Consultant

Sharon A. Jones, Ph.D.

Specialties

Executive Coaching, Leadership Onboarding (Chairs/Directors/Deans/Provosts), Career Coaching, Campus Sustainability, STEM, Interdisciplinary Programs, Student Success, Workforce Preparation, Community Engagement, Fundraising & Donor Relations, Program Design and Execution, Scenario Planning, Financial & Resource Allocation Models (Incremental & RCM), Accreditation & Assessment

 

OVERVIEW

Dr. Sharon A. Jones served most recently as the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of Washington Bothell (2019-2025) where she continues to serve as an engineering and policy professor. She was also the acting dean of business for two years. Previously, she was Dean of Engineering at University of Portland (2011-2019) and Director of Engineering at Lafayette College (2008-2011).

Sharon is a strategy and systems leader who is dedicated to advancing student success. She has over three decades of experience in higher education and consulting at different institutional types including private, public, comprehensive, and liberal arts. She managed several large-scale change-management efforts focused on student success, institutionalized faculty success programs, implemented RCM funding within academic affairs, developed robust industry-university-donor partnerships, and launched several research centers. Sharon is a national leader in sustainability policy and design, serves/d on several boards and councils, and has significant accreditation experience.

HONORS/SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS
• Fellow, American Society of Engineering Education
• Member, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council,
• Engineering Education Excellence Award, NSPE Professional Engineers in Higher Education and Sustaining University Program
• Tribal/Urban Recognition Award, Indian Health Service
• Program Evaluator, ABET & NWCCU
• Member, City of Bothell Planning Commission
• Women Who Move the City, Portland Monthly
• Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award, Lafayette College

Education

  • Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
  • M.P.A. California State University Long Beach
  • M.E. University of Florida
  • B.S. Columbia University