Institute for Educational Management, July 2008
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Juris Doctorate, cum laude, May 2002
University of Illinois, College of Law, Champaign, Illinois

Master of Science in Education, August 1994
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, May 1991
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado

MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY, Decatur, Illinois

Vice President for Enrollment (April 2004 to present)

• Provide senior leadership for Admission, Athletics, Financial Aid, Institutional Research, Marketing, Media Relations, Registrar, and Student Development.
• Serve as a member of the President's cabinet.
• Serve on the University Internal Budget Committee, comprised of the four vice presidents.
• Create and implement internal and external institutional marketing.
• Facilitated campus-wide University brand development.
• Manage operating budgets totaling in excess of $7,000,000.
• Responsible for the writing of financial aid policies that award $25,000,000 in institutional aid.
• Co-chair the University assessment committee.
• Staff multiple committees of the Board of Trustees.
• Served on steering committee for Higher Learning Commission self study.
• Served as a primary writer for two University strategic plans.

Dean, Student Life and Academic Development – CSAO (February 2003 to April 2004)

• Provided senior leadership to Student Life and Academic Development; supervising the areas of Academic Development, Athletics, Career and Experiential Education, Counseling Services, Health Services, International Student Services, Learning Enhancement/ADA Support Services, Multicultural Affairs, Residence Life and Student Programs.
• Served as cabinet member under two University Presidents.
• Managed an annual revenue budget in excess of $3,200,000.
• Managed an annual expenditure budget in excess of $1,500,000.
• Served as Chief Judicial Officer for the University.
• Directly supervised nine full-time professional staff.
• Coordinated University response to crises involving students.
• Served as liaison to University Parents’ Association.

Dean, Student Life and Academic Development (June 2002 to February 2003)

• Managed an annual revenue budget in excess of $3,000,000.
• Managed an annual expenditure budget in excess of $750,000.
• Provided senior leadership to Student Life, Academic Development, and Athletics.
• Served as Chief Judicial Officer for the University.
• Served as the Chief Housing Officer for 10 traditional residence halls, two university owned apartment buildings, and 13 privately owned apartment buildings totaling 1553 beds.
• Supervised 10 full-time professional staff, seven support staff and 150-plus paraprofessional student staff working in a variety of student life functions including residence life, student programs, orientation, health and counseling services and facilities management.
• Coordinated University response to crises involving students.
• Served as liaison to University Parents’ Association.

Associate Dean of Student Life and Academic Development (February 1996 to June 1999)

• Managed an annual budget in excess of $3,800,000.
• Served as Chief Judicial Officer for the University.
• Served on five-member University Enrollment Management Team responsible for managing student admission, enrollment, net-tuition revenue and policies related to financial aid.
• Served on a team that oversaw design and construction of a 210-bed state-of-the-art residential facility.
• Supervised seven professional staff, five support staff, and 100-plus paraprofessional student staff working in a variety of student life functions including multicultural affairs, student activities, residence life and facilities management.

Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Residence Life (January 1995 to February 1996)

• Managed an annual budget in excess of $2,600,000.
• Administered procedures and systems to manage residence halls including assigning rooms, distributing keys, and serving as a liaison to maintenance and housekeeping.
• Designed and implemented training and professional development for professional and paraprofessional staff.
• Created and implemented living-learning communities in 12 residential facilities.
• Served as appellate officer in judicial cases.
• Supervised five professional staff and 34 paraprofessional student staff.

Assistant Director of Student Activities/Director of Greek Life (August 1994 to January 1995)

• Advised the student programming board with an annual budget of $70,000.
• Trained new staff members in all areas of student activities, facilities management and university culture.
• Advised seven fraternities, four sororities, Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, and two National Honorary Societies.

