Jan is President and John Hilton Knowles Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, a specialized graduate school located in Boston. She has previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost and Professor of Nursing and Health Sciences at MCPHS University, Boston, as well as Associate Provost for Education and Professor of Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Jan is a senior fellow at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Center for the Health Professions, and served as consultant and core faculty member for the UCSF-based RWJ Executive Nurse Fellows leadership development program from 1998-2010. She currently serves on the governing boards of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (AICUM), Partners HealthCare International, and the Boston Center for Medical Simulation. Jan is recognized for her work in curriculum development, program evaluation, interprofessional education, specialized and institutional accreditation, workforce development, and academic leadership. She has received more than $9 million in external funding to support health professions education and research, and has directed or co-directed a variety of federal and foundation grants. Jan has co-authored two editions of a nursing textbook, and published numerous articles and book […]
Claire’s work focuses on providing compliance, training, and investigation services for colleges and universities. Claire has been practicing law for more than seventeen years, most recently at Johnson & Wales University, where she served as Assistant General Counsel and Special Advisor to Student Services, and was instrumental in developing policies and procedures related to disability services. Claire trains nationwide on a multitude of higher education compliance related topics, including the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Claire holds a Juris Doctorate from Tulane University Law School, a Masters in Communication from Emerson College and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Rhode Island.
Chris Chivetta serves as President and Managing Principal of Hastings+Chivetta Architects, overseeing all projects within the firm. With 30 years of experience, Chris has completed projects of every type on college campuses throughout the country. Chris utilizes his background in both engineering and architecture to provide a unique and comprehensive perspective to each project. He is a seasoned presenter with more than 45 conference presentations throughout the country. Chris received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration degrees from Washington University. He is a professional engineer registered in ten states and is LEED Accredited.
Al Wolf has over twenty five years of design and production experience including over twenty years with Hastings+Chivetta where he has been the project designer for numerous STEM facilities including the Engineering Building expansion at SIUE. Al is an expert in the complex design issues that go into designing modern academic spaces. As the project designer, Al’s responsibilities include setting the design direction, addressing program requirements, accessibility, maintaining design calculations, and the coordination and identification of additive alternatives.
With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Lorraine understands that successful project delivery combines management of the construction process with fluid communication among all stakeholders. Her vast portfolio includes the new and renovated science facilities at SIUE. Her background in architecture and construction has prepared her to assess a project for potential challenges that may derail the progress from a management and constructability standpoint. She has a keen awareness of the details and utilizes an in-depth understanding of current industry standards and methodologies to navigate the team through the project life cycle. She combines experience with an honest respect for the complexities of the process and those involved.
Chris Gordon is an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he serves as an associate dean of the School of Engineering, chairs the Department of Construction, and is co-director of the Construction Leadership Institute. In his research, Gordon investigates engineering education and innovation in the construction industry. Gordon earned a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and both a B.S. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Prior to his doctorate, Gordon’s professional experience includes construction management on projects worldwide between $25 million and $2.5 billion as well as product development for an early-stage start-up software company.
Dave Lungren leads the design and development of online learning at Collegis Education. In over 12 years with the organization, he has led teams that built thousands of online courses for over twenty college partners. Most recently, Dave has focused his efforts on designing new models of learning delivery and assessment strategies to support competency-based education programs. Prior to joining Collegis, Dave spent eight years running online development teams in the publishing and corporate training industries.
Greg has served as the Associate Provost for Curriculum at the University of New Mexico since 2011. During that time, he has led campus-wide student academic success initiatives, and worked with key entities on campus, to produce all-time record retention and graduation rates. In 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of New Mexico, where he is currently a Professor. From 2005 to 2011, he served as Associate Chair (Director of Undergraduate Programs), and led the department through two ABET accreditation visits. In 2011, he became an ABET program evaluator. In 2009, he was also awarded the IEEE Albuquerque Section Outstanding Educator Award. He was the recipient of ECE’s Lawton-Ellis Award for combined excellence in teaching, research, and student/community involvement in 2001 and again 2009. He held ECE’s Gardner Zemke Professorship from 2005 to 2008. He received the School of Engineering’s Teaching Excellence award in 1995, and the ECE Department Distinguished Teacher Award in 2000. During 1998, he held a research fellowship at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and in 2005, he held a similar position at the Universidad Politénica de Madrid.
Amanda oversees all functions that support our accelerated undergraduate programs for adult women. She is also the Project Director for a 3.4 million dollar grant that The American Women’s College received from the US Department of Education to study the efficacy of adaptive learning and its impact on degree completion. In this capacity she was recently invited to present at the White House Complex to advocate for new models in higher education. Having received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Boston College, Amanda has worked in higher education administration throughout her career holding positions at Mount Holyoke College and Boston College before joining the Bay Path community in 2011 as Director of Institutional Research. Amanda brings with her a passion for implementing technology and data analytics in both the operational and learning arenas of higher education to help impact student success.
Vincent has principal responsibility for the leadership and oversight of many high impact initiatives here at the University. Under his direction, the Scholars Academy – our high-profile summer bridge program – was scaled from 32 to 167 participants and boasts an 85% first year retention rate. Vincent, who received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from MTSU, also oversees and leads our Black Male Initiative that develops and implements special programming for that population. Additionally, he coordinates the Student Success Summit that kicks off the academic year for freshmen, sophomores and transfers that helps get those students off on the right foot. The University’s Retention Summit, which attracts higher education administrators and practitioners from across the state, also directly benefits from his leadership. As a way to help freshmen students recover from a potentially disastrous first semester, Vincent created and leads the award-winning REBOUND program.
