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Dr. Tammy Aagard currently works as a Managing Consultant for ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ Consulting. She has over 30 years of experience in higher education. Prior to her current role, she served as Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and the University of Florida, as well as Registrar at the University of Wyoming. Her portfolio includes experience in enrollment management areas of admissions, academic advising, graduate school, financial aid, and registrar. She also has experience in athletics at Washington State University.
Dr. Aagard has worked extensively with academic and administrative leaders on multiple campuses through her consulting and professional work. Her passions include all areas of enrollment management, strategic planning, and aligning division goals with the mission and goals of the institution.
Dr. Aagard has extensive experience in leadership development and has presented sessions on functional and leadership topics at the institution, state, regional, national, and international levels. Her goals are to give back to the profession she loves by providing information that is actionable and motivating to support the success of individuals and institutions.
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Bio:
Seth Marc Kamen (he/him/his) has more than 20 years of experience in higher education, holding leadership positions in undergraduate admissions, transfer, articulation, and community college relations, military student engagement, adult students, prior learning assessment, retention, and curriculum alignment and new program development. He is also experienced in enrollment-related technologies, strategic enrollment planning, implementing process improvements, and providing training and development.
With a special focus on transfer and the non-traditional student, he often writes for and presents for national organizations, including ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥, NISTS, TransferNation, CollegeBoard, and CollegeSource. Additionally, he coordinated the ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ workgroups that published A Guide to Best Practices: Awarding Transfer and Prior Learning Credit, the Transfer Student and Transfer Institution Bill of Rights, and the Guide to Best Practices: Articulation Agreements. He has been part of planning the ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ annual meeting and the technology/transfer summit. He is a past president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admissions Officers (CAPACRAO).
He has worked at public two- and four-year institutions, a national association, and a state-system office. He is currently a consultant in private practice. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Maryland University College (now UMGC) and his B.S. in Sociology from the University of Maryland College Park. He is working on his doctorate in higher education leadership, writing a dissertation focusing on the transfer function.
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Jean-Paul de Witte is a Business Analyst working as part of the central Business Analysis team in Cambridge Assessment. The team is responsible for analysing the needs of customer and business stakeholders across the organisation and provide expertise to inform strategic and tactical change initiatives. Jean-Paul has 8 years’ experience in projects, business analysis and change management and has supported the delivery of target operating models which have addressed a wide range of organisational strategies including the implementation of ERP and bespoke cloud business systems.
Julie Posselt is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. Her research examines institutionalized inequities in higher education and STEM disciplines, and organizational efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion. Posselt is the author of Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping (Harvard University Press). In 2020 she will release Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education (Stanford University Press). Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, US Department of Education, Spencer Foundation, and Mellon Foundation. Today, she directs two NSF- funded research-practice partnerships: the California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education, and the Inclusive Graduate Education Network’s Research Hub. Posselt was honored with a National Academy of Education postdoctoral fellowship to study graduate student mental health, the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Early Career/ Promising Scholar award, and the American Educational Research Association’s Early Career Award. She was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 2019 Top Admissions Influencers, and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Higher Education.
Doug Roper manages the Results Services team at Cambridge International, sending exam scores to schools and candidates around the world, ensuring students receive the right grade first time, on time, every time. Doug’s team also look after all historic exam scores, helping former students access their grades for credit at university or for successful job applications. Before his current role, Doug managed Cambridge International’s communications with schools.
David Weeks is the Co-Founder and COO of . At Sunrise, David directs Sunrise’s market research team and has personally traveled to hundreds of Chinese high schools and universities to run events. He has presented sessions on the Chinese student recruitment landscape and digital recruitment in China at GMAC, NAFSA, AIRC, and WIEC. He received a BA in Political Science from Swarthmore College in 2010 and speaks Mandarin. Prior to joining Sunrise, he conducted research on the connection between China's foreign policy and its domestic politics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Gavin is co-founder and president of . Sunrise hosts over 200 events, tours, and college fairs in China each year, as well as provides cross border digital services to hundreds of universities seeking to better engage the Chinese market. Gavin received his B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, and has been a visiting fellow at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. An accomplished jazz pianist, Gavin is an avid reader and passionate about foreign languages.
