Our Team
As former presidents, chancellors and other senior executives, our consultants draw from their knowledge and experience in higher education to help others address the challenges facing colleges and universities today. We are lifelong learners engaged in higher education research as consultants, lecturers, and scholars. Below are summaries of our consultants and their experience. Click on them for more details on their background and expertise.
Senior Consultants
Dr. Charles Bantz
Chancellor Emeritus, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Dr. Mickey Burnim
President Emeritus, Bowie State University
Dr. Ken Dobbins
President Emeritus, Southeast Missouri State University. Chancellor Emeritus, Ponce Health Sciences University, St. Louis
Specialties: Assessing financial, facilities, campus budgeting process, and other administrative areas; guiding academic/non-academic program reviews in a collegial/transparent manner; conducting organizational reviews and realignments; and integrating campus-wide entrepreneurial concepts
Dr. Michelle Behr
Chancellor Emerita, University of Minnesota Morris
Specialties: Leadership team building, coaching, mentoring, and development; reading institutional culture and facilitating transformation and organizational change, especially with small institutions; shared governance; institutional accreditation
Dr. Karen Haynes
President Emeritus, California State University, San Marcos
Dr. Dana Hoyt
President Emeritus, Sam Houston State University
Specialties: Strategic finance using budget and data analytics; feasibility of consolidation/ merger or shared service models; athletics – changing landscape and finance; vision and strategy related to leading change; onboarding or executive coaching
Dr. John Jasinski
Former President, Northwest Missouri State University
Specialties: Strategy (planning and execution, organizational culture and transformation, operational and financial effectiveness, organizational assessment and data/information systems, change management); Leadership (development, onboarding, leadership system alignment, shared governance); Institutional capacity (external relations and fundraising; academic planning and execution; student, stakeholder and workforce systems; partnership development; integrated and value-added accreditation approaches; preparing for, and leading through crises)
Dr. Jolene Koester
Interim Chancellor, The California State Unversity
Specialties: Team and leadership development, executive coaching, strategic planning
Dr. Dorothy Leland
Chancellor Emerita, University of California, Merced
Specialties: Institutional Transformation, Leading Organizational Change, Crisis Communication, Presidential Evaluation, Executive Coaching, Leadership Team Development
Dr. Keith Miller
President Emeritus, Lock Haven University and Former President and Professor of Leadership, Virginia State University
Specialties: Branding the institution, strategic planning, enrollment management, fundraising and government relations, enterprise resource planning (ERP), emergency response management, and internationalization
Dr. James Votruba
President Emeritus, Northern Kentucky University
Dr. Karen Whitney
President Emerita, Clarion University
Specialties: Administrative & Student Centered Program Review, Governing Board Assessment, Multi-University System Assessment Organizational Structural Assessment, Senior/Executive Leadership Assessment & Development
Dr. John Welty
President Emeritus, California State University, Fresno (Fresno State)
Specialties: Strategic planning, university advancement and fundraising, team building and executive coaching
Consultants
Dr. Marten L. denBoer
Consultant
Specialties: Student success, academic program development, shared governance, assessment, strategic planning, resource allocation
Kathy M. Mangels
Consultant
Specialties: Assessing financial data, campus budget process, and financing solutions; financial services including billing and financial aid; facilities management and master planning.
Rashad Nelms, J.D.
Consultant
Specialties: International programs and partnerships; Executive coaching and strategic advising; Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (JDEI); strategic institutional planning and communications; manager and staff onboarding and development programs
Dr. Clint-Michael Reneau
Consultant
Specialties: Diversity, equity, and inclusion; student affairs and co-curricular strategy and development; student conduct and Title IX; disability services and ADA/504 compliance; team and leadership development; crisis communication; retreat facilitation; strategic planning
Dr. James C. Schroeder
Consultant
Specialties: Fundraising, alumni relations, foundation and alumni board development, advancement management, President/advancement relationships
Executive director
Dr. Matthew Ceppi
Executive Director
Specialties: Strategy design and execution, transformation, public private partnerships, financial and resource allocation models, talent management
Emeriti
Dr. John Moore
Emeritus in Memoriam
President Emeritus And Distinguished Trustee Professor, Indiana State University
Dr. Edward Penson
President Emeritus, Salem College