For students and staff, institution and academic program closures often come with little warning. They can trigger shock and grief. If you’re an institutional leader, these same closures can leave you feeling disoriented and unprepared. How do you shift your focus from retaining students to getting rid of students? For something so complex, how do […]
Many faculty feel overwhelmed by the overlapping crises in higher education, and that they have little agency for making change. But faculty can take action to make change right where they are by leveraging their strengths and preferences as leaders and building effective networks of colleagues with complementary abilities. By identifying opportunities for meaningful change […]
Tara Stopfel Warden specializes in leadership and program design in advising and enrollment management. Tara was the founding director of UC’s Center for Exploratory Studies, selected as a national exemplary practice program in 2007 for supporting students through major selection. She established the university’s Office of Advising & Academic Services in 2014. In 2016, she […]
Jeff has close to a decade of experience leading and managing all areas related to law school advancement. He is responsible for planning and executing the programs which develop and support the School of Law’s annual giving, major gifts, planned gifts, board management, and capital campaign programs. Jeff has a keen understanding of the psychology […]
With more than eleven years of experience in development, focusing on annual giving and leadership gifts, Taylor has worked with a variety of nonprofits including The University of Tampa, United Cerebral Palsy and Tampa Preparatory School. Taylor is a results-driven nonprofit director known for developing and revamping programs to serve the community. Her experience includes […]
Dr. Brenda Flannery is Dean for the College of Business at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her other roles at the University have included Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Studies and International Education, Director for the Center of Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management. As Dean, she is a member of the President’s Expanded Cabinet and responsible […]
Stephanie Rockwell has many years of fundraising experience with an emphasis in annual fund solicitation and development marketing. In 2008, she joined Gonzaga University’s annual campaign team, managing the student phone program. She progressively assumed greater responsibility of the solicitations and marketing efforts for the annual campaign and development office. During her tenure at Gonzaga […]
Rich works with other student support units around the university to provide the same services to online World Campus Students. Currently, he is developing a transitions program to prepare prospective students with the basic skills they will need to be successful in the online, college classroom. He is also working to create videos for an […]
Doug Puffer is the Director of Personal and Planned Giving for Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and Senior Consultant with PGGrowth Inc. in Toronto. For 10 years he was the Senior Director of Gift Planning at Simon Fraser University and previously had served 9 years as Senior Planned Giving Officer at Queen’s University. Doug is a […]
Since joining Brailsford & Dunlavey, Pete has developed methodologies that enable organizations to pursue their mission-based goals through the development and management of their own real estate assets. Pete’s experience at institutions across the country has positioned him to effectively serve as a strategic advisor for his clients in determining creative funding mechanisms, analyzing public-private […]
