In her current role, Vicki oversees comprehensive career services, related programming initiatives, and student employment at Scripps College to empower students in developing and pursuing their post-graduation goals. Vicki also serves as an international student liaison and collaborates in the collection and analysis of student and career information to support measurable outcomes of a liberal arts education. Her areas of expertise include organizational development, strategic planning, mentoring programs, and program assessment. Under Vicki’s leadership, CP&R was recently ranked a top 20 career center by The Princeton Review. In her previous position, Vicki managed a nationally recognized career mentoring program and coached other colleges and universities on enhancing theirs. She earned her MA in organizational & multicultural communication from DePaul University, is certified in volunteer management, and has taught public speaking at the college level.
Tracy joined Marquette five years ago as a leadership annual giving officer and has held several fundraising positions leading up to her current focus on major gifts. She now directs Marquette’s efforts to build out the “micro-regional development model.” Prior to employment with Marquette, Tracy coordinated special events in conjunction with the grand opening of Synergy Health-St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Bend, WI. Before that, she was the director of communications for Alter High School in Kettering, OH.
Overseeing a staff of more than twenty, Mitz leads the team that aims to meet alumni where they are in their lives by providing meaningful connection points to the university and to each other, which is achieved through affinity-based offerings and niche programming, volunteer opportunities around the world, broad-based and high-end events, and a comprehensive communication plan. During her career at Marquette, Mitz nationalized the award-winning CIRCLES networking program, a self-sustaining initiative that has generated multiple major gifts for the university. She developed quantifiable metrics to measure engagement and better define how to bring value to alumni. Mitz was also instrumental in planning one of Marquette’s most successful programs to date, which honored the former university president and raised millions for scholarship aid. She joined the Marquette University advancement staff in April 2005. Prior to coming to Marquette, Mitz served as a campaign manager at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, where she led a team of five that raised approximately four million dollars per year for cancer research. Before she began working in the nonprofit sector, she was a forecaster and market researcher for Procter & Gamble.
Prior to assuming her role with ELI, Veronica supported and led learning technologies and faculty development initiatives for Maricopa’s 10-college system. She was also the co-principal investigator for a Technological Literacy National Science Foundation grant. Previously, she was responsible for the University of Arizona College of Management’s teaching and learning with technology initiatives and was principal investigator of the Hewlett Packard Technology for Teaching grant and HP’s Tablet PC Initiative. Active in the field of online and hybrid learning and teaching innovation, Diaz is the co-chair of the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning and has presented seminars nationally on faculty use of instructional technology, blended learning delivery models, intellectual property policies for distributed learning environments, and emerging technologies.
Dr. Geraldine Bloemker is a licensed clinical psychologist, teacher, and professor whose educational background and work experience brings a keen understanding of how to organize professional offices and train staff on effective communication skills. During her 10 years at Widener, she has been in administrative and supervisory positions that require expertise in crisis management, de-escalation techniques, and managing difficult interactions.
Since beginning his career in higher education administration, Larry has served in a variety of roles including as director of admissions and financial aid and vice president for enrollment management and strategic planning. He is an expert in business process redesign, implementing a one-stop student service model, and applying customer satisfaction techniques to the enrollment setting.
Les has nearly a decade of experience in helping adult students pursue higher education. Les currently serves as the corporate marketing director for the Distance Learning Center. He is an expert on adult recruitment and marketing strategies and a frequent presenter at conferences and professional development events.
Patrick is primarily responsible for continuing to grow Claremont McKenna’s development organization with a donor-centric approach that has yielded tremendous success. Previously, as the assistant vice president and director of annual giving, he led both major gift and annual giving teams at the college. Notably, CMC’s renaissance in annual giving is headlined by the success attained in creating recurring gifts – nearly 1 of 3 CMC alumni are now on such a program. Patrick previously served as assistant director and then associate director of annual giving, and as a major gift officer at the California Institute of Technology. He brings more than a decade of prior corporate experience, with a focus on management, strategy, sales, and marketing.
Lauren works with Bryn Mawr’s first 24 years of undergraduate alumnae, managing the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) program and a new “Second Decade” program for classes 11 to 24 years out. She also oversees the college’s annual fund coordinator, phonathon, senior gift, and philanthropy education programs. As an undergraduate at Gettysburg College, Lauren spent four years as an annual giving student worker; two summers as a development, alumni, and parent relations intern; and a year as a volunteer co-chair of her senior-gift effort. In her first year at Bryn Mawr, she introduced “Bryn Mawr Gives a Hoot Day” and “Whooo’s In Your Family Tree: Five Bryn Mawr Women You May Not Know,” the two events which now comprise the college’s philanthropy education series.
Dan has held his current role since 2007, focusing on building CMU’s class reunion program, student alumni programs, and the overall alumni connection to the campus community. He also oversees the coordination of alumni events at Spring Carnival & Reunion Weekend and homecoming events for both students and alumni. Prior to working in alumni relations, Dan worked in student affairs at CMU and at Northwestern University.
