Virginia Tech and Longview College. Lou received her PhD from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and her MS from Southern Illinois University.
Christine Robinson holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, master’s degrees in Psychology and Education, is a certified K-8 educator and is a PhD student in the Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology at Western Michigan University. Chris has been in the field of social services and education for 25 years with 12 of those being in higher education. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of Academic Advising at Western Michigan University, where she directs the Phoenix Student Success and Retention Program. As an instructor and program administrator, Chris champions causes of student success, diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. Through her professional journey she has had experiences in Strategic Program and Policy Development, Project and Program Management, Grant Writing, Assessment, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development and Implementation, Professional Learning Community and Conference Facilitation.
Formerly Treasurer and Executive Director of Real Estate and Business Development at Boise State University, Jared has approximately 20 years’ experience in higher education. Jared has presented at numerous conferences, and has published many articles on various topics, including public/private partnerships. Jared has been involved in numerous P3 projects for several years, including two recent projects, one opening in 2016 and one in 2017, that will add almost 300,000 square feet of facilities using the P3 model. Facilities uses included student housing, dining, offices and classroom spaces. Jared has a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management from Arizona State University and masters of business administration from Boise State University.
Stephanie works to recruit and retain female students at Colorado School of Mines through a variety of outreach, recruitment, and retention activities. Before coming to work at Mines, she was an Elementary and Middle School Science Teacher at Title 1 schools serving low-income and diverse student populations. Stephanie has a B.A. degree in Education with a Science and Mathematics concentration from the University of St. Thomas, and a M. S. Degree in Mineral and Energy Economics from Colorado School of Mines.
Meg supervises the team responsible for comprehensive activities and management of fund development, as well as marketing and communications for the college. Working alongside the college and university leadership, Meg worked with Dr. and Mrs. Wertheim and the Wertheim Family Foundation to secure the university’s largest transformational cash gift of $50M and establish a $300M investment pool and campaign for the college, the Wertheim Transformation. Meg serves as an Executive Committee Board Member of the Engineering Development Forum as well as served as chair of the Nursing Advancement Professionals board. She has spoken routinely at advancement professionals conferences on a range of topics from high level donor engagement, cultivation and major gifts to enhancing and advancing advisory boards. Prior to joining the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, she served as Director of Development for the UF College of Nursing and UF Health. Meg’s early work includes roles in development for the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra along with art direction and sales in the publishing industry.
