​Melvin Foster is associate professor of voice and chair of the division of humanities and social sciences at Morehouse College, where he has served for 19 years. He holds a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music and master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Foster regularly engages in opera, oratorio, and recital performances in the United States and Europe and has premiered more than ten roles and solos for the Americolor Opera Alliance, of which he is artistic director. Foster also is interested in the vital role that the arts play in sustaining culture.

​Susan Schneider Hasseler has held the position of senior vice president for academic affairs at Augustana University (SD) since 2012. She previously served as dean of the school of business, education, and social sciences and dean of community engagement at Messiah College, as a faculty member and associate dean for teacher education at Calvin College, and as a faculty member at Michigan State University. Hasseler’s scholarly interests include inclusive excellence, international education, and leadership. She is a participant in CIC’s Executive Leadership Academy, 2015–2016.

​Beth Tyner Jones is a partner with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP in the firm’s Raleigh, North Carolina, office. Jones practices primarily in the areas of employment and education law and uses her experience as a human resources professional and in-house legal counsel to assist both public and private institutions of higher education. She has experience representing these colleges and universities in a broad range of issues, including tenure denial, faculty discipline and dismissal matters, discrimination and harassment, program closures, wrongful termination, student discipline, FERPA compliance, accommodation requests, investigations, and governance matters. She is a frequent presenter at regional and national meetings on legal issues in higher education.

​Catharine O’Connell, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Mary Baldwin College, previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Defiance College, dean for academic affairs at Cabrini College, and chair of the English department at St. John Fisher College. Her scholarly work focuses on 19th century American literature and issues in contemporary higher education. O’Connell has been a frequent presenter at regional and national meetings on such topics as global learning and citizenship, community-based research, outcomes assessment, and facultystudent learning communities.

​J. Andrew Prall is vice president for academic affairs at the University of Saint Francis in Indiana. Under his leadership, the university completed its first set of comprehensive program reviews in ten years and created its first wholly online programs. He also has played a central role in efforts to increase partnerships with regional employers and economic development agencies by locating a new performing arts center and relocating the Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership into downtown Fort Wayne. Prall’s professional activities include participation in CIC’s 2015–2016 Executive Leadership Academy and a two-year Franciscan Leadership Enhancement Program.

​Marc M. Roy is provost of Albion College. Previously he served as provost of Goucher College, academic vice president of Coe College, and associate academic dean of Beloit College. Roy has served as a National Science Foundation grant review panelist and has received grants from the W.M. Keck and Sanger Foundations, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Carver Charitable Trust. He is the immediate past chair of the American Conference of Academic Deans. Roy is a frequent presenter at CIC’s Workshops for Department and Division Chairs.

​Jeanine Stewart is a tenured professor of psychology at McDaniel College; her current work applies positive psychological concepts to employee evaluation models and metrics associated with organizational commitment. Stewart’s professional experience in psychology, neuroscience, and applied leadership spans more than two decades across three small independent college campuses. Her responsibilities have included direct oversight of all academic departments, masters-level graduate programs, and academic support areas; and supervision of strategic planning initiatives, program prioritization, cost reduction modeling, and student recruitment and retention. Originally trained as a systems neuroscientist, Stewart often presents at conferences on topics related to higher education management and workplace dynamics.