Instructors
Katharine has been a faculty member since 1996 and has been mentoring other faculty members and academic leaders (department heads and deans) for over two decades. As a professor and senior vice provost, she is responsible for most policies and processes related to faculty success (including promotion and tenure) as well as for faculty development […]
Mary has worked in the field of stewardship and donor relations for 15 years, beginning at the University of Illinois Foundation in 2006. In 2009, she joined the University of Chicago’s Donor Relations team, leaving in 2012 to become Director of Alumni Relations & External Engagement for Loyola University’s Health Sciences Division. Mary next managed […]
“Our unique backgrounds, experiences, and identities will reveal themselves in the divergent goals for which we advocate and in the behaviors we exhibit,” comments Dean Paaige Turner. “By putting in place structures that bring together diverse groups in productive, action-based collaboration, and by retaining a sense of optimism, purpose, and belief in the ability of […]
Tricia Penniecook has over 25 years of experience as a physician, educator, and public health administrator. She believes that it is the responsibility of public health academia to create, educate, and support leaders of different passions, interests, and experiences—leaders who will understand and embrace their responsibilities in achieving health equity through practice, research, advocacy, and […]
As VDFA, Marie coordinates many aspects of faculty work life, including organizing the New Faculty Orientation, assembling mentoring committees for pre-tenure faculty, preparing summary reports for the Provost Office regarding the tenure and promotion processes of individual faculty members, meeting individually with faculty regarding any concerns they may have, and providing support services for faculty […]
Heather N. Martin is a writing professor, cross-cultural mentor, and faculty coach. With over 20 years in the academy, she helps faculty and academic leaders sort through competing obligations to design professional lives of meaning and purpose. Whatever the challenge, Heather helps faculty hone their self-advocacy and communication skills, disable procrastination, and locate processes to […]
Corinne is an ICF-certified coach with a passion for guiding academics as they define their career paths to create impact in their professional lives. This passion is an outgrowth of a 25-year faculty career in higher education, in both small liberal arts and research university settings, and the many opportunities she was afforded to grow […]
Mike is an executive coach and higher education leader with a focus in group dynamics, interpersonal communication, leadership, and second career development. Three questions inspire Mike’s work as a coach: What brings you joy? What are you good at? What does the world need you to be? Mike’s professional career has taken him in many […]
Yvonne is a coach and consultant with over 20 years of experience in higher education. Her experience includes executive-level leadership roles within student and auxiliary services at regional universities, land-grant universities, and highly selective universities. Her experience includes residential life, first-generation programs, leadership programs and student involvement, housing services, student conduct, and crisis management. Yvonne […]
Renell brings more than 15 years of substantial executive experience, driving the communications and marketing strategies of some of the most prestigious universities in the United States by helping research institutions to advance the human condition through service, care, research, teaching and learning. Currently, she is Vice President for Communications at Wesleyan University in Middletown, […]
