ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Leadership Profile

Senior academic leader with progressively responsible experience in higher education administration as an academic dean and professor in the history of art and photography, with executive leadership roles in non-profit management and regional accreditation. Proficiency includes policy development and implementation, strategic planning, budget management, and new program development and incubation. Experienced in fundraising, donor and alumni relations, and planned giving. Governance experience as a Managing Trustee for Colleges Ontario (Canada) and an elected Trustee for Oakton Community College (Illinois).

Signature Degree Programs Created and Incubated

B.S./M.S. in Social Justice and Community Development (Loyola)

2011

B.S./M.S. in Exercise Physiology (Loyola)

2009

B.S. in Healthcare Emergency Management (Loyola University Chicago and Health System)

2007

B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science (Loyola); NAACLS accreditation recognized in 2010

2006

B.A. in Management, with five concentrations (Loyola University Chicago)

2006

M.S. in Threat and Emergency Response Management (The University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory)

2004

M.A. in Public Policy and Administration (Northwestern)

2002

M.S. in Sport Management (Northwestern)

2002

Selected Accomplishments: University Fund Raising

Bernard Osher Foundation: $1M endowment for student scholarships (Loyola)

2011

James and Carolyn Bouchard Family Foundation: $500,000 endowment (Loyola)

2010

Richard Peterson (Otto Lehman Foundation): $175,000 endowment (Loyola)

2009

Alice H. Mayer Endowed Fund: $150,000 endowment (Loyola)

2009

Bernard Osher Foundation: (4) $50,000 annual awards for adult student scholarships in the Osher Re-Entry Scholarship Program (Loyola)

2007-2010

Non-Credit Adult Continuing Education

Created Continuum, Loyola University Chicago’s program of adult noncredit courses, microcredentials, and certificates, including the Women’s Leadership Certificate Program.

2005-2011

Managed The Compleat Gargoyle, The University of Chicago’s programs in the Humanities, Arts and Sciences, including the University’s “Great Books” program, known as the “Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults”

2002-2005