L. Scott Lissner has served as the ADA Coordinator for The Ohio State University since 2000; he also serves as an associate of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and a lecturer for the Moritz College of Law, the Knowlton School of Architecture and Disability Studies. Teaching and public service informs his work as the university’s disability compliance officer and energizes his role in creating seamless access to all of the university’s programs, services, employment opportunities, and facilities. Lissner is president elect of the Association on Higher Education And Disability and is appointed to the Columbus Advisory Committee on Disability Issues, Ohio’s HAVA committee and the Ohio Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities. Lissner publishes, presents, and consults frequently on disability issues.
Renae is the dean for the college’s career programs, which are responsible for teaching the next-generation student the latest developments in technology-based curriculum. As dean, she guided the furniture and technology acquisitions for the college’s recently renovated Center for Business and Technology, a 70,000-square-foot building dedicated to career programming and professional training and development. Currently, Renae is chairing the college’s effort to install Cisco’s latest academic delivery system, Telepresence, on campus. In collaboration with a multi-campus team, she is leading the development of a strategic plan that will guide the expansion of academic offerings nationally and internationally utilizing this technology, placing emphasis on quality teacher-student interaction and overall student service.
Dr. Kazin serves as chief academic officer for the newly launched College for America (CfA), an innovative, online, low-cost, competency-based program for underserved working adults. She created the CfA competency-based model and continues to oversee all aspects of curriculum and assessment development. CfA was the first entirely competency-based program to be approved by its regional accreditor, NEASC, and the first program to be approved under the “direct assessment” provision of Title IV by the US Department of Education. Dr. Kazin came to SNHU from Educational Testing Service (ETS), where she served as executive director for the higher education division and led efforts to develop next generation assessments for 21st century skills. Dr. Kazin is also an attorney specializing in civil rights and higher education law. She earned a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was an editor of the Law Review. After working at the law firm of Hogan and Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), she joined the US Department of Labor, where she served both as an attorney and as a speechwriter to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
In the role of dean of college of Professional Studies, Dr. Long is responsible for designing three to four new academic graduate and undergraduate programs each year in response to time-sensitive workplace development needs. She is accountable for growing the college by 1,000 students and $10 million in revenue in five years. She also provides leadership for CORE: The Competency-Based Assessment and Development Program, the School of TransformAging®, the Adult Degree Program, The Institute for Law, Justice & Society and a host of other academic offerings. Dr. Long serves on the university’s academic leadership team, setting the academic vision for the entire university, and builds, develops, and inspires a team of individuals to achieve college objectives. Dr. Long, as creator and founder of The School of TransformAging®, was selected by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to chair the Governor’s Task Force on Aging. As chair, she authored a strategic plan, drawing on the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, to better meet the needs of older Tennesseans and their families. Dr. Long was named “Woman of Influence” for Innovation by the Nashville Business Journal in its inaugural class of award recipients. Although the words innovative and entrepreneurial are not synonyms with those […]
As a senior member of the administrative team, Dr. Richardson provides leadership for UW Flexible Option academics, including the development of curriculum, programmatic policy setting and faculty support and training. Dr. Richardson has more than twenty years of senior leadership and research experience in the higher education and non-profit sectors focused on social justice, environmental responsibility, research measurement and data-informed decision making. Dr. Richardson received her doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of Connecticut, and her Certificate in Evaluation Practice from George Washington University. In addition, she is a program evaluation expert reviewer for the Corporation for National and Community Service and a certified restorative justice mediator.
Dr. Thibeault has served as the Dean of Distance Learning and Instructional Support at Sinclair Community College since 2003. In October 2012, she assumed the role of Director for the College’s $12M Department of Labor TAACCCT grant to develop three IT programs for competency-based delivery. Dr. Thibeault also has full responsibility for Sinclair’s online programs, including course development, faculty training, student support, and media development. With over 30 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Thibeault previously served as Directory of Learning Technologies, Chair of Computer Information Systems, Director of Computer Facilities, and Associate Professor of Computer Science. She was recognized as one of the top 50 innovators in the 2011 Converge Yearbook and co-leads Ohio’s State Authorization Network.
Brian Tietje is a thought-leader in higher education and a passionate advocate for student success, particularly those who face challenging circumstances and who aren’t familiar with the unwritten rules of college and career success. Brian took his life experiences and grit from rural Ohio across the country as he traversed educational and corporate ladders to reach an executive leadership position in higher education. He presently serves as Vice Provost of International, Graduate and Extended Education at Cal Poly State University, and serves on the Board of Directors of several private and not-for-profit organizations. He is continually pursuing opportunities for educational innovation to meet the needs of students and employers. Prior to his administrative leadership career, Brian was an award-winning marketing professor in the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly.
For the past fourteen years, Tim Vick has been deeply involved in the success, retention, and progression of beginning college students. He has, in his role as an administrator, directed academic advising, academic testing, academic resource centers, and new and transfer student orientation. Most recently, he led the development and implementation of Middle Georgia State College’s freshman year experience (FYE) program. In addition to directing the program, Tim taught several FYE seminar classes each semester. Tim also designed, and taught for the past twelve years, a beginning course for the School of Information Technology at Middle Georgia State. Tim is currently ABD toward receiving an EdD in Higher Education Leadership. He has presented at several regional, statewide, national, and international conferences on the topics of student success and retention; the successful development, implementation, and assessment of freshman-year programs; and integrating technology into educational settings.
Dr. Lee received her PhD in Higher Education Administration from Ohio State University and her JD from Georgetown University Law Center. She is the author of numerous books and articles on employment law, higher education law, employment discrimination, and academic employment practices. She is the coauthor, with William A. Kaplin, of The Law of Higher Education, 4th ed. (2006), A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals, 2nd ed. (2009, with W. Kaplin), and Academics in Court: The Consequences of Faculty Discrimination Litigation (with George LaNoue). Dr. Lee serves on the executive committee of the New Jersey Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, is the immediate past chair of the Bar Association’s Higher Education Committee, and is a former member of the board of directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and a NACUA Fellow. She is vice-chair of the editorial board of The Journal of College & University Law. She also serves as an expert witness for litigation involving employment discrimination, sexual harassment, student issues, and academic personnel decisions.
