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David S. Baime is vice president for government relations for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), directing the national advocacy efforts for the nation's 1,200 community colleges and their students. He previously served as director of education funding at NAICU. Baime also has worked as assistant director of government relations for the Association of American Medical Colleges. He frequently appears on radio and television, including CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and National Public Radio, and is regularly quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, and other education publications. Baime holds a bachelor's degree from Haverford College, and master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics.
Stephanie Balmer became vice president for enrollment and communications and dean of admissions at Dickinson College in 2008. She previously had been associate vice president for enrollment and dean of admission at Agnes Scott College, having risen through the ranks since joining the staff there in 1991 as an assistant director of admission. During her last five years at Agnes Scott, Balmer oversaw a 104 percent increase in student applications, a 26 point decrease in the acceptance rate, and a 40 point increase in average SAT scores. She is a member of The Common Application's board of directors, and is past president of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling. Balmer earned her bachelor's degree at Murray State University, and holds a master's degree in finance and marketing from Mercer University's Stetson School of Business and Economics.
John Bassett, incoming 2010 chair of the NAICU board of directors, last fall announced his intention to retire from the presidency of Clark University - a position he has held since 2000. In November it was announced that he had accepted the presidency of Heritage University, in Washington state, effective next July. Prior to the Clark presidency, Bassett served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. He is a scholar and teacher of American literature with 11 books, including Sherwood Anderson: An American Career. Nationally, in addition to his NAICU involvement, Bassett is on the board of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, and serves on the Presidents' Trust of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which is devoted to advancing liberal education.
Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), now in his third term in the U.S. Senate, is ranking member on the Joint Economic Committee, the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, and Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Brownback also serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee; Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. In addition, he is a member of the Helsinki Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, co-chairs the Senate Cancer Coalition and the Human Rights Caucus, chairs the Senate Values Action Team, and is a founding member of the Senate Fiscal Watch Team. The Economist called Brownback "The Wilberforce Republican," and The New York Times declared that he is "one of the most conservative, religious, fascinating - and, in many ways, admirable - politicians in America today."
William J. Carroll has served as president of Benedictine University since 1995, previously having held several administrative positions at Ohio Dominican College. Under Carroll's leadership, in 2004 the university formed partnerships with Shenyang University of Technology and Shenyang Jianzhu University to offer Benedictine master's degree programs in China. Benedictine also now partners with universities in Vietnam and, through the Asia Institute, seeks to transcend the mistrust and misunderstanding that shaped past relations between the United States and Asia. In 2004 Carroll was named "Educator of the Year" by the Illinois State Crime Commission, which annually honors state leaders in law, government, labor, and education. Carroll earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Scranton, and a master's and doctorate from The Catholic University of America.
Sean Carton, chief creative officer at idfive, founded of one of Baltimore's first Web development firms in 1995, served as the founding dean of the School of Design and Media at Philadelphia University, and is co-author of one of the first books about the Web, published in 1993. Carton has published eight books about the Internet, technology, business, and video games; writes regular columns for ClickZ.com and Publish.com; and contributes to magazines such as Wired, Revolution, Stim, and POV. He holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, a master's degree from the University of Maryland College Park, and a doctorate in communications design from the University of Baltimore.
Charlie Cook, for more than two decades, has arguably been one of Washington's most trusted and accurate voices on all things political - whether the outcome of a national, state, or local election, or the likely vote tally on a bill before Congress. As publisher of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for the National Journal Group, his prodigious writing informs those who want to know what is happening behind the scenes in America's halls of power. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In broadcasting, Cook is a political analyst for NBC News, and has also been featured on "Good Morning America," the "Today" show, "Nightline," "Meet the Press," "This Week in Washington," and National Public Radio.
