Archives: Instructors

In her current role, Carly provides leadership for a variety of programs and initiatives that support the transition of first-year students. This includes direction and coordination of peer education including peer mentors for the first-year seminar and academic coaches. In addition to her work with these peer educators, Carly created Campbell’s orientation leader program, bringing a dynamic student presence to the summer orientation program. In addition to her significant role in the training, development, and support of peer educators, Carly has a passion for orientation, transition, and retention initiatives. Carly received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech and a Master’s of Education in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina.

Dr. Jankowski was formerly Case Western Reserve University’s Associate Vice President for Technology Management where he led the University’s commercialization efforts that stem from the more than $300 million of research activity taking place at the CWRU and its affiliate institutions annually. Dr. Jankowski holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Sciences, an M.B.A. from the Weatherhead School of Management and a dual B.S. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Technologies from the University of Dayton.

Derek has more than 26 years of experience primarily in housing and dining services at Kansas State University as well as the University of Georgia. Recently promoted to the Assistant VP for Student Life with responsibility for the Health Center, Counseling Center, Child Care Center and Recreation Center. Has participated in more than $200 Million in new construction and $40 Million in renovations in the past 10 years. Served on the leadership team that lead the university master plan and north corridor university/city master plans. Actively involved in ACUHO-I having taught primarily facilities management topics at the CHO Institute, National Housing Training Institute, South African Housing Training Institute, and recently elected to the ACUHO-I Board as the Facilities and Physical Environment Director.

Greg Giesen provides both professional development and OD consulting services for faculty and staff. With a Master’s degree in Personnel Services and Counseling from Miami University, Greg brings over twenty-five years of experience in corporate consulting, training, facilitation, and conflict mediation. In addition, Greg is an adjunct graduate professor at DU’s University College, The Center for Professional Development, and Academic Impressions. He is the author of three books on Creating Authenticity, including his latest, Mondays At 3: A Story for Managers Learning to Lead. Greg also speaks around the country on authentic leadership and facilitates his award-winning program, Leading From Within.

Since his arrival at St. Mary’s in 2013, Ross has worked to develop an institution-wide student retention plan, rooted in research and supported by data and strategic analytics. He works closely with various divisions to bridge the retention and student success initiatives in an attempt to streamline efforts and provide a campus-wide scope for student success. He successfully implemented an early alert program as a way to help students as well as collect data and develop a predictive model to address success barriers and develop programs to address pervasive issues affecting student retention. Ross completed his graduate work at Drexel University in higher education administration with a concentration in institutional research and planning, where the focus of his research was the retention of at-risk students, specifically low-income and first-generation students. Additionally, he is nearing the completion of a second graduate program in predictive analytics from Northwestern University.

Amy has worked at Georgetown University for nine years. Prior to that she was an architect in private practice. With over 25 years of experience, her focus as a planner and architect at Georgetown has been overseeing capital project design, emphasizing thoughtful responses to campus-wide, built-environment challenges that incorporate Georgetown’s rich cultural history, mission and context. She has been involved in the planning, programming, design, and construction of multiple student-focused projects, including the Residential Improvement Master Plan, Healey Family Student Center, Lauinger Library Special Collections, Ryan and Freedom Halls (residence hall), and the Northeast Triangle (residence hall).

Dave Lungren leads the design and development of online learning at Collegis Education. In over 12 years with the organization, he has led teams that built thousands of online courses for over twenty college partners. Most recently, Dave has focused his efforts on designing new models of learning delivery and assessment strategies to support competency-based education programs. Prior to joining Collegis, Dave spent eight years running online development teams in the publishing and corporate training industries.

Sarah graduated with a B.S. in Education from Kansas State University in 1995 and started her career teaching in the primary grades, while taking on leadership roles that advanced funding for technology innovation. Sarah joined Ad Astra in 1999 and led the company’s work in education, training, and implementation. She later became a Process Consultant for hundreds of colleges and universities, where she focused on best practices in scheduling and resource allocation. She then moved into serving as a Product Manager, bridging industry needs and solutions. Sarah has played an integral role in product advancement and new market development for Ad Astra software and services. Today, Sarah conducts industry presentations on best practices and insights from Ad Astra’s Higher Education Scheduling Index (HESI). She also works to form partnerships with institutions, state education systems, and state leaders to advance our country’s goal for higher-education attainment while focusing on the way we allocate and manage academic resources. Sarah drives to measure the correlation between better course scheduling and moving the needle — one student, one campus, at a time — toward our national goal of degree attainment and affordability.