Rebecca Bahan has been working in the field of international education for nearly fifteen years. In her current position, she oversees all aspects of campus internationalization, including the areas of international student services, immigration compliance, international academic advising, and international enrollment management, with a focus on agent and university partnerships. During her tenure in international affairs, Rebecca has been fortunate to travel to over forty countries and has focused her attention on various cities in China for the past several years. Rebecca has served as a NAFSA leader and workshop presenter, has participated in AIRC agent training, and is currently conducting research on cross-cultural training for faculty and staff.
Prior joining the Newtown Country Day School as their director of the annual fund in September of 2015, Jaime spent over two years at Babson revamping their athletics fundraising operation. Mulligan began her career at Boston College, beginning as an intern. She later served as Boston College’s Athletics Development Assistant, as well as an assistant director and an associate director for the school’s annual fund. She spent her final year and a half there as the Associate Director of BC’s Capital Giving program. Although the majority of her professional career before Babson was spent at the Division I level, Mulligan’s roots lie in Division III. The Westfield, Massachusetts, native was a four-year member of the women’s volleyball program at Springfield College, from which she earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and her Master’s in Physical Education and Athletic Administration. While attending graduate school, Mulligan served as an assistant coach for the Pride’s volleyball program as well as a graduate associate in the athletics department. A member of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD), Mulligan was a recipient of the Springfield Young Alumna Award in October 2012 in recognition of professional excellence and outstanding service.
John Lofy is assistant director of the Victors for Michigan campaign at the University of Michigan. Prior to his work in development, he worked as a freelance journalist and editor of the alumni magazine Michigan Today. He holds an MFA in creative writing from U-M, and attended the University of Wisconsin as an undergraduate.
Emily Moser is an experienced presenter at higher education conferences and webinars. Within the Office of Annual Giving at Bowdoin College, she currently manages marketing and communications in addition to a portfolio of prospects and Class Agents. She has experience overseeing the Sundial Circle, Bowdoin’s successful recurring gift program. Emily’s decade-long career in higher education has encompassed many aspects of college administration. Previously, Emily worked as a program manager in Student Affairs at Davidson College. She went on to work in international education at the non-profit organization, CIEE. There, she collaborated with faculty and administrators from universities across the United States to promote study abroad opportunities to their students.
Steven Parfeniuk is the Vice-President of Finance and Administration at Sheridan College. Steven holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McMAster University and a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership from Royal Roads University. Steven also is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. Steven will begin a doctoral program at Royal Road University in the Winter of 2014. Steven has held senior leadership positions in education for more than 20 years and has been at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning since 2010. Over the past 20 years Steven has been responsible for negotiating public private partnerships in several Ontario communities including Thunder Bay, Burlington, Mississauga, and Brampton. Steven is an avid triathlete and a four-time ironman finisher.
Dr. Cipriano has a doctororate degree from New York University in Therapeutic Recreation with a cognate area in College Teaching. He has published four textbooks, contributed chapters in three additional textbooks, has published more than 160 journal articles and manuscripts, and has received in excess of $9 million in state and federal grants and contracts. He has served as an expert panelist to review federal grants for the US Department of Education on 16 separate occasions. His book, Facilitating a Collegial Department in Higher Education: Strategies for Success, was published by Jossey-Bass in 2011. His newest book, A Toolkit for Department Chairs, is due to be published in February, 2015 (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing). Dr. Cipriano has delivered more than 250 presentations in Asia, the Middle East, and the United States. He has also been invited to present on the topics of collegiality, civility, and managing conflict at more than 50 colleges and universities in the US and the Middle East. Dr. Cipriano has served as a department chair for 28 years.
With nearly three decades of fundraising and non-profit operational and management experience, Cathy Kerley has developed a sharp eye for how non-profits can build energized, strategically focused organizations. As a fundraiser who quickly built her own successful track record, she also consults with other colleagues and non-profits to set priorities, build robust boards and create the ways and means for them to succeed. Cathy’s fundraising experience spans governmental agencies, non-profits and institutions of higher education. Her successful grant writing skills drew the attention of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, which invited her to develop a training program for sites across Texas. She then led the Office of Student Affairs at the University of North Texas to exceed a record annual fundraising goal of over $2 million. Cathy has conducted board training, fundraising and grant writing retreats and workshops across Texas and has presented at numerous local, state and national conferences. In 2010, she joined TWU and has since created and leads the fundraising efforts for the university’s Office Corporate and Foundation Relations.
Loretta Holland is the Executive Director of Waterloo Counseling Center, an Austin-area nonprofit agency offering individual, couples, group, and family therapy with an expertise in serving the GLBT population, people living with HIV/AIDS, people with low income, and Spanish speakers. A professional fundraiser with 25 years of experience, Loretta holds the designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and is a graduate of the Grantsmanship Training Center International’s Proposal Writing Program. Prior to becoming Waterloo’s Executive Director, Loretta served as the agency’s Development Director and operated Prospect Consulting, which offered grant proposal writing and research services. Loretta is a Past President of the Greater Austin Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and was named “Outstanding Fundraising Professional” by the Chapter.
Alice’s higher education career includes over a decade of experience in enrollment management and compliance. In her current role as associate vice president of operations compliance for Bridgepoint Education, she continues to enhance the compliance program through a variety of methodologies in which innovative processes and systems improve outcomes. In her prior role, Alice served as the vice president of admissions for Ashford University. Her portfolio of work in this area includes leading geographically diverse enrollment teams and associated services through several key management positions. Her experiences in admissions over the past decade have shaped her perspective and skills to lead impactful change initiatives. She possesses a combination of student engagement experience, along with the understanding of higher learning operations and delivery.
As provost, Dr. Olswang is responsible for all academic programs of the university, which operates in thirty-one locations in ten countries, and focuses on serving adult learners in education, management, and technology. Previously, he served in several leadership capacities at the University of Washington, including: interim chancellor at UW, Bothell; interim chancellor at UW, Tacoma; and vice provost (responsible for academic human resources) and vice provost for international education for all UW campuses. Dr. Olswang is professor emeritus of educational leadership and policy studies. He has published over fifty articles, monographs, and chapters on legal and international issues in higher education and is a fellow of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. In 1994, Dr. Olswang was a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge and the University of Reading (U.K.) as a J. William Fulbright Academic Administrative Fellow, and in 2006 served on the Fulbright Visiting Assessment Group to Germany.