Raymond D. Cotton is vice president for higher education at ML Strategies, LLC, and a partner in the Mintz Levin law firm's Washington, D.C., office. He specializes in representing colleges, universities, and related nonprofit organizations on employment contract and executive compensation matters. He is also a regular contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education. His legal work and compensation analyses have been cited in many national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
George Dehne, president of GDA Integrated Services, has worked with more than 300 colleges and universities throughout the United States. GDA Integrated Services is a market research, consulting, and services firm specializing in customized, integrated marketing solutions that help independent colleges and universities compete successfully for students, funds, and visibility. As special assistant to the president in the late 1970s, Dehne developed and directed the landmark marketing program for Carleton College. He earlier served as director of public relations for Wittenberg University, and as an account executive for Gehrung Associates University Relations Counselors. He also is principal author of Marketing Higher Education: A Handbook for Administrators.
Richard J. Doherty became president and CEO of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts in 2005. He previously, since 1994, had served as senior vice president of public affairs for the Caritas Christi Health Care System, a $1 billion integrated health care delivery system with facilities throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Earlier, Doherty was a senior consultant for McDermott/O'Neill & Associates, a public affairs consulting firm, and in the 1980s served as director of state relations for Harvard University. He was communications director for Sen. John Durkin (D-N.H.) from 1979 to 1981. Doherty received his bachelor's degree from Harvard College, and his master's degree in public administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Jacqueline Doud has served as the first lay president of Mount St. Mary's College (California) since 2000, previously having served as the college's provost, vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty, and professor of education. In more than 20 years in senior higher education administrative positions, she has led initiatives in academics, fiscal control, student affairs, campus and trustee development, and fundraising. Her earlier positions include vice president of academic affairs, dean of the faculty, and professor of humanities at Woodbury University; and dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and associate professor of humanities at the University of La Verne. Doud received her B.A. from Mundelein College, her M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in higher education from Claremont Graduate University.
Daniel P. Egan has been president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island since 2007. Prior to his AICURI appointment, he served as chief of staff in the office of the dean of medicine and biological sciences in the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University. Egan also has served as associate director of athletics at Brown University, and as assistant director of championships and sport administration for the Big East Conference. Still earlier, he was assistant director of athletic media relations at Providence College. Egan has a B.A. from Providence College, and a master's degree in higher education administration from Boston College.
Richard Ekman became president of the Council of Independent Colleges in 2000, having previously served as vice president for programs with the Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company. From 1991 to 1999 he was secretary of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation where, in addition to his overall administrative responsibilities, he focused on issues in higher education, technology, libraries, area studies, and faculty development. Ekman earlier served as director of the divisions of education programs and research programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. His campus experience includes service as vice president and dean of Hiram College, and assistant to the provost of the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
David F. Finney became president of Champlain College in 2005. Previously, he was dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University, and still earlier, vice president of enrollment services and planning at NYU. Among a number of initiatives in his first year as president of Champlain were a new core curriculum requirement with a broad-based interdisciplinary approach to general education, and establishment of study-abroad campuses in Montreal and Dublin. Finney holds a bachelor's degree from Westminster College (Pa.), a master's degree in higher education from Bowling Green State University, and an M.S. and doctorate in adult education, both from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Don L. Francis has served as president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania since 1998. He has worked for the Pennsylvania independent sector of higher education since 1991, when he was named as the association's director of government relations. Prior to joining AICUP, Francis worked in various capacities for the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus for five years, and earlier taught English composition and literature at Ferrum College and the University of Missouri. Francis received his bachelor's degree from Wofford College, and his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
Emily Froimson is director of higher education programs at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, where she oversees the scholarship programs and grant-making initiatives involving colleges and universities. Before joining the foundation, she was executive director of the Greater Phoenix Youth at Risk Foundation, a grassroots agency providing mentoring and after-school programs to high-risk youth, and earlier worked as a private attorney with two national law firms. She received her bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College, and law degree from Boston University School of Law. Prior to joining the foundation, she was pursuing a doctorate in justice and social inquiry, and working as a faculty associate, at Arizona State University.
