Dan King serves as the assistant vice president for facilities at Auburn University. In this capacity, he is responsible for the planning, design, and construction of facilities at Auburn, as well as directing the maintenance, utilities, and building service operations that support the university. Prior to arriving at Auburn, Dan was the senior facilities executive at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Dan spent 29 years as a Civil Engineer Corps officer in the US Navy, rising to the rank of captain. Dan is a registered professional engineer and earned a master’s degree in civil engineering (construction management) from MIT.
Mike has worked at Michigan Technological University since 1990, and has been involved with space management for more than 11 years. Mike served as the university’s controller for five years and is currently the director of institutional systems development and analysis, whose main objective is to foster business process improvement and integrated solutions addressing critical information needs. Mike led the initiative to develop and use a Web-based system for space management. Mike has continued his work on the system, which now supersedes the average space management system with the inclusion of future projections in the areas of research, classroom utilization, equipment inventory, and more.
Carole has worked at Michigan Technological University since 2007, and has been involved with space management for three years. Carole is currently a process improvement coordinator of institutional systems development and analysis, whose main objective is to foster business process improvement and integrated solutions addressing critical information needs. Carole has been an essential player in the continued development of the university’s homegrown space management system. She has also led the initiative of creating in-depth training, materials, and support for the system.
Ian provides library reference services and information literacy sessions for undergraduates in College Library, the university’s undergraduate library. He teaches the first-year student experience course called the Wisconsin Experience and has helped shape the course’s information literacy component. Ian’s current research interests include how best to create collaborations between librarians and first-year seminar faculty and staff.
Anne-Marie designs and delivers library services for undergraduates, including the writing program, academic learning services, BEST Bridge programs, and Honors College. As part of this position, she coordinates library instruction in first-year student experience programs and undergraduate information literacy instruction. Anne-Marie’s research interests include information literacy and the intersections between the pedagogies of student engagement and information literacy.
Adrianna is responsible for developing curriculum for the Center for First-Year Experience, and for faculty/staff professional development. She serves as a liaison on behalf of the Center to help campus units develop initiatives for new students; most recently, she assisted the Institute for Biology Education (IBE) develop and implement a boot camp program to engage new students in exploration of the biological sciences. She continues to engage in teaching and training, and currently serves as the chair of the Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education at College Student Educators International (ACPA)
Matt Jennings is the editorial director in the communications office at Middlebury College, where he has edited the award-winning Middlebury Magazine since 2002. The son of a now-retired journalism professor, Matt loves to teach and conducts editorial workshops at conferences around the country. He also serves as an editorial consultant for higher ed magazines and communications offices. Prior to working at Middlebury, Matt directed an award-winning publications program at Sidwell Friends School, an independent school in Washington, D.C.
Stephanie joined the Notre Dame Alumni Association as the Young Alumni Program Manage and engaged 20,000+ young alumni (graduates of the past ten years) through creative marketing, original programming, and events enhancements. She was promoted to the position of Director of Special Events within the Notre Dame Alumni Association, charged with engaging the entire 132,000+ alumni population. Stephanie then transitioned into a newly created role in the Notre Dame Career Center serving as the Student-Athlete Career Program Director.
Tim led young alumni and student fundraising initiatives at Notre Dame for three years with a focus on educating young alumni on the importance of giving and increasing the young alumni giving participation rate. He directed the university’s five- and ten-year reunion giving programs, the William Corby Society—ND’s giving society for young alumni—and he oversaw the efforts of various alumni volunteer groups. He worked with students on the senior class gift program as well as on other undergraduate fundraising campaigns. Tim currently serves as the director of graduate alumni relations for Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. Tim works to keep the college’s graduate alumni connected to the university through online communications, campus and regional events, and volunteer activities with the college’s various degree programs.
Prior to coming to Drexel University in 2007, Michel was a supervisor of pupil services with direct supervisory responsibilities for an entire school district’s special education and gifted programs for four years. She also has six years of teaching experience working with students with learning and behavioral disorders in inclusive and self-contained settings. Michel’s research interests focus on autism, administrator support of special education teachers, administration of special education programs, and program evaluations. She is a core team member on the autism interdisciplinary committee, developing a major research initiative for Drexel University. Michel is an active member and the past president of the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) in Pennsylvania. She is active statewide in the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) and has served in various leadership positions in the organization.
