Biographies of Speakers, Authors, and Other Colleagues

Robert H. Atwell has had a 40-plus year career in public and private higher education.  From 1984-96, he served as president of the American Council on Education (ACE), having served as...

David Bahlmann came to the Ball State University Foundation in August 1990.  As president and chief executive officer, he is responsible for supervising all programs and activities of the...

Sandy Baum is an independent higher education policy analyst and consultant. Senior Fellow at the George Washington School of Education and Human Development and Professor Emerita of Economics at...

Diana Beaudoin has served as a member of the board of trustees of Husson College in Maine for the past 21 years.  She serves on the finance committee and has chaired the academic affairs...

Trudi W. Blair currently serves as chair of the board of trustees at Wilson College, a Presbyterian-affiliated women’s college in Chambersburg, Penn., and has been a member of the board of...

Rita Bornstein is president emerita and the George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Professor of Philanthropy and Leadership Development at Rollins College, where she served as president from 1990-2004....

Zeddie Bowen is the former vice president and provost of the University of Richmond, a position he held for 16 years.  Bowen currently serves on the board of Franklin Pierce University and is...

Doreen Boyce is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where she attended Somerville College. She is an honorary fellow of Somerville College.  Her PhD is from the University of Pittsburgh,...

Paula Brownlee consults actively with presidents and boards of trustees on institution-wide planning, board and presidential evaluation, board structure, and roles and responsibilities, and with...

Elizabeth Bulette is a leadership and governance consultant affiliated with the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard...