CIC recently announced selections for the 2019–2020 cohorts of the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) and Senior Leadership Academy (SLA)
(see the participant lists below). Individuals chosen for the yearlong ELA program are vice presidents or other cabinet officers who aspire to be successful college or university presidents or to perform more effectively in their current positions. Individuals chosen for the SLA program are mid-level administrators or outstanding faculty leaders in CIC member institutions who have been identified by their institutions as having the potential for senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities.
Both the ELA and SLA include two national seminars, readings, webinars, structured mentorship guidance, and considerable emphasis on individualized experiential activities. The programs provide participants opportunities to learn about the real issues that will confront them as they advance in their careers, to reflect on their own abilities and experiences, and to seek the positions for which they are best suited.
The ELA and SLA are made possible through the generous support of Academic Search. CIC partners with the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) to offer the SLA and with both AALI and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) to offer the ELA.
An exciting new development in the evolution of ELA and SLA is the offer by AALI, which is generously supported by Academic Search, to assist in CIC’s efforts to increase both the gender and the racial and ethnic diversity of qualified and well- prepared leaders of independent colleges and universities. AALI is doing so by subsidizing the cost of ELA and SLA participation with a fellowship that covers the full fee for participants and a scholarship toward the cost of travel or lodging for two CIC participants in the ELA and six participants in the SLA. The AALI board will review the fellowship over the coming year and determine whether it can be a regular feature of the programs.
Upon learning that she had been selected for the 2019–2020 Senior Leadership Academy and an AALI Diversity Fellowship, a recipient recently remarked, “I am honored and grateful to have been selected for the Senior Leadership Academy as well as the AALI Diversity Fellowship. I look forward to what is sure to be a very valuable professional learning experience.”
CIC staff members believe that the availability of fellowship support through the generosity of AALI helped to attract a significant number of women and people of color to the pools of nominees. This year, 16 (or nearly 70 percent) of the ELA nominees were women, and six (25 percent) of the nominees were people of color. The selection committee extended invitations to participate to 17 candidates, including 13 women and five people of color. Among the 70 nominees for SLA, 39 were women, or over 55 percent of the nominees, and ten were people of color, or 14 percent of the nominees. The selection committee chose a total of 41 participants, including 22 women and seven people of color.
Nominations for the 2020–2021 ELA and SLA will open in September 2019. For more information, visit the ELA program site and the
SLA program site.
2019–2020 CIC EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PARTICIPANTs
Butler University (IN) Kathryn A. Morris Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
California Lutheran University Regina D. Biddings-Muro Vice President for University Advancement
Gallaudet University (DC) Elavie Ndura Vice President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Loyola University Maryland Robert Kelly Vice President and Special Assistant to the President
Marywood University (PA) Renee G. Zehel Vice President for University Advancement
Midland University (NE) Jessica Janssen Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Misericordia University (PA) Susan Helwig Vice President for University Advancement
Nichols College (MA) Kerry Calnan Vice President for Innovation and Institutional Effectiveness
Ohio Northern University Maria L. Cronley Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs | Samford University (AL) Betsy B. Holloway Vice President for Marketing and Communication
Southern New Hampshire University Michael Evans Vice President for Academic Affairs
Spelman College (GA) Ingrid Hayes Vice President for Enrollment Management
St. Bonaventure University (NY) Douglas J. Pisano Founding Dean of Health Professions
Talladega College (AL) Lisa Long Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Thiel College (PA) Ashley Zullo Vice President for Enrollment Management
University of La Verne (CA) Sherri G. Mylott Vice President for University Advancement
University of Saint Francis (IN) Lance Richey Vice President for Academic Affairs |
2019–2020 SENIOR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS
Adrian College (MI) Melissa Stewart Director, Study Abroad Institute
Aquinas College (MI) Heather Kesselring-Quakenbush Associate Provost, Dean of Curriculum, and Director of the Advantage Center
Aurora University (IL) Sarah Radtke Faculty Senate Chair and Chair, Athletic Training Department
Berry College (GA) Alan Hughes Chair, Department of Psychology and Co-Chair, Institutional Effectiveness
Brevard College (NC) Jennifer Frick-Ruppert Chair, Science and Mathematics Division
Catawba College (NC) Forrest Anderson Associate Provost
Claflin University (SC) Echol Nix Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Columbia College (MO) Madeleine Schep Interim Dean of the Faculty and Academic Affairs
Culver-Stockton College (MO) Kimberly Gaither Associate Dean for Student Success and Assessment
Curry College (MA) Carrie L. Cokely Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Denison University (OH) Kimberly Specht Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Dominican University of California Laura A. Stivers Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Education
Drake University (IA) Renée Cramer Professor of Law, Politics, and Society
Drew University (NJ) Jessica Lakin Associate Provost for Academic Administration
Eckerd College (FL) David Gliem Chair, Creative Arts Division
Elizabethtown College (PA) Kyle C. Kopko Associate Dean of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning
Elmhurst College (IL) Paul E. Arriola Associate Dean of the Faculty
Friends University (KS) Kenneth M. Stoltzfus Academic Dean
George Fox University (OR) Jamie Noling-Auth Lead University Pastor and Dean for Spiritual and Intercultural Life
Gettysburg College (PA) Darrien Davenport Executive Director, Office of Multicultural Engagement
Grinnell College (IA) Mark Levandoski Associate Dean of the College |
Huntingdon College (AL) Tom Perrin Associate Provost
Indiana Institute of Technology Jeffrey S. Leichty Associate Vice President of Information Technology Services
Lenoir-Rhyne University (NC) Veronica McComb Director, Honors Academy
Mary Baldwin University (VA) Martha Walker Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Monmouth College (IL) Daniel J. Ott Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion and Coordinator of Integrated Studies
Morningside College (IA) J. Alden Stout Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Nebraska Wesleyan College Kathy Wolfe Dean of Undergraduate Programs
North Park University (IL) Gregor Thuswaldner Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern College (IA) Dean Calsbeek Dean of Natural and Applied Sciences
Norwich University (VT) Karen L. Hinkle Associate Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer
Our Lady of the Lake University (TX) George A. Williams Interim Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Student Success
Randolph College (VA) Emily Yap Chua Chair, Department of Music and Director, Guest Artist Series
Regis College (MA) Kathryn Edney Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Shenandoah University (VA) Justin Allen Assistant Vice President for Student Life, Dean of Spiritual Life, and Director of the Institute for Church Professions
Simpson College (IA) Mark E. Gammon Associate Dean for General Education
Spelman College (GA) Andrea Lewis Chair, Education Department
St. Norbert College (WI) Karlyn Crowley Director, Cassandra Voss Center
Talladega College (AL) Angela Walker Assistant to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs; Chair, Public Administration Department; and Faculty Development Coordinator
The College of St. Scholastica (MN) Ryan Sandefer Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Whitworth University (WA) Brooke Kiener Associate Provost |