Resident Director (August 1991 to August 1994)

• Provided disciplinary and personal counseling for approximately 250 residents in a traditional residence hall, four co-educational halls and two apartment buildings.
• Served as the primary adjudicator for the Department of Residence Life.
• Monitored students’ academic and social development.
• Served as a programming resource for staff members and campus community.
• Designed and implemented quality training and development workshops for 35 paraprofessionals.
• Supervised, trained and provided development opportunities for 10 paraprofessionals.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY, Decatur, Illinois

Communication: Leadership and Conflict Mediation

• Co-designed and piloted the University’s first 10 day, three-credit winter immersion course.
• Taught as an interdisciplinary Senior Seminar for 25 students.
• Assisted with the logistical development of winter term.

Criminal Justice: Illinois Juvenile Court Act

• The course explores the development of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act and the impact of the criminal justice system on children and families.
• Designed for the adult student in an accelerated format.

English: Critical Reading Writing Research I and II

• Developed and taught introductory writing and research course for students who were new to the University or repeating the course requirement.
• Created plans of study, customized to individual student needs.
• Designed as highly experiential, highly reflective and intended to teach lifelong skills in academic exploration.
• Encouraged independent research.

General Studies: University Senior Capstone

• Team taught three credit culminating course in university general education curriculum.
• Designed course to be highly experiential addressing personal development and transitional topics.

General Studies: University Orientation

• Co-designed and implemented eight-week credit-bearing orientation/leadership courses.
• Designed training workshop for Peer Facilitators and Student Assistants.
• Assisted new students in adjustment to University life via academic and personal counseling.

General Studies: University Seminar

• Taught a First Year University Seminar as one of two required courses in a nationally recognized curriculum.
• Designed the course to explore identity development through studying race, socioeconomic status and gender.
• Supervised and advised two student teaching assistants.

Political Science: The American Political System

• The course introduces students to the ways that political scientists study the actors, networks, institutions, and policies that form the framework of American politics.
• Designed the course to create more informed citizens and voters and prepare students to apply political science beyond the classroom.

Political Science: Law and Justice: Creating Social Change

• The course examines the role the law has played in developing the legal identity of specific groups in the United States.
• Designed the course to allow students to focus on developing research and collaboration skills, while understanding historical and contemporary frameworks of critical issues in the United States political system.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

FROM THE BALCONY, St. Louis, Missouri
Partner (October 1996 to present)

• Co-founder of a training and development company providing value-based leadership programs to secondary and post-secondary educational institutions.
• Specialize in teaching leadership skills using experiential and reflection-based teaching methods.
• Design and implement programs for high schools and universities in 13 states.

FOUNDATION FOR TEACHING ECONOMICS, Davis, California
Student Administrator (Summers, 1995 to present)

• Implement student curriculum of the Economics for Leaders program, an eight day economic leadership program designed for 30 high school seniors and 30 high school teachers, implemented on 14 domestic and five international sites.
• Serve as agent for the Foundation for Teaching Economics to administrators, teachers and
leadership staff.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign, Illinois
College of Law Clinic (August 2001 to May 2002)

• Represented indigent clients in orders of protection, divorce, debt payment and landlordtenant disputes. Responsibilities included interviewing, fact finding, counseling, negotiating, drafting legal documents and appearing in court.
• Researched and developed all components of litigation under the supervision of an attorney.
• Trained as a mediator for landlord-tenant and small claims cases.
• Assisted in the development of the Community Mediation Project for the Champaign County Court system.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, Illinois
Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic (August 2000 to December 2000)

• Conducted conflict resolution training for area middle school teachers and students.
• Researched and developed age-appropriate curriculum for elementary students.
• Trained elementary student Peer Mediators as part of a violence prevention program.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Chamber of Commerce (Greater Decatur and Macon County)
Board of Directors, 2008 to present

• The Chamber consists of approximately 600 members ranging from three Fortune 100 companies to family owned and operated businesses.
• The Board consists of twenty two regularly elected directors.
• Appointed to fill vacancy in 2008 and elected in 2009.
• Serve on the governance committee.
• Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee on Political Policy and Advocacy.

