Profiles

Alicia Jackson joined CIC in 2025 and is the membership services and tuition exchange program manager. In this role, she is primarily responsible for operationalizing CIC’s membership engagement strategy, the administration of CIC’s membership billing processes, and maintaining the member database. She also oversees the Tuition Exchange Program. Before joining CIC, Jackson served as the membership […]

Jenny Xia Spradling is the co-founder and co-CEO of FreeWill, a nonprofit technology provider that makes it easy for charities to fundraise through planned giving, tax-efficient giving (crypto, stocks, DAF, QCDs), and grant fundraising. FreeWill has grown to be the largest provider of estate planning in the US. By making it easy and free for […]

Carolyn Sloane Mata is a higher education consultant working mostly with private, not-for-profit colleges and their state associations (GA, LA, NC, OR, SC and TX). Bringing 20 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, college administrator, and association executive, her expertise lies in the areas of policy, institutional research, and institutional effectiveness. She […]

Heather Moore Roberson serves as the dean of inclusive excellence at Allegheny College (PA). Roberson is an award-winning leader, teacher, and researcher who advances initiatives related to race, equity, and justice in higher education. She has published articles on diversity, equity, and inclusion and facilitated presentations on culturally relevant leadership for CIC and Leadership in […]

Gregor Thuswaldner is the incoming vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at La Roche University (PA). Previously, he served as the provost and executive vice president at Whitworth University (WA) and as dean of arts and sciences and professor of humanities at North Park University (IL). In 2006, he received Gordon […]

Susan Larson is the provost and dean of Concordia College (MN). She previously served Concordia as division chair for the sciences and mathematics and as director of undergraduate research and student scholarship. Larson joined Concordia’s faculty in 1998 and taught psychology and neuroscience courses, many of which engaged students in undergraduate research through course-embedded research […]

Roberta Morehouse joined CIC in 2024 as the conference and program manager. In this role, she coordinates logistical details and manages registration for the annual Institute for Chief Academic Officers, Presidents Institute, and the biennial Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Conference. Additionally, Morehouse supports CIC’s annual series of Department and Division Chair Workshops […]

Erica Prosper Nirenberg is senior director of customer insights at H-E-B and is the first lady of San Antonio, Texas. She co-founded and was the 2016 Chair of the Latina Leadership Institute and has led the creation of multiple education programming, youth entrepreneurship programming, and women’s economic development white papers with Rai$ing Texas, the SABER […]

Christon G. Arthur is president at La Sierra University (CA). Prior to his presidency, he served as provost and chief academic officer at Andrews University (MI). His professional experience includes serving as dean of the school of graduate studies and research at Andrews and as professor of educational administration and associate dean of the college […]

Cynthia Alby joined Georgia College in 2001, where she is a professor of teacher education and faculty director of GC Journeys. She works extensively with the Center for Teaching and Learning and is also the lead lecturer for Georgia College’s “Governor’s Teaching Fellows,” a faculty development program with which she has worked since 2001. Alby […]