​Natasha Baker is a partner with Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP in the firm’s San Francisco office. Baker represents private and public institutions of higher education in a broad range of legal matters, including Title IX, student discipline, FERPA compliance, disability accommodation for students and employees, faculty discipline, and employment matters such as tenure denial and dismissal, harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination. She has presented at CIC’s Workshops for Department and Division Chairs, Institute for Chief Academic Officers, and Presidents Institute.

​William C. Deeds is vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Morningside College and has served in this role since 2000. Previously, he served Moravian College as dean for academic affairs and professor and chair of the department of psychology. His interests include liberal education, assessment of student learning, faculty hiring and development, and using data effectively for planning and decision making. Deeds is a frequent presenter at CIC’s Workshops for Department and Division Chairs and the Institute for Chief Academic Officers. He was named CIC’s Chief Academic Officer of the Year in 2016.

​John Kolander, provost of Wisconsin Lutheran College, has served as the college’s chief academic officer since 2004. Previously, he was a teacher and administrator for Lutheran elementary and high schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Kolander’s research interests include campus and organizational culture, curriculum development, and leadership development. He is a frequent presenter at CIC’s Workshops for Department and Division Chairs and Institute for Chief Academic Officers and was named Chief Academic Officer of the Year in 2018.

​Leanne M. Neilson is provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of psychology at California Lutheran University. She is a clinical psychologist and is active in work related to accreditation and assessment. Neilson has presented on topics pertinent to higher education administration at CIC’s Workshops for Department and Division Chairs and Institute for Chief Academic Officers.

​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 and as 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).

​Caroline J. Simon is provost and executive vice president of Whitworth University. She came to Whitworth after serving as a professor of philosophy and administrator at Hope College for 25 years. Simon has been a department chair, interim dean of social sciences, director of teaching and learning, and director of general education and served a term on Hope College’s board of trustees. She is a philosopher who sees administration as field-testing the relevance of applied ethics. Simon has co-authored two books on higher education and has written books and articles on a variety of topics related to ethics, including virtue, friendship, sexuality, and the role of narrative in thinking about how to live a flourishing life.

​Tarshia L. Stanley is dean of the school of humanities, arts, and sciences at St. Catherine University, where she has served since 2018. Previously she was director of the E.W. Githii Honors Program and associate professor of English at Spelman College. During her time at Spelman she also served as chair of the English department and was the faculty lead in implementing the college-wide revision of student advising. Stanley’s professional interests are in film and media studies, particularly focusing on images of women of African descent. She has written several articles on black women in African, African American, and Caribbean cinema as well as on black female iconography in American popular culture. She edited The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature, published by Greenwood Press in 2008 and, most recently, edited a forthcoming volume for the Modern Language Association’s teaching series entitled Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia E. Butler.