Sharon United Methodist Church

• Trustee Committee, Chair, 2010 to present.
• Finance Committee, 2010 to present.
• Administrative Council, 2010 to present.

United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois

• Board of Directors, 2008 to present.
• Elected Chair, June 2012.
• Elected Vice Chair, October 2011.
• Campaign Team Leader, 2010
  • One of seven member team responsible for setting the strategy to successfully raise $2.1M in annual support for the United Way.
  • Responsible for managing thirty corporate campaigns and for the development and solicitation of twenty prospective campaigns.
• Elected Treasurer, December 2010.
• Community Impact, Chair, 2009 and 2010.
• Fund Distribution, Co-Chair, 2008, 2009 and 2010
  • Responsible for the evaluation of funding requests from approved agencies and the implementation of allocations processes to those agencies.

Village of Forsyth

• Finance Committee, 2009 and 2010
  Responsible for advising trustees in the creation and management of an annual operating budget of $5.5M and policies and procedures pertaining to $1.5M in water and sewer revenue and expenditures.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)

Member, 2005 to present

Conference Presenter – Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Conference; 2007

American College Personnel Association (ACPA)

Member, 1994 to present

Conference Presenter - Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 1997

American Marketing Association

Member, 2007 to present

Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA)

Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I)

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW)

NCAA Division III Conference Self Study, 2007

Great Lakes Association of College and University Housing Officers (GLACUHO)

Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Consultant-Evaluator, 2007 to present

Selected as Team Chair, 2011

National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) Illinois/Indiana Region

Conference Presenter - Annual Conference; 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997

National Association of College and University Residence Halls, Inc. (NACURH)

Conference Presenter – Annual Conference; 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2001, and 2002

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Applying Strategic Enrollment Management

Strategic Enrollment Management Conference, 2007

Art of Change: Becoming a Competent Professional

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, November 2001

Art of Leadership: Individual Centered Group Development

Millikin University Men’s Soccer, Decatur, Illinois, August 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2011.

Millikin University Women’s Soccer, Decatur, Illinois, August 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011.

Notre Dame High School, Quincy, Illinois, August 1998

Art of Mediation

Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, January and August 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2011

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, January 2003

Beyond Advising: Building Effective Relationships Between Advisors and Student Leaders

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2002

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, November 2001

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, October 2000

Complicated Times: Legal Issues in Higher Education

Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, July 2002

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2002

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, November 2001

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, October 2000

Doing the Right Thing: A Discussion of Ethical Proportions

Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, October 1997

NACA Regional Conference, Peoria, Illinois, November 1996

NACURH Annual Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, May 1994

NACURH Annual Conference, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, May 1992

Executive Boards: Advisor Area of Impact

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, November 2001

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, October 2000

Hazing 101: Taking Personal and Organizational Responsibility

Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, February, 2001 and January 2004

Lessons From the Quilt (AIDS Education)

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri, November 1998

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, November 1997

Tension Mounts: Advisor Saves the Day...Right? (Conflict Management)

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, November 2001

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, October 2000

The Message Couldn’t Be Any Clearer.... It’s Time To Make a Change (AIDS Education)

University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, October 2000

St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, December 1998

Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, October 1998

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri, October 1997

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, May 1994

Tinker Toys Revisited – Exploring Group Dynamics

Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, October 1997

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Outstanding Faculty/Staff Member (Millikin University)

• Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Richert Award (University of Illinois, College of Law)

• One of two students honored by faculty for overall excellence in trial advocacy

First Year Appellant Advocacy (Southern Illinois University, College of Law)

• Selected to argue appellate brief in first year Honors round
• Received highest grade on oral argument

Friend of Senate (Millikin University)

• Presented by Student Senate, 1998, 1999

NACURH, Inc. Silver and Gold Pins

Inducted into the Association of Alumni and Friends of NACURH, Inc.