The Board Professionals Leadership Group is an advisory group of board professionals with a mission of advancing and improving the profession. The group identifies emerging issues of higher education board governance concern and develops programming for events such as the Board Professionals Conference.
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Executive Committee
Denise Nelson Nash
Scripps College
Melissa Orth
University of Florida
Tamara Stoner
Delaware State University
Tina Holloway
The University of Texas System
Gayle Horwitz
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Matthew Paskin
University of Alaska Foundation
Chad Jordahl
DePaul University
Amelia Arnold
Saint Louis University
Programs Committee
Julia Abel
University of Illinois System
Linda Barge-Miles
Florida A&M University
Nakia Barr
Michigan State University
Nicole Blount
University of Cincinnati
Laure Christensen
Park University
Becky Ebeling
Rhode Island School of Design
Ann Fenton
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Lauren Ferguson
University of Central Florida Foundation
Elizabeth Hamilton
University of Central Florida
Gayle Horwitz
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Katie Herschede
Widener University
Michelle Kuykendall
Northwest Nazarene University
Lynn Kush
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Diane McCain
State University System of Florida/Board of Governors
Karen Monteleone
University of Central Florida
Tina Montemayor
The University of Texas System Administration
Vicki Reaume
Eastern Michigan University
Matthew Paskin – Vice Chair
University of Alaska Foundation
Marsha Schnirring
Occidental College
Brent Schrader
University of Delaware
Kai Swanson
Augustana College
Lisa Thomson
The College of Saint Rose
Sheena Tait-Rowan
University of Saskatchewan
Professional Development Committee
Amelia Arnold
Saint Louis University
Cheryl Baggs
Longwood University Foundation, Inc.
Sheyonn Baker
Hollins University
Jessica Burns
West Virginia University Foundation
Joanne Connor
Rowan University
Guilherme Costa
Ithaca College
Sarah Dirksen
University of Minnesota
Meg Evans
Portland State University Foundation
Heather Fehn
The College of New Jersey
Traci Fisher
University of Central Florida
Vikki Gore
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Chad Jordahl
DePaul University
Elizabeth Kassebaum
College of Charleston
Kathleen Keck
Paul Smith’s College
Camille Klutz-Leach
Northeastern University
Lorrie Kyle
Rollins College
Chamonix Meija
Texas Tech Foundation
Julie Miller
Wayne State University
Kevin Muldoon
Arcadia University
Michele Nelson
Seaton Hall University
Ada Porter
American University of Beirut
Shelia Severson
Viterbo University
Annie Redd
Virginia State University
Brian Steeves
University of Minnesota
Janine Swanson
University of the Pacific
Sharon Wright
Houston Community College