Jacque works with organizations and individuals to implement broad-based diversity and inclusion initiatives with outcomes that operationalize dignity and respect. Jacque has over 30 years experience in all aspects of developing inclusive organizations including, but not limited to, performance coaching, mediation, curriculum design, assessments, focus groups, conflict management, change management, facilitation, mentoring, process improvement and diversity training. She is an avid community volunteer and leader with such programs as the Healing Racism Committee, The United Way, Diversity Leadership Alliance, The Mesa Leadership Foundation, The City of Mesa Community Cinema Dialogs, NAACP Arizona Youth Council, Valley Teen Leadership, and Arizona State University’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. Jacque credits her passion for inclusion to her family both past and present. She is the co-founder of the Arizona Multicultural Education Conference and the 2016 recipient of the MLK Veora E. Johnson Spirit of Unity Award for diversity and inclusion.
Mr. Kennedy has more than 14 years of experience providing complex corporate and real estate finance, securitization, financial services, mortgage banking and commercial real estate transactions. As Deputy General Counsel for Corvias Group, Mr. Kennedy provides legal support to both Corvias Campus Living and Corvias Solutions on business development, deal structuring, transactions and operations. With an in-depth knowledge of federal, state, municipal, and local regulations, Mr. Kennedy advises on all legal matters. Mr. Kennedy has represented clients involved in various student housing projects and in various public-private partnerships, including all three branches of the United States military. Mr. Kennedy has personally supervised an interdisciplinary team of attorneys, investment bankers, and consultants in connection with the acquisition, development and financing of numerous student housing projects, as well as the privatization and subsequent redevelopment, management, construction, and renovation of military family housing facilities at various military installations throughout the continental United States. Mr. Kennedy personally supervised the negotiation and closing of many sophisticated acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, mergers, and financing transactions for a real estate company that owns and operates a large portfolio of real estate investments, particularly multifamily residential apartments and student housing, as well as a mortgage bank and a […]
Daniel Marsh’s work in the field of economic and community development has spanned 35 years in the public, private and non-profit sectors and includes all aspects of community development. At the National Development Council (NDC), where he has served since 1986, Marsh is the head of NDC’s East Team, supervising and managing the work of six development professionals and providing services to public and non-profit community partners in the eastern United States and Puerto Rico. This work includes the creation and implementation of housing and community development strategies and economic development systems, real estate negotiations, financial analyses and creative deal structuring, and identification and procurement of financing. Familiarity with public resources and understanding public processes (HUD, SBA, EDA, etc.) is a key part of this practice. Marsh is also the President of the NDC Housing and Economic Development Corporation, NDC’s development and financing arm, and created its nationally recognized program using tax-exempt financing for public facility development.
Between 2011 and 2020, Eileen established and led Coastal Carolina University’s service excellence initiative, Feel the Teal®, created to enhance the university’s culture and become more service-oriented and focused on student success. She designed the service excellence program into eight training modules and oversaw all operations within the initiative. Eileen taught university employees and others how to deliver better service within higher education. In 2019 alone, she led 262 customer service trainings for Coastal Carolina University employees, student workers, affiliate groups, and other university stakeholders. She also oversaw the Feel the Teal® Steering Committee and Feel the Teal® Leadership Team at Coastal Carolina University. Eileen is back at Coastal Carolina University as of Fall 2023 as a faculty member and Director of the Wall Fellows Program in the Wall College of Business. The Wall Fellows Program is a uniquely designed, two-year leadership program that prepares top students across all majors for high-level careers in major U.S. and international organizations. Eileen began her career in the hospitality industry and worked with the American Hospitality Academy for more than ten years before starting her own business, The Meeting Institute, in 2004, which provided various training and development programs in the areas of leadership and […]