Michael B. Goldstein leads the postsecondary education practice at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Dow Lohnes, PLLC. He represents a wide array of institutions, organizations, and entities in the postsecondary arena, and has been active in legal issues surrounding the development of online learning, large-scale transactions, domestic and international regulation of postsecondary education and the development and consummation of complex institutional ventures, including hybrid for- and nonprofit structures. Prior to joining the firm in 1978, Goldstein was associate vice chancellor for urban and governmental affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University, holds a law degree from New York University, and was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Urban and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.
David Gregory was named moderator of "Meet the Press" in December 2008. In addition, he often substitute anchors for "Today" and "Nightly News with Brian Williams," and is a regular contributor and analyst for those programs, as well as MSNBC. Gregory joined NBC News in 1995. He served as NBC's chief White House correspondent during the entire span of George W. Bush's presidency. Earning a reputation for being one of the toughest questioners of President Bush and his press secretaries, Washingtonian magazine named Gregory one of Washington's 50 best and most influential journalists, labeling him the "firebrand in the front row." A native of Los Angeles, Gregory is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C. In 2005, he was named the School of International Service's alumnus of the year, and now sits on the dean's advisory council.
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) was elected initially to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974, and then to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He has been one of the Senate's most steadfast and ardent promoters of federal student aid funding. For more than 20 years, Harkin has served as chairman or ranking member of the subcommittee that funds education programs. Last fall, he became chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, succeeding Sen. Ted Kennedy. This gives Harkin a rare combination of influence over education programs, for he now has responsibility for program design and authorization through the HELP Committee, as well as funding through the appropriations subcommittee. He is a graduate of Iowa State University, which he attended on a Navy ROTC scholarship, and of Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America.
Scott Jaschik is editor and founder of Inside Higher Ed. He is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and has published articles and opinion pieces in periodicals including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and Salon. From 1999 to2003, Jaschik was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, leading the news operation, during a period in which the periodical received four nominations for National Magazine Awards and numerous other honors, and earlier held numerous other positions at the Chronicle. His reporting work at the Chronicle was honored by Investigative Reporters and Editors and Washington Monthly. He is a graduate of Cornell University.
Brandon L. Johnson is senior program officer in the National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Challenge Grants. Before joining the Office of Challenge Grants, he spent five years as director of grants and historical programs at the Utah Humanities Council. While at the council, he administered six grant programs, produced a weekly radio show on Utah history, and designed a training program for small museums that recently received a 21st Century Museum Professionals grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Johnson holds a doctorate in American history from the University of Chicago, where he also taught writing and American civilization.
David Leonhardt writes the Economic Scene column, which appears on Wednesdays in The New York Times. He also is a staff writer for The Times Magazine, and contributes to the newspaper's Economix blog. Leonardt was one of the writers who produced the paper's 2005 series on social class in the United States, and wrote the story about education in that series. Before coming to the Times, David worked for BusinessWeek magazine and for the metro desk of the Washington Post. A New York native, he studied applied mathematics at Yale.
George E. Martin, president of St. Edward's University, has led the university's collaborative effort since 1999 to attain national recognition as one of the best small universities in the U.S. During this time, the freshman class has more than doubled, while freshman retention averages 84 percent. Martin is forming partnerships to establish a spectrum of educational programs in several parts of the world to serve American and international students as part of the Global Understanding Initiative at St. Edward's. He currently serves as chair of the Council of Independent Colleges board of directors, and chair of the Independent Colleges Universities of Texas board of directors. Martin holds a bachelor's degree from St. John's University, and master's and doctoral degrees in political science from Fordham University.
Joseph J. McGowan, president of Bellarmine University since 1990, has served as the 2009 chair of the NAICU board of directors. Before Bellarmine, he served for 22 years at Fordham University as a vice president and dean. Still earlier, he was an admissions and financial aid officer at the University of Notre Dame. McGowan led the transformation of Bellarmine College to Bellarmine University, and during his tenure, the institution's progress and achievement in academic life, student life, campus environment, and financial well-being have been considerable. McGowan earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Notre Dame, and received his doctorate in higher education from Columbia University. He also is a graduate of Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management.
