​Chad Berry is academic vice president and dean of the faculty at Berea College, where he previously held the positions of director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center and director of the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service. Prior to his joining Berea in 2006, he was a faculty member at Maryville College (TN). Berry is widely published in the areas of Appalachian studies and international education and is the author, editor, or co-editor of four books. He was the recipient of the East Tennessee Historical Society’s 2005 Teaching Excellence Award and of the Central Kentucky Diversity Consortium’s 2015 MOSAIIC (Multicultural Opportunities, Strategies, and Institutional Inclusive Conference) Award.

​Kenneth P. Carson, professor of business and coordinator of business program assessment at Grove City College, served as provost of Geneva College from 2005 to 2015. He previously served as a faculty member at Geneva College, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the School of Business at Arizona State University, and California Polytechnic State University at Pomona. Carson has published and presented on many topics in human resource management, organizational psychology, and statistics. He is a frequent presenter at CIC’s Workshops for Department and Division Chairs and the Institute for Chief Academic Officers.

​Mary Ann Gawelek is provost, dean of the faculty, and professor of psychology at Seton Hill University. Previously, Gawelek served as dean of Lesley University’s counseling psychology and expressive therapies division and interim dean of the graduate school. Her interests include exploration of the effects of gender on teaching and learning, educational equity issues that face undergraduate women, and multiculturalism. Gawelek has served as coordinator of CIC’s Workshop for New Chief Academic Officers and in 2011 received CIC’s Chief Academic Officer Award. She is a frequent presenter at CIC’s Workshops for Department and Division Chairs.

​Michael Glassman is a partner in Dinsmore & Shohl’s labor and employment department and chairs the employment law practice group. He has practiced management-side labor and employment law for more than 30 years. Glassman represents and advises employers regionally and nationally on matters involving traditional labor and union issues, collective bargaining, discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, and other issues that involve the employer/employee relationship. Glassman is a frequent speaker and trainer on labor and employment law topics and previously taught labor and employment law at Xavier University (OH). He has been recognized by his peers as an Ohio Super Lawyer, is listed in Best Lawyers in America, and is recognized as a Leading Business Lawyer by Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Attorneys.

​Rita E. Knuesel is provost emerita of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, from which she retired in 2015. She also served the joint institutions as chair of the music program and the College of Saint Benedict as dean of the college. She is a frequent presenter on topics such as collaborative approaches to improving teaching and learning, faculty governance, and administrative reporting structures. She has served as a mentor in CIC’s Workshop for New Chief Academic Officers. Knuesel received the 2013 CIC Chief Academic Officer Award.

​Michael McDonald is provost of Kalamazoo College and oversees all educational programs and activities, academic personnel, and athletics. Previously, McDonald served at Occidental College as professor of mathematics and in a variety of administrative positions, including associate dean for curriculum and academic affairs. McDonald is a former coordinator of CIC’s Workshop for New Chief Academic Officers.

​Tarshia L. Stanley is associate professor and chair of the English department at Spelman College, where she has been a faculty member since 1999. She teaches courses in film and media studies, particularly focusing on images of women of African descent. She has authored several articles critiquing the role of black women in African, African American, and Caribbean cinema as well as black female iconography in American popular culture. Stanley edited The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature published by Greenwood Press in 2008 and is completing two manuscripts—Mothering Our Daughters: Mediating the Messages, which is about helping girls navigate the messages they receive about femininity from the mass media, and the second on a viable definition of African diaspora literature through the work of writer Octavia Butler.