Since 2005 Stephen Jordan has positioned MSU Denver to become the preeminent public urban university in the nation. Under his leadership, MSU Denver has achieved university status, launched its first master’s degree programs, developed innovative public-private partnerships and seen plans for a Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center, Student Success Building and Athletics Complex come to fruition. His courageous leadership in creating a nonresident tuition rate evened the playing field for undocumented students in Colorado and heralded the ultimate passage of the ASSET bill. Jordan is the incoming board chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and serves on the Downtown Denver Partnership board. He has received the Latin American Educational Foundation’s Sol Trujillo National Lifetime Leadership Award, the Anti-Defamation League’s 2014 Civil Rights Award and a Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Award from the Denver business community. Jordan holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a master’s degree in public affairs and a doctorate from the University of Colorado Denver.
Danielle Page has served in her role since 2013. Her primary areas of responsibility include the development, implementation, and management of the department’s AVIATE program, which includes the residential curriculum and its alignment with the housing assignments process. In addition to this role, Danielle serves as the adviser for the Department of Housing and Residence Life’s recruitment, training, and selection processes for undergraduate staff, as well as training processes for graduate and professional staff. Prior to serving in the role as coordinator for co-curricular learning, Danielle was an area coordinator at the University of Dayton and worked in first-year, sophomore, and upper-division areas of residence. She has served as a disciplinary hearing officer, Title IX support person, and dean of students administrator on-call on behalf of the dean of students office. In recent years, Danielle has overseen the formation of Designed Learning Experiences (DLEs) which provides sophomore students the opportunity to select into themed living communities that can connect their co-curricular experience to their honors program, substance-free living, and/or servant leadership experience. Before joining the University of Dayton in 2011, Danielle served for two years as a residence coordinator at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
As the assistant dean of students, Steve supports the dean of students in advocating for students’ academic and personal success. In particular, Steve serves as a member of the Division of Student Development’s Campus Awareness, Response and Evaluation Team (CARE), as a manager in the dean of students after-hours on-call rotation for crisis management, as a member of the university’s hearing board, and as a Title IX investigator. As the executive director of housing and residence life, Steve oversees a department that houses over 6,500 undergraduate students in traditional residence halls, apartments and over 400 university owned houses. Previously, Steve served as the assistant director of residence education for the First Year Experience at the University of Dayton, where he was responsible for the overall development of coherent and comprehensive educational programs in the first-year residential communities. Prior to Steve’s arrival at the University of Dayton, he worked in university housing at the University of Arizona and North Carolina State University. Steve is a member of the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and ACPA – College Student Educators International. From 2005 until 2007, Steve served as the […]
Elizabeth joined DePaul University in 2002 and is currently vice president of institutional diversity and equity. Prior to her work at DePaul, she was director of affirmative action, diversity, and employee relations at Northern Illinois University. Her college and university experience spans over thirty years in both the public and private sector, including the Chicago community college system. She has worked on diversity initiatives in several areas including recruitment, retention, training, programming, and climate issues for diverse students, faculty, and staff. Elizabeth also has worked extensively in issues of higher education and in particular in raising awareness for Latino students, educators, community representatives and others who are committed to Latino representation and advancement in all aspects of higher education. She is a sought-after consultant, lecturer, and workshop presenter on diversity issues and best practices. Her professional service includes community and professional boards that emphasize multiculturalism as well as recruitment and retention initiatives for diverse student and workforce populations. In 2014 Elizabeth was selected to be an American Council on Higher Education Fellow, part of a leadership program designed to groom university provosts and presidents. She serves on the board of Diversifying Our Faculties in Illinois Program and the Illinois African-American […]
Chris is the Manager of the Business Intelligence team for the University of Notre Dame. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate data visualization courses for the University’s Mendoza College of Business. Chris understands that a strong focus on governance can lead to a sharp increase in the adoption of analytics on campus. As the program director for the University’s Data Driven Decision Making effort, he focuses on balancing the need to deliver data quickly with the need keep everyone on the same page, ensure consistent data definitions, monitor data quality, and manage data access.
Jen has been a member of the alumni relations team at her alma mater, Gettysburg College, since 2006 and became the associate director in 2011. Her primary focus is on reunion efforts and affinity programming. In Jen’s previous role, she helped launch ‘Burgians of the Last Decade (BOLD) Gettysburg’s young alumni program and worked with the College’s Garthwait Leadership Center to create the Young Alumni Leadership Program. Jen has over ten years or experience in higher education, previously working at Boston University’s Sargent College for Health and Rehabilitation Sciences before returning to Gettysburg College.
Karen L. Miller has served in numerous administrative positions within higher education, including academic dean at John Marshall Law School (Atlanta) and in several positions, including vice president and general counsel, vice president of administrative services and senior vice president of administration and chief of staff. In her current position, she is tasked with achieving operational excellence, focused on creating a signature workforce, engagements, and work environment.
Michelle is the Director of International Admissions & Associate Director of Graduate Studies at Western New England University. She has worked in International Admissions/Education for the past 12 years starting at Catawba College in NC. Here she served as the primary DSO and worked with the students from the recruitment stage to graduation and their OPT experiences. Since 2005, Michelle has been working with undergraduate and graduate international students at WNE. She has participated in the strategic planning process for the growth of the international population, evaluated international credentials, and traveled extensively for the University. Michelle also serves on the International Programs Coordinating Counsel at WNEU which is a committee dedicated to internationalizing the campus. Outside of the office, she has served as the Chair of Study Massachusetts, is a member of NAFSA’s Trainer Corps, and serves on the Region XI Leadership Team. She holds a BA in Elementary Education (Catawba College) and a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration (Springfield College).
David Flinchbaugh has served at the University of Maryland, Baltimore since 2007. As assistant to the vice president, he spearheads efforts to streamline alumni engagement efforts across the University of Maryland system. As associate dean, he is part of the team that coordinates the school’s engagement strategy to assure alumni, friends and donors are actively connected to the school. At the School of Social Work, he oversees a team that raises private funds for the school from alumni, friends, corporations and foundations. Flinchbaugh has led efforts that tripled the annual private funding at the school, and has grown the school’s total scholarship funds from five to over fifty; meanwhile, corporate and foundation giving to the school has risen six fold. Flinchbaugh served the CASE’s Commission on Alumni Relations, and has been a speaker at district and national CASE conferences. Previously, he served as executive director for alumni relations as Johns Hopkins and Bucknell Universities.
Dr. Michele Murray provides leadership for integrating students’ intellectual, spiritual, and emotional development, ensuring a vibrant campus life, and delivering excellent services and programs for all students. Michele serves on several executive boards, including the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators and NASPA’s Center for Women. With Dr. Robert Nash, Michele has co-authored Helping College Students Find Purpose: The Campus Guide to Meaning Making and Teaching College Students Communication Strategies for Effective Social Justice Advocacy. Michele has served Jesuit higher education for almost twenty years.