Dorothy Plantz is director of the transfer center at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. She oversees academic and transfer advising, transfer programming, and transcript evaluation for a diverse and growing community college. She also works closely with the academic departments to build articulation agreements and partnerships. The Dickinson-HCC Partnership is an example, providing the opportunity for the community college's honors students to seamlessly transfer to Dickinson, and to receive related benefits such as financial aid and scholarship packages. Plantz has managed various aspects of the transfer area at Howard Community College for the past 12 years and, earlier, was a career counselor and student support counselor at the college. She holds an M.A. degree from Michigan State University, and a B.A. from the State University of New York at Potsdam.
Jeff Porro is a speechwriter for Fortune 250 CEOs, diplomats, and other government leaders and higher education executives. Prior to launching his own business in 1991, Porro was associate editor of Teacher Magazine, assistant editor of the National Academy of Sciences' Issues in Science and Technology, and an op-ed and speechwriter for People for the American Way. Earlier, among other positions, he served as senior vice president of M&R Strategic Services, a Washington, D.C., political communications firm. Porro also is an accomplished screenwriter. He discovered and researched the true story of a Jim Crow-era African-American college debate team and helped turn it into the 2007 feature film "The Great Debaters," starring Denzel Washington. Porro holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA.
Stephen M. Ross is director of the National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Challenge Grants. Before coming to NEH in 1987, he was professor of English at the United States Naval Academy, and has also taught at Purdue University. Ross has been widely published, primarily on the fiction of William Faulkner. His books include Fiction's Inexhaustible Voice: Speech and Writing in Faulkner (1989) and Reading Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury (co-authored with Noel Polk, 1996). Ross received his Ph.D. in American literature from Stanford University and also holds a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.
Bill Royall founded Royall & Company in 1983 to provide direct mail support for nonprofit and political organizations. In 1989, he first applied his expertise to college search, launching what became his life passion: using proven strategies to help students find the colleges that are right for them. His pioneering work in college recruitment has been shaped by client needs and fueled with emerging technologies. Over those years, he has effectively adapted more and more tools to all facets of the college recruitment process - improving list targeting, incorporating e-mail and online applications, and providing email-based research. An advocate of increasing access to higher education, Royall is advisor to the Virginia Commonwealth University Interactive Marketing Institute, and has served on the board of visitors of George Mason University.
Elizabeth Scarborough, CEO and partner, SimpsonScarborough, is a nationally-recognized expert in the use of research to drive marketing, branding, recruitment, retention, development, and alumni relations efforts. With 17 years experience conducting market research and providing strategic counsel to colleges and universities, she is a well-known and innovative leader in developing marketing intelligence. Her groundbreaking approaches to marketing and research have become industry standards that are the hallmark of SimpsonScarborough. Scarborough holds a B.S. from James Madison University and an MBA from Fordham University.
Robert Sevier is senior vice president at Stamats Communications, Inc. With over 20 years of experience in higher education recruiting, marketing, and public relations, his research has been excerpted in such publications as CASE Currents, Journal of College Admissions, Admission Strategist, and College & University Journal. His most recent book is An Integrated Marketing Workbook for Colleges and Universities: A Step-by-Step Planning Guide. He also is the author of Strategic Planning in Higher Education: Theory and Practice; Thinking Outside the Box; and Integrated Marketing for Colleges, Universities, and Schools. Prior to Stamats, Sevier worked at the Oregon Health Sciences University and Denison University. He holds a master's degree from the University of Oregon, and earned a doctorate from Ohio State University.
David Shulenburger is vice president for academic affairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (formerly the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges). Before joining APLU, Shulenburger was provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas, serving as chief academic officer for 13 years. He came to the university in 1984 as an assistant professor, and currently holds the faculty rank of professor in the School of Business. He previously served as a faculty member at Clemson University, and as a labor economist for the U.S. Department of Labor. Schulenburger received his Ph.D. and master's degrees from the University of Illinois, and his undergraduate degree from Lenoir Rhyne College.
