AGB Experts
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 executive vice president of ACE from 1978-84.
He was president of Pitzer College in Claremont, California, from 1978-84 and vice chancellor for administration of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, from 1965-70. He currently...
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 foundation and for the management, investment, and administration of all private gifts received by the foundation for the benefit of Ball State University.
Before taking the position with the Ball State University Foundation, Bahlmann...
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 committee for three years; she also served on the executive, nominating, academic, and student affairs committees. She has also been a board member of the Harvard Club in Concord for the past six years. Beaudoin has also served as vice...
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 trustees for eight years. She has chaired board committees on trusteeship, enrollment management/student life, presidential evaluation, and the executive committee. Trudi also served as...
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. She is widely acknowledged to have led a transformation of Rollins, significantly improving its selectivity, academic reputation, facilities, and financial condition. The college’s endowment more than quintupled during her presidency,...
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 in his fifth year as board chair. He also chaired the academic affairs committee at Franklin Pierce for two years. As a facilitator for AGB, he specializes in board development and assessment, academic affairs, and planning workshops.
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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, where she is a university laureate and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in Higher Education and the Bicentennial Medallion of Distinction.
In 1960, she was appointed lecturer and tutor, Department of Economics and Economic History...
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 campuses on educational reform initiatives and leadership development. She undertakes a variety of institutional reviews, campus consulting, and speaking engagements. As a consultant and facilitator for AGB, she leads board retreats and...
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 Kennedy School of Government. Since the early 1980’s, Bulette has been involved in university administration, leadership and governance. She has held positions at private liberal arts colleges as well as research universities (both...
Kent John Chabotar has been president of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, since 2002, and is a professor of political science. He serves on the governing boards of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (where he is also the treasurer) and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art...
Ellen Chaffee’s distinguished career spans institutional, system, policy, and national professional leadership in both public and private higher education, as well as extensive research and publication. Past president of two universities and two national professional associations, she has led executive, academic affairs, student affairs, research, and equal opportunity functions. She has served on and consulted with numerous governing...
Genie Chamberlin brings a valuable mix of experience to the AGB Consulting Team. As a professional, she has over 25 years of consulting, training, and facilitation experience with a background in higher education and organizational development. She holds a doctoral degree in higher education from the University of Georgia. She has served as an administrator in alumni relations/development and other areas of university work...
Jill Derby is a Governance Consultant with the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities. She served 18 years on the Nevada Board of Regents - the statewide governing board of the Nevada System of Higher Education. She served three terms as board Vice Chair and three terms as Board Chair, being the first Nevada regent to be elected by her peers to a third term as Board Chair. As Chair, Derby initiated a Board...
Jerry is President Emeritus of the University of Minnesota Foundation, where he served as president and CEO from 1990-2008, then as Senior Philanthropy Advisor from 2008-2010. His career includes nearly 20 years with Ford Motor Company and affiliated companies, where he held several positions in the finance offices of Ford, Ford Credit, and Ford of Europe. In 1985, he became Senior Vice President-Finance for First Bank System (now...
John C. Ford is principal of John C. Ford Associates, a consulting firm specializing in management development and organizational communication. His practice includes seminar development and training, along with executive coaching. As an AGB workshop facilitator, John has partnered with presidents and governing boards in higher education to examine and redefine their operational structures through board assessment and related...
Cecelia ("Cece") H. Foxley served for over 10 years as commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education and chief executive officer to the state board of regents. She subsequently completed a three-year regents professorship in the educational psychology department at the University of Utah. Prior to her appointment to the position of commissioner, she served as the deputy commissioner and the associate commissioner for academic...
Jon W. Fuller is a senior fellow with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). He is also a trustee for Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, serving on their education committee, committee on trustees, and compensation committee. As a facilitator for AGB, he specializes in overviews of higher education trends and developments as background for institutional planning, as well as workshops on...
R. Barbara Gitenstein, president of The College of New Jersey, has over 30 years of experience as a college professor and administrator in both the public and private sectors. She came to The College of New Jersey from Drake University where she served as provost and executive vice president. She is the first woman president of The College of New Jersey in its 153-year history.
Gitenstein began her career in higher education as an...
Wilson G. Hess has over 35 years of experience in both private and public higher education, including executive leadership, board development, strategic planning, financial and enrollment management, academic innovation, organizational assessment, and higher education accreditation. He is highly regarded in the fields of higher education leadership, institutional accreditation, board governance, and organizational turn-around...
Thomas Hyatt is a senior fellow for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). Hyatt makes educational presentations to boards of directors on current issues, conducts in-service training, and facilitates board discussions and retreats. He has given a number of presentations to nonprofit associations and boards regarding the implications on corporate responsibility and good governance for nonprofit organizations...
A distinguished alumna, Dr. Antoinette (Toni) Iadarola earned a BA in history/political science from her alma mater, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Conn. A former Fulbright Scholar affiliated with the London School of Economics, she received her MA and PhD degrees in European History from Georgetown University and did graduate and post-graduate study at Fordham and Yale.
Toni began her academic career at Saint Joseph...
Richard (Tom) Ingram is president emeritus of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), having served as president for 13 years, through 2005, and previously as executive vice president for 18 years. He is a consultant, facilitator, speaker, and writer on nonprofit directorship and academic trusteeship whose focus includes comprehensive governance reviews, board self-study workshops, presidential and board...
Yvonne R. Jackson is the immediate past chair of the board of trustees of Spelman College having served as Chair for 7 years and 15 years on the board. Prior to assuming the role of chair, she served as chair of the board affairs committee and chair of the search committee.
Jackson is on the board of directors of Winn-Dixie, Inc and Spartan Stores., where she serves as chair of both of their compensation committees and on Spartan...
As an AGB board governance consultant, Jim Lanier works with university and foundation boards on assessment, operations, and governance issues, and trains AGB facilitators and consultants. For over 23 years he served as vice chancellor for institutional advancement and as CEO of the East Carolina University (ECU) Foundation and the ECU Real Estate Foundation. While at ECU, he also served as a governance consultant for AGB, focusing on...
Lucie Lapovsky served as president of Mercy College, a multi–campus college of 10,000 students, from 1999 to 2004. During her tenure, Mercy College doubled its graduation rate and the number of degrees awarded. In addition, she completed the first successful capital campaign, increased the college’s name recognition and opened two new campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx. As a facilitator for AGB, she specializes in areas relating to...
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