WOMEN IN
LEADERSHIP 2023
SPEAKERS

Sequoyah Adebayo
The University of the District of Columbia
Director of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Sura Al-Qudah
Western Washington University
Associate Professor, Manufacturing Engineering Program Director
Allena Barbato, Esq.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Director of Title IX and Equity Officer
Terry Barton
Harvard University
Director of Employee Learning & Development
Jenn Bennett
Ohio University
Executive Director of Well-Being
Dr. Marisa Bisiani
Stony Brook University
Associate Vice President Health, Wellness and Prevention Services
Gwendolyn M. Bookman, Esq.
Bennett College
Associate Professor, Political Science
Frances Bronet
Pratt Institute
President. Professor of Architecture, DPACSA
Dr. Lara Bronson
University of Northwestern - St. Paul
Assistant Dean/Chair, School of Education
Dr. Shannon Brown
University of St. Francis
Dean, College of Business & Health Administration
Dr. Jill Bassett Cameron
Central CT State University
Senior Equity & Inclusion Officer/Title IX Coordinator
Dr. Katrina M. Carter-Tellison
Lynn University
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Lisa Coleman
New York University
Senior Vice President for Global Diversity and Strategic Innovation
Dr. Tracie Costantino
California Institute of the Arts
Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Kristyn White Davis
Colorado State University Pueblo
Vice President Enrollment Management and Extended Studies
Dr. Marielena DeSanctis
Community College of Denver
President
Dr. Heather Feldhaus
Commonwealth University of PA
Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Dr. Nkenge Friday
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Senior Assistant Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives
Dr. Gretchen Galbraith
Saint Michael's College
Dean of the Faculty
Dr. Karina Gil
Our Lady of the Lake University
Associate Professor and Director of the Worden School of Social Service
Dr. Emma Gordon
Stanford University
Senior Director, Learning and Talent Development
Ada Gregory
Duke University
Associate Director
Dr. Bia Hamed
Eastern Michigan University
Director of Outreach, Recruitment & Retention
Monica Hanna
UCLA
Interim Associate Director
Dr. Robyn E. Hannigan
Ursinus College
President
Dr. Deborah Hazzard
University of South Carolina
Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion and Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Amy L. Hite
Pittsburg State University
Professor and Grant Projects Director, NPR and SANE
Dr. Donna Souder Hodge
Colorado State University Pueblo
Vice President Operations and Advancement
Dr. Leah P. Hollis
Penn State
Associate Dean Access, Equity, and Inclusion
Hazel Jack
Colgate University
VP for University Communications & Events
Rev. Dr. Debora Jackson
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Dean, The Business School
Dr. Chenelle Jones
Franklin University
Executive Director of the Center for Public Safety and Cybersecurity Education & Chair of the Public Safety Programs
Dr. Jean King
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Tracy Harmon Kizer
Rollins College
Special Assistant to the President for DEIB Strategy Implementation
Nikki Koontz
Southern Utah University
Assistant Vice President of Marketing Communication
Dr. Marci Levine
Lehigh University
Program Director of the ADVANCE Center for Women STEM Faculty
Dr. Pardis Mahdavi
University of Montana
Provost and Executive Vice President
Natasha Martin, J.D.
Seattle University
Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion and Professor of Law
Terri Mitchell
Le Moyne College
Board of Regents
Dr. Tami James Moore
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Professor of Family Studies
Dr. Jamillah Moore
San Francsico State University
Vice President of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management
Rachael Nava
University of California (system)
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Cheryl Neale-McFall
West Chester University
Associate Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs
Anne Nelson
Cleveland State University
Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Academic Programs
Dr. Michelle Nichols
Meharry Medical College
Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Designated Institutional Official
Dr. Linda Noel-Batiste
Virginia State University
Director of Faculty Development
Dr. Tanjula Petty
Alabama State University
Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness, Strategic Initiatives, and Transformation
Dr. Autumn Reed
University of Maryland
Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Dr. Barbara Ritschel
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Vice Chair of Education
Carrie Robinson
Peirce College
AVP HR, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Dr. Tammy Robinson
Mesa Community College
President
Dr. Caroline Louise Rochon
SUNY Downstate
Chief of Transplantation Surgery
Glendalí Rodríguez
University of Wisconsin - Stout
Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs
Dr. Diana Rogers-Adkinson
Commonwealth University of PA
Provost and Senior Vice President
Dr. Robyn Sandekian
University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science
Director of Faculty Advancement
Dr. Shadi Sandvik
State University of New York
Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development; Provost-in-Charge
Sheri Nicole Shaw
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Assistant Dean for Student Success and Academic Advisor; Lecturer; Coordinator of the Coastal ROOTS Summer BRIDGE Program
Dr. Brittany C. Slatton
Texas Southern University
Professor of Sociology
Toni Mooney Smith, MSC
Rutgers University in Camden
Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications
Dr. Stacey Sowell
West Virginia State University
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
Dr. Narketta Sparkman-Key
James Madison University
Vice Provost of Strategic Initiatives and Global Affairs
Dr. Caryn M. Stanley
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Assistant Director, School of Business
Lisa Stoothoff
Donnelly College
Chief Operating Officer/Dean of the College
Dr. DeNeia Thomas
Texas Southern University
VP Enrollment and Student Success
Dr. Linda M. Thomas
James Madison University
Dean of the Graduate School
Fatiah Touray, Esq.
New York University - Abu Dhabi
Executive Director Office of Inclusion and Equity
Dr. Marjorie Trueblood
Rollins College
Dean of the Student Center for Inclusion and Belonging
Tiffany D. Tucker
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Deputy Director of Athletics
Dr. Latasha Wade
Elizabeth City State University
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Sabrina R. Wilhelm
California University of Science and Medicine
Executive Director of Preclinical Student Services
Dr. Helen Easterling Williams
Pepperdine University
Vice Chancellor and Professor of Education