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Wendell C. Brase chairs the University of California’s Climate Solutions Steering Group and leads an award-winning sustainability program in his role as vice chancellor for administrative and business services at the University of California, Irvine. Under his direction, Irvine received the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for Climate Change in 2008; and since then, the campus has earned numerous accolades for sustainability, including a 2009 EPA Environmental Achievement Award and more LEED-NC Gold awards than any U.S. campus. In 2010, the campus ranked sixth on the Sierra Club’s list of greenest campuses. Wendell has been on campus since 1978. In 2002, the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) recognized him with its Distinguished Business Officer Award. Mr. Brase holds two degrees (S.B., S.M., 1970) from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

David Jones is the chief student affairs officer responsible for managing enrollment growth and providing excellent student services including campus housing, campus recreation, student health, student union, campus security, and admissions. Prior to joining MSU, Mankato, David led one of the fastest-growing campus housing systems in the country, having constructed nine residence halls housing over 3,400 students in the past six years that totaled 300 million in capital bonds. With more than 19 years of housing experience, he has been an active leader in the housing field as a past president of the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers, committee member with the Association of College and University Housing-Assessment Committee, and an editorial board member of the Journal of College and University Student Housing. He is currently a reviewer for the Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, and an editor for the new Journal of Learning Spaces.

As the executive vice president of public/private partnerships at American Campus Communities, Jamie spearheads the company’s American Campus Equity (ACE) program. Since joining ACC in 2007, Jamie has been responsible for overseeing ACC’s on-campus business development efforts. During the past four years, the on-campus team has been engaged to develop or has completed 17 on-campus transactions totaling 17,299 beds and nearly 1.65 billion in total development cost. These transactions have been completed as both “third-party” tax-exempt bond finance projects and as ACC direct investments under the ACE program. Jamie joined ACC from RBC’s public finance department, where he served as the managing director of the higher education sector. Prior to RBC, he was a managing director with Banc One Capital Markets (currently JPMorgan Capital Markets) and held positions at McDonald & Company Securities (currently KeyBanc Capital Markets) and The Ohio Company (currently Fifth Third Markets).

Jason Wills is the senior vice president of the on-campus business development segment for American Campus Communities. Jason began his career in student housing in 1993 as a resident assistant at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he studied journalism and marketing. He continued his career in student housing operations when he joined ACC in February 1997. He served in various capacities within ACC and moved to the on-campus development team in 1999. In 2003, he was selected to lead the on-campus development department, which has developed more than $1 billion in on-campus student housing, totaling more than 20,000 beds.

Dr. Bresciani has been in higher education administration and faculty positions for over 18 years. She has taught courses on and conducted enrollment management research, course-embedded assessment, and academic and administrative program assessment. Her research focuses on how institutions can evaluate the integration of learning in both curricular and co-curricular realms. Marilee has presented on assessment nationally and internationally, has written a number of publications on assessing student learning and development, and serves on the editorial board of the NASPA Journal.

Dr. Henning has over twelve years of experience in student affairs assessment working at private and public universities and consulting with institutions of higher education in the US and abroad. He previously worked at Dartmouth College, where he initiated and supported assessment of programs, services, and student learning across the college. In addition to student affairs assessment and institutional research, Gavin has experience in residential life and housing, judicial affairs, alcohol and other drug issues, and diversity initiatives. Gavin is a member of the board of directors for the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) and is a founding member and chair of Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL), an international organization for student affairs assessment professionals.

Dr. Hoffman coordinates the Student Development in Higher Education program at California State University and also teaches in the Ph.D. program in education. He has presented on learning and assessment in the co-curriculum at several local and national conferences. Before transitioning to the classroom, he spent more than 10 years working in administrative roles in student affairs, academic administration, and fundraising. He spent six years as a dean of students in private Christian universities, where he first developed his approach to assessment, and has refined the process through his work as an instructor and through collaborative efforts with colleagues at other colleges and universities.

As both a librarian and a lawyer, Lisa focuses on copyright, licensing, and scholarly communication issues, working with faculty and students on the application of copyright law to teaching, research, and publishing. Prior to assuming her current position at Emory in 2007, Lisa led the Electronic Resources Team, including serving as the primary negotiator for licenses and managing the move from print to electronic content. She is a member of the ACRL’s Scholarly Communications committee.

Steve is the editor of The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: A Legal Compendium; the author of articles on FERPA for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, and other publications; and a frequent speaker on FERPA. He previously served as associate legal counsel at The Ohio State University. Steve began his legal career in private practice and has taught at Ohio State’s College of Law and at Capital University Law School. He is a fellow and past member of the board of directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys.