With more than ten years of experience in higher education student recruitment, marketing and communication, Eric provides strategic and tactical support for both central campus marketing, as well as the academic colleges, programs and departmental offices. He coordinates marketing initiatives, including communication, recruitment, advertising, and outreach, and is the primary liaison for the CU system’s eCommunication initiative. Previously the lead on several CRM implementations, Eric is considered a subject matter expert on CRM implementation and administration and has spoken widely on these topics. Before working in higher education, Eric held director level positions in both the fitness and hospitality industries, with a focus on sales, marketing, management, and professional and executive development.
Lisa is currently a doctoral student pursuing a PhD in Educational Studies at the University of Windsor. Her work is within the stream of Cognition and Learning, where she is exploring online communities of practice as a medium for professional development for student affairs professionals. She is also the National Chair of the NASPA Technology Knowledge Community (TKC), a community of practice of over 900 members across North America with an interest in technology and higher education. Her past work has included the creation and development of the Leadership Educators and Resource Network (LEARN), an online community of practice launched through the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS) serving leadership educators across Canada. Her work meets at the intersections of technology, assessment, student affairs, learning & development, and leadership, exploring idea(l)s of success both personally and professionally. Her work experience includes positions in career services, new student orientation, leadership development, and experiential education. Lisa has also served as a volunteer for numerous professional associations and initiatives, including a team lead for the ACPA assessment planning initiative and a member of the Next Gen program committee for ACPA 2016, the first ACPA convention held in Canada.
Dr. Jankowski was formerly Case Western Reserve University’s Associate Vice President for Technology Management where he led the University’s commercialization efforts that stem from the more than $300 million of research activity taking place at the CWRU and its affiliate institutions annually. Dr. Jankowski holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Sciences, an M.B.A. from the Weatherhead School of Management and a dual B.S. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Technologies from the University of Dayton.
Relatively new to Mines, Kim brings over 20 years of experience working to recruit students at institutions ranging from community colleges and small private institutions to large urban institutions. A Colorado native and Bachelor of Arts degree graduate of Mesa State College now Colorado Mesa University with a Master’s in Education in Counseling, Kim has dedicated her professional life to assisting students, parents and counselors to access post-secondary education.
Nancy has been bringing practical, collaborative methods to organizations and communities facing complex issues since 1980. Nancy has extensive experience in designing and facilitating large group, task-focused, strategic meetings. She has applied this expertise to cases related to strategic planning, organization redesign, critical cross-boundary meetings, and leadership development. Nancy is clinical assistant professor in the Organization Development Leadership Program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine where she teaches courses on Appreciative Inquiry, Systems Literacy and Leader as Meeting Designer and Facilitator. She designed and facilitates a multi-day Leadership Institute for Friends Services for the Aging and the Penn Foundation. Nancy received her PhD in Applied Learning Theory from Temple University.
In her current role, Carly provides leadership for a variety of programs and initiatives that support the transition of first-year students. This includes direction and coordination of peer education including peer mentors for the first-year seminar and academic coaches. In addition to her work with these peer educators, Carly created Campbell’s orientation leader program, bringing a dynamic student presence to the summer orientation program. In addition to her significant role in the training, development, and support of peer educators, Carly has a passion for orientation, transition, and retention initiatives. Carly received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech and a Master’s of Education in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Jessica Lauritsen served as the Vice President of Student Affairs at Hennepin Technical College, where she worked for over ten years. Jessica holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Minnesota State University Mankato and holds a Master’s Degree in Education: Leadership in Student Affairs from the University of St. Thomas. Jessica is committed to equity work. She believes in students and values engaging them in meaningful ways which is evident through the implementation of multiple sustainable programs at the institutions where she has worked. Jessica was awarded the Lud Spolyer Distinguished Service award by the Minnesota College Professionals Association, named one of the “Top 40 under 40” award recipients through the American Association of Women in Community Colleges, and led the work that resulted in Hennepin Technical College being named a White House Healthy Campus for her work around the Affordable Care Act. She has presented at national conferences on her work in developing transformative student leadership programs, peer mentor programs, and persistence. Jessica now works for the Education Design Lab as a Senior Education Designer.
Dr. Murrell conducts research on mentoring, gender and diversity in organizations and social issues in management. This work has been published widely in management and psychology journals, including several books: “Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships within Multicultural Organizations” (with Crosby and Ely); “Intelligent Mentoring: How IBM Creates Value through People, Knowledge and Relationships” (with Forte-Trummel and Bing); and the forthcoming book entitled “Mentoring Diverse Leaders: Creating Change for People, Processes and Paradigms” (Routledge) with Stacy Blake-Beard. Dr. Murrell serves as a consultant in the areas of mentoring, leadership development, and diversity/inclusion. Audrey’s community service activities include having served on and chaired a number of non-profit and community boards locally and nationally.
Jenifer has 10+ years of public sector and advisory experience for local, state, and federal entities. She specializes in identifying efficiencies, capturing value, and repositioning assets through public-private partnerships. In addition, Jenifer has experience with the intersection of technology and economic development. Currently, Jenifer is coordinating a Program Management Office for Howard University’s real estate development office. The university was seeking to deploy and reposition a 1.7 million square foot portfolio of assets. Initially, Jenifer completed a valuation of the assets and helped the University to define ideal transaction and financing structures. Now, she is assisting with project execution, which will result in public-private transactions. Jenifer has also advised federal and local agencies with public-private transactions, including a 1.7 acre courthouse project for Travis County, Texas as well as strategic property acquisitions for Fairfax County, Virginia. In addition, she assisted federal clients—including the Office of the Secretary of Defense—to monitor the Military Housing Privatization Initiative’s (MHPI) portfolio of 200,000 homes. Prior to A&M, Jenifer was the Director of Business Development for the District of Columbia. She led business attraction and retention efforts through public incentives arrangements, economic impact analyses, and economic strategic plans. In an attempt to generate tax revenue […]
In addition to her current role, Ann Marie Klotz is also the Chief Student Affairs Officer on the Manhattan campus of the New York Institute of Technology. Previously, she spent 14 years working in Housing and Residence Life at Oregon State University, DePaul University, Ball State University, and Albion College. She earned her B.A. from Grand Valley State University in political science and M.A.’s from Michigan State University in student affairs and DePaul University in women and gender studies, respectively. She earned her doctorate from DePaul University where she studied the career trajectory and leadership styles of ten female university presidents. She has served in multiple regional and national roles for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), most notably with the Women in Student Affairs Knowledge Community. She is the recent recipient of the American College Personnel Administrators (ACPA) Standing Committee for Women Research and Scholarship Award. Personal and research interests include women’s career development, professional staff recruitment, developing online communities, personal branding, and first generation college students.
