​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 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 he is the author, editor, or co-editor of four books. He was the recipient 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.

​Ron Cole became provost and dean of the college at Allegheny College, his undergraduate alma mater, in 2015. Prior to this appointment, he served Allegheny as a faculty member for 20 years and held several leadership positions including chair of the geology department, moderator of the faculty, and member of the trustee diversity task force. As a faculty member, he actively engaged undergraduate students in research with funding from the National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, and the American Chemical Society and was the recipient of an award for excellence in teaching. Before his career in higher education, Cole worked in the environmental consulting industry.

​Beth Tyner Jones is a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson (U.S.) 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.

​Yolanda Williams Page became vice president for academic affairs at Dillard University in 2013. In this role, she has secured funding to support faculty development and student success and worked collaboratively to develop an adjunct faculty member orientation program, medical physics curriculum, and online course offerings, including a hybrid RN-to-BSN program. Previously, Page served as dean of the school of arts and sciences and chair of the department of English, theatre, and mass communication at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. She also was director of Title III and academic success at University of Arkansas-Little Rock. She is the editor of the two-volume Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (2007) and of Icons of African American Literature: The Black Literary World (2011).

​Kevin Reilly has served as the dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professional Studies at Ferrum College since 2010. He also is co-director of the Ferrum College Center for Community Engagement and co-facilitator for the Ferrum Cultural Competence Campus Conversations. Previously, Reilly was director of Ferrum’s Quality Enhancement Plan, coordinating both development and implementation of the plan’s critical thinking theme. A psychologist by training, he is an associate professor and has taught a wide variety of psychology courses.

​Jenna Templeton, vice president for academic affairs at Chatham University, provided leadership through the university’s academic reorganization and transition to undergraduate coeducation. Her career in higher education administration has included service as director of online academic and support services, associate dean of distance education, and director of student life. Earlier, her work focused on advising at-risk youth who were completing high school equivalency diplomas and securing entry-level employment. Templeton also provided individual counseling for college students focused on overcoming personal and academic barriers to successful degree completion.