David is the Managing Partner of Jones, Maresca & McQuade, P.A. with over thirty years of audit, accounting, and income tax experience in both private and public sectors. David oversees the not for profit practice for the firm. The firm presently provides audit services to well over 200 organizations each year, and in total has over three hundred not for profit entities as clients, which include tax and outsourcing accounting services clients.
David graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant since 1984. He has served as a board member for various not-for-profit organizations and has frequent speaking engagements regarding accounting and tax issues facing not-for-profit organizations. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Maryland Association of CPA’s (MACPA).
Caroline Cooper is a Project Manager within the Transformation Team at Cambridge International. The Transformation Team manages complex programmes and projects, such as the launch of new strategic level products and services for our customers in education. Caroline has 8 years of project and change management experience. Prior to joining Cambridge International in 2018, Caroline worked in the FMCG and hospitality industries, most recently for luxury hotel chain Rocco Forte Hotels, where she worked on the development and launch of a new smartphone application for internal career progression and employee engagement.
Ian works work with DIGARC's client base of nearly 800 institutions to help them leverage their current solutions and educate them about new DIGARC solutions. He has a bachelor's in Statistics from the University of Florida.
Connie has served as Curriculum Coordinator for nearly 15 years at Northern Kentucky University, helping to reinvent and streamline processes. She oversees technology used for faculty activity data collection and documentation, and preparation and transmission of the institution’s accreditation report.
Lynette Lindsey serves as the Director of Operations in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at The Ohio State University. In this role, she is responsible for providing strategic leadership for application operations for all six Ohio State campuses. This includes application processing and credentials evaluation for over 70,000 domestic and international undergraduate applicants. Lynette also serves as a key leader and business partner for technology and business process re-engineering initiatives.
Prior to her current role in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Lynette led outreach and engagement efforts to recruit undergraduate transfer students, as well as access and diversity initiatives to increase the recruitment and enrollment ofunderrepresented minorities.
Lynette has over 25 years of higher education experience. She hold a bachelor’s degree in English from West Liberty University and a master’s degree in Labor and Human Resources from The Ohio State University.
Dr. Cedric B. Howard is an esteemed professional with nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. He has held various senior-level administrative positions such as vice president, vice chancellor of Enrollment and Student Services, and dean of Student Affairs. Dr. Howard has a strong track record of prioritizing student achievement and has achieved measurable results throughout his career.
Dr. Howard recently joined Seattle Colleges District from the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), where he successfully re-established the Division of Student Affairs and contributed to increased enrollment at UNC. His role as a Senior Student Services Officer has been marked by significant contributions, including increasing student housing occupancy, overseeing upgrades to student services facilities, and developing a restorative justice sanctioning process for student conduct.
During his tenure at SUNY Fredonia, Dr. Howard implemented an SEM framework that resulted in a remarkable 30% increase in first-year student enrollment. Previously, at the University of Washington Tacoma, he effectively more than doubled the campus's overall enrollment as the Vice Chancellor for Student and Enrollment Services.
Dr. Howard's expertise extends to consulting and leadership roles, having worked with multiple colleges and universities to develop SEM plans and marketing strategies. He has also been involved in various projects aimed at enhancing student success and SEM planning in higher education systems.
Dr. Howard's career is marked by valuable partnerships with high schools, community organizations, and military installations. He has received national recognition for his outstanding work in enrollment management and student affairs, including prestigious awards such as the NASPA Pillar of the Profession Award and the Scott Goodnight Award (national - 2018 and western regional – 2014).
With a wealth of knowledge and collaborative leadership, Dr. Howard has made significant contributions to higher education. His professional achievements have been honored with prestigious awards, including the NASPA Pillar of the Profession Award and others. Dr. Howard holds a bachelor's degree in psychology, a master’s in education in Educational Administration, and a doctorate in education in Educational Leadership and Management.
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