Mara Fellouris has spent the last 25 years helping organizations transform their operations. Ms. Fellouris brings hands-on implementation expertise in process redesign, large-scale technology applications implementation (ERP) and organizational restructuring. Since 2002, she has served as Executive Director of the Program Management Office at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In that capacity, she guides campus-wide teams to implement improvements in technology, process and organizational alignment. A key focus area for UCSF in the last four years has been the implementation of consolidated administrative functions through shared services in PreAward, Human Resources and IT support among other areas. Prior to joining UCSF, Ms. Fellouris spent 16 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers leading projects for public and private sector organizations in the United States, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to strengthen their processes, technology and organizational capacity.
Over the last thirty years, Mike has initiated and managed business transformation in high-tech, telecomm, consumer electronic products sectors, as well as in higher education. His expertise has been in analyzing the organizational challenges and envisioning and managing opportunities make the business operations lean and efficient. He has worked as a senior executive in Ericsson and Ericsson/GE, and has lead major initiatives in global companies such as American Express/AMS and IBM. The last seven years he has been with the University of North Carolina, three of which as the Executive Associate Dean of the School of Pharmacy and the other four in the current position that was specifically created to make UNC-CH streamlined and cost efficient. In this role, Mike has been given charge to investigate ten operational areas within UNC-CH, with an overall goal of reducing the expenses by $70million over five years. Given the decentralized nature of the University, Mike faced a difficult question: how to get acceptance for and participation in the improvement initiatives since there was no mandate from the top. He designed and implemented an innovative self-directed solution that has created bottom-up creation and implementation of efficiency efforts. This comparative metrics based approach has helped […]
Dr. Judson Cooper Epperly has over 10 years of experience in higher education and business. His expertise is in international marketing, recruitment, social media, eLearning, retention, and professional development. Dr. Epperly is the Director of Latin America for International Recruitment at Kaplan Medical. During his tenure with Kaplan Medical, he has recruited thousands of doctors throughout Central and South America through innovative online, on-site, and blended marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Kaplan Medical, Dr. Epperly served as a corporate trainer and branch manager for multiple banks. In addition, he taught Economics at various universities in Argentina. Dr. Epperly speaks Spanish and Portuguese and has earned a Doctorate of Management, a MBA with a specialization in International Marketing, and a B.S. in Political Science and Spanish.
David is the managing director of Accenture Management Consulting’s Education practice. He specializes in strategic planning, talent and organization, enterprise transformation, shared services strategy and implementation, software as a service, and other improvement strategies for education and public service institutions to better achieve their missions. David and his team have extensive experience working with some of the world’s largest public and private institutions. David has written multiple articles on improving education and the public sector, and is a speaker at various industry forums. He was recipient of Accenture’s Thought Leadership Award for supporting research in the book Workforce of One: Revolutionizing Talent Management through Customization (Harvard University Press 2010). Metnick has advised more than 20 government, education, non-profit, healthcare, and global industry clients. David is actively engaged and supports the broader education, human services, economic development, and healthcare communities that he lives in. He lives in Arlington, Virginia and is a Board Member of College Summit – National Capital Region.
Dr. Mark M. Polatajko has over 15 years of senior fiscal management experience in both government and not for profit organizations. In his role as Vice President, he provides strategic, proactive, and innovative leadership to enhance, evaluate, develop, and implement customer-driven financial system policies, procedures, and processes for the efficient and effective delivery of services to students, customers, faculty, staff, and administration. Prior to joining Wright State, Dr. Polatajko served as the Vice President of the Administration and Finance Division of Cuyahoga Community College. He also held a variety of positions with the Ohio Lottery Commission, eventually becoming the Lottery’s Deputy Director of Finance and has five years of public accounting experience with Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. A Certified Public Accountant, Dr. Polatajko is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Inter-University Council Fiscal Officers, and formerly served as Chairperson of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges Fiscal Officers. Dr. Polatajko graduated from the University of Akron with his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy degree, earned his Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Finance from Ashland University. He received his Ph.D. in […]
Richard staffs the UT Shared Services Executive Committee chaired by the UT System Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs and comprised of the Chief Business Officers from the fifteen UT System academic and health institutions. Richard performs the following activities: identifies future UT Shared Services projects; develops comprehensive analyses that articulate the project, value, investment required, location of the operations, etc.; develops compelling business cases when project analyses are approved; and monitors key performance measures focused on ensuring effective and efficient operations in the sustainment phase. Richard also manages other UT Shared Services projects such as the UT System Supply Chain Alliance and the Self-Directed Work Teams for medical billing compliance programs and online effort reporting compliance program. Richard received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Tech University and a Masters of Accountancy from UT El Paso. Richard is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.
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 University, the total of yearly donors and dollars to the unrestricted fund has increased nearly 30%, with integrated direct mail, email, phone, and social media marketing driving the success. The fundraising campaigns while under her direction have won top recognition from regional associations and CASE VIII, with the innovative and interactive Gonzaga University Advent Calendar receiving the 2012 Virginia Carter Smith Grand Crystal Award and multiple other comprehensive fundraising campaigns taking Gold. She approaches the solicitation calendar from a holistic point of view, believing that a potential donor should have multiple modes to receive and respond to a targeted giving message.
For the past seven years, Rob Hofmann has worked at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) as Senior Director of Development with the UMD School of Fine Arts. At UMD he has helped to raise more than $8.8M for student scholarships and programs. He is one of only 5,000 worldwide Certified Fund Raising Executives (CFRE), an internationally recognized credential within the fundraising profession. Before coming to UMD, Mr. Hofmann was involved in tall ships maritime education from 1997 through 2006 as executive director of the Providence Maritime Heritage Foundation that operated the tall ship Continental Sloop Providence. Hofmann was pivotal in spearheading the Foundations development and delivery of exceptional shipboard education programs that were recognized as a model partnership with Providence, RI Public Schools by Cambridge, MA based Abt Associates in 2002.