David Skorton is president of Cornell University, professor in the departments of medicine and pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, and professor of biomedical engineering at Cornell's Ithaca campus. He also is chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum, an independent, non-profit organization of Fortune 500 CEOs, leaders of colleges and universities, and foundation executives. Skorton is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations; co-chair of the advisory board for the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative; and chair of the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. He was previously president of the University of Iowa. At the University of Iowa Hospitals, he co-founded and co-directed the Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic. Skorton earned both his B.A. and M.D. from Northwestern University.
Christopher Small, executive vice president at GDA Integrated Sevices, has worked in higher education admissions and administration for more than 30 years. Prior to joining GDAIS, he was vice president for enrollment management at Trinity College (Conn.), where he was responsible for admissions and financial aid. Earlier, Small was vice president for administration at the University of Tulsa, overseeing admissions, financial aid, student services, athletics, and development. Prior to that, he headed admissions and financial aid at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Ripon College. Small earned his bachelor's degree from Ripon College, and his master's degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Sheldon E. Steinbach is a senior counsel in the postsecondary education practice of the Washington, D.C., law firm of Dow Lohnes, PLLC. Prior to joining the firm, he served for 37 years as vice president and general counsel for the American Council on Education. Steinbach has written and lectured extensively on legislative, regulatory, and legal issues impacting higher education, including: labor relations, affirmative action, athletics, non-profit tax matters, intellectual property, and a broad range of student affairs issues. He has served on the board of three private colleges and is a member of the national panel of the American Arbitration Association. He holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, LL.B.from Columbia University Law School, and M.A.P.A. from the University of Minnesota Graduate School of Public Administration.
Luke Swarthout is senior education advisor to the chairman of the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, with responsibilities in the area of higher education. Prior to joining the HELP Committee, Swarthout served as higher education advocate for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), where he was widely quoted as an advocate for students and an expert on student aid policy in news media across the country. He is a graduate of Amherst College.
Roger L. Taylor was named president of Knox College in 2002, following six months as interim president. He was graduated from Knox in 1963. He had previously served as chair of the college's board of trustees from 1999 to 2001, having first joined the Knox board in 1988. Taylor is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in commercial litigation. In 1999 he retired from the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he had practiced for 30 years and remains of counsel. Taylor served in the United States Navy for three and one-half years before entering Northwestern University School of Law, where he received his law degree.
David L. Warren became president of NAICU in 1993 after nearly a decade as president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Earlier, he held administrative and faculty positions at Yale University and at Antioch University, and from 1982 to 1984 served as chief administrative officer of the City of New Haven, Conn. At NAICU, Warren has led cooperative efforts with other national higher education associations, such as the National Campus Voter Registration Project which engages the nation's campuses in the political and electoral process. He also is responsible for the University & College Accountability Network (U-CAN), a major national effort to enhance consumers' access to comparative information on colleges and universities.
Richard Whiteside joined Royall & Company in 2006 as dean, strategic enrollment management. Previously he had served for 13 years in admissions at Tulane University, the last eight years as vice president for enrollment management and dean of admission. He had also been a part-time Royall consultant, teaching an intensive strategic enrollment management course. Whiteside works directly with Royall account services, deepening their understanding of the implications of Royall programs on enrollment offices, and on strategic, tactical, operational, and financial levels. Prior to Tulane, Whiteside worked at the University of Hartford, Johns Hopkins University, Pace University, and City University of New York. He has a Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Connecticut, two M.S. degrees from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. from Manhattan College.
Ben Wildavsky is a senior fellow in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation, and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World (Princeton University Press, May 2010). Prior to his work at the foundation, Wildavsky spent 18 years as a writer and editor specializing in education and public policy. Most recently he was education editor of U.S. News & World Report, where he was the top editor of America's Best Colleges and America's Best Graduate Schools, and oversaw several award-winning cover stories. Previously, he was economic policy correspondent for The National Journal, higher education reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and executive editor of The Public Interest. Wildavsky is a graduate of Yale University.
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