Vicki Klopsch

A South Carolina native, Vicki earned her master’s degree in Organizational and Multicultural Communication from DePaul University (Chicago, IL). Her areas of expertise include organizational communication, strategic planning, and program assessment. A leader in higher education, Vicki currently serves as executive director of the Laspa Center for Leadership at Scripps College where she guides leadership […]

Hon. Sanford M. Brook (Ret.)

Sandy has served as a mediator in over 1,000 cases. He’s the former Chief Judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals who joined the Judicial Arbiter Group in 2004, after 16 years on the bench in Indiana. Twelve of these years were spent on the trial bench where he also served three years as Chief […]

Naseeb Bhangal

Naseeb Kaur Bhangal, M.Ed. (she, her, hers) is currently a second-year doctoral student in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education Ph.D. program at Michigan State University (MSU), where she is a recipient of the prestigious University Enrichment Fellowship. Naseeb’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is presently reflected in her collaborative research projects, explicitly […]

Amy Poland

Amy has led the St. Joseph’s College Online team from the launch of the online campus in 2015 with less than 100 students to a campus of over 500 students today. Beyond leading her own team, her responsibilities include working collaboratively with marketing, enrollment management, informational technology, and academics to deliver high-quality online courses and […]

Jennifer Wies

Jennifer is dedicated to facilitating continuous improvement of teaching and learning organizations and is passionate about teaching anthropology along the way. Previously, she served as an academic chairperson, director of assessment, academic program director, and as a leader in student affairs. She has successfully supported campus communities to develop and maintain student-centered, equity-focused, and transformative […]

Martin Margala

Martin received the M.S. degree in microelectronics from Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 1990 and 1998, respectively. Between 1998 and 2007, he was with the University of Alberta and the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. He […]

Ronn Kobalsh

Ronn is a highly experienced professional who has successfully implemented shared services in higher education (University of Chicago & Yale University) and state government (State of Ohio). He is currently leading the effort to continuously improve processes and drive business transformation within and outside the shared services organization through the use of data, and a […]

Charleon A. Jeffries

Charleon has spent the last 18 years dedicated to improving and responding to issues of equity, inclusion, and justice at Penn State University. She is the inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) for Penn State’s Division Development of Alumni Relations (DDAR). In her role, she works directly with the Vice-President for DDAR in […]

Kate Harrison

Kate Harrison has built a superior portfolio of donor stewardship work over a decade in Higher Education and now with the nation’s number one cancer center. This includes launching award-winning volunteer programs, crafting bespoke donor engagements, and executing spectacular events and milestone celebrations. Kate believes that collaboration and a donor-centric mindset are the keys to […]

Alexis Kanda-Olmstead

Alexis helps people maximize their potential to achieve organizational priorities. She believes people should be engaged by their work and have the opportunity for continuous growth and development. Her responsibilities include shaping the overarching strategy for talent management, coaching leaders and supervisors, and designing training and professional development programs for more than 250 staff. During […]