Mark Miller delivers a diversity of experience having begun his career in student housing as a Residence Hall Director and holding positions on university campuses including Director of Housing and Assistant VP of Operations. Moving off-campus, he has supervised operations at the portfolio level in both student and traditional multifamily housing including staffing, marketing and leasing, residence life, rent collections, maintenance systems, capital improvements, property takeover, stabilization, and repositioning. This combination of experience enables him to combine the best of what on and off campus living has to offer into a program that lends itself to a positive resident experience for both students and parents and effective institutional partnerships. Mark currently supports student housing operations for the 65-year, $550 million public-private partnership with the University System of Georgia (USG) where Corvias will construct and manage 3,753 new beds, as well as 6,195 existing beds, totaling over 3 million square feet across nine of the USG’s 29 campuses
Mr. Risher, a Director at Alvarez and Marsal, has 20 years of experience in advising public, institutional and educational clients on all matters related to real estate development, financing and transactional structuring. Mr. Risher has worked with domestic and foreign military agencies on large-scale public-private transactions for housing and infrastructure, universities who are seeking to recapitalize aging assets or who otherwise need to generate value for new capital initiatives, and private developers who seeking to develop partnerships with public sector entities. In all cases, Mr. Risher’s primary goals for the client are value generation, risk mitigation and long-term control over critical decisions. Prior to his tenure with A&M, Mr. Risher held multiple positions with quasi-public real estate agencies, including the National Capital Revitalization Corporation in Washington, DC, where he oversaw the city’s development portfolio, and is a past member of the American Planning Association.
John has been involved in public safety for more than 27 years and is recognized by the US. Department of Education as a subject matter expert in active shooter preparedness and school safety. John began his career in the military, became a police officer for a short time, and worked for more than a decade as the Sr. Manager of US Investigations and Security for one of the world’s largest corporations. John was involved in the security planning for the 2002 SLC Olympic Games, the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and has extensive experience responding to and leading corporate relief efforts during major hurricanes throughout the Gulf Coast. As the Executive Director of Security and Emergency Management for Jefferson County Schools in Colorado (a District of 86,000 students and almost 13,000 employees that includes Columbine High School and Deer Creek Middle School), John has redefined school safety and active shooter preparedness, and was recognized as the School Security Director of the Year for his leadership and actions during the 2010 Deer Creek Middle School Shooting. In 2012, in the hours following the Aurora Theater shooting, John supported Aurora Schools during the recovery process for students and staff impacted by […]
As an expert advisor to senior administrators in higher education, Kelsey Schwarzrock provides leadership and direction to ensure the development, oversight, coordination and implementation of initiatives and strategic direction. As the primary liaison between senior administration and stakeholders, she provides operational direction while supporting the strategic initiatives of the institution. Ms. Schwarzrock was Chief of Staff to the president of Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College for seven years prior to her move to the University of Minnesota. She has an extensive background in finance and analysis. Kelsey also teaches graduate financial accounting for Concordia University, St. Paul. Ms. Schwarzrock successfully guided two presidents through the merger and alignment of personnel and processes for Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College, including developing plans for communication and organizational restructuring. The resulting alignment created the largest community and technical college enterprise in the state of Minnesota.
As the Online Design and Communication Specialist at Slippery Rock University, Kayla’s primary responsibilities include the following: administration of institutional marketing, management of website content, direction of social media strategy, and production of promotional recruitment videos. Having nearly six years of experience reporting directly to the associate provost of enrollment management, she has a solid understanding of higher education and the strategies necessary to achieve enrollment goals. She thrives on problem-solving and content creation. She presents at a national level on marketing and recruitment in admissions. Kayla’s job requires balancing technological prowess, digital writing skills, and design expertise within a collaborative and data-driven environment. She is an alumna of SRU, having received her BA and MA (English Literature) in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
Cara manages digital and social media for the Office of News and Communications and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, and leads social media strategy for the university. She joined Duke in 2011 after serving as director of partnership initiatives for the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, where she focused on marketing, strategic initiatives, social media efforts and partnership relations. Cara holds an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School and an undergraduate degree in economics and political science, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
