Profiles

Cinthia Lopez joined Google as director of talent outreach in November 2021 after almost 20 years at Capital One. She began her career in product management in the credit card industry. After that, she worked in project management, process management, and risk management. In 2015, Lopez transferred to human resources where she held roles in […]

Katie Ferrick is senior director of workplace programs at LinkedIn, the leading business and employment-oriented online service. She leads the company’s local government relations, workplace community impact, and global environmental sustainability efforts. She earlier served as LinkedIn’s director of community affairs and sustainability. Previously Ferrick was planning commissioner for the city of Menlo Park and […]

Dawan Stanford is president of Fluid Hive, a design studio that helps people think about and solve problems like a designer. Fluid Hive grew out of Stanford’s experience with design, design thinking, higher ed, and tech. Through innovation projects, training, workshops, and coaching, Fluid Hive helps people and organizations address their big questions and challenges […]

Eddie R. Cole is associate professor of higher education and organizational change at the University of California at Los Angeles where his research focuses on college presidents’ historic role in shaping racial politics and practices both inside and outside of education. He is author of The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for […]

Kevin P. Reilly is the vice president for academic affairs at Beacon College (FL).  Previously, he was vice president for academic affairs at Ferrum College (VA). Before becoming Ferrum’s CAO, he served the college as dean of the school of social sciences and professional studies and as assistant vice president. He is a three-time winner […]

Leanne M. Neilson has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at California Lutheran University since 2009. She came to the university in 1993 as a psychology faculty member and held several administrative positions, including associate provost for graduate programs and accreditation and director of the graduate psychology program, prior to her current […]

Matthew K. Oware is chair and professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Richmond (VA), where he is the Irving May Professor of Human Relations. Previously, he served DePauw University (IN) as the Lester Martin Jones Professor of Sociology, the director of Africana Studies, and chair of the sociology and anthropology department. Oware’s […]

​Matt Burris helps educational entities and businesses understand their legal obligations and address legal challenges at the local, state, and federal level. A former teacher, Burris has concentrated experience advising and litigating on behalf of schools, colleges, and universities on all issues affecting educational institutions in California and across the United States. Burris gained in-house […]

Nicholas Adams is professor of philosophical theology at the University of Birmingham in England. He began his academic career as an expert on German Idealism and its impact on Christian theology, writing on the work of Jürgen Habermas (Habermas and Theology, 2006) and G. W. F. Hegel (Eclipse of Grace: Divine and Human Action in […]

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. As an author, political commentator, public intellectual, and passionate educator, he focuses on the complex dynamics of the American experience. He is a widely respected scholar of religious studies and has […]