Profiles

Ryan Sandefer became vice president for academic affairs at the College of St. Scholastica (MN) in 2020. He also currently serves as interim vice president for enrollment management and student affairs. Earlier in his career at St. Scholastica, Sandefer served in several other administrative roles, including as chair of the department of health informatics and […]

Jeffrey Frick joined Washington & Jefferson College (PA) as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college in 2019. Prior to this appointment, he served St. Norbert College (WI) in the same role. Earlier in his career, Frick was professor of chemistry at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he also held administrative positions as […]

Karen An-hwei Lee is provost and professor of English at Wheaton College (IL). As provost, she leads Wheaton’s senior academic leadership team, serves on the senior administrative cabinet, and oversees all aspects of the academic division including the faculty, academic records and services, centers and institutes, global programs and studies, institutional research, library and archives, […]

Celia Cook-Huffman joined Manchester University (IN) as vice president for academic affairs in 2020. She returned to Manchester, her undergraduate alma mater, after spending 30 years at Juniata College (PA), where she began her academic career as a faculty member in peace and conflict studies. During her time at Juniata, Cook-Huffman held the W. Clay […]

Marina Esteve Wagstaff joined CIC in 2023 and is the executive assistant to the SVPAP and manager of academic programs and HR. In this role, she supports the work and coordinating aspects of leadership development programs and grant-funded projects that fall within the scope of the vice president for academic programs’ role. She also supports […]

Walter Earl Fluker serves as Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (CT), and Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership (formerly the Martin Luther King, Jr. Chair) at Boston University (MA). He was the founding executive director of the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership Center and […]

Darby Kathleen Ray is the Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement at Bates College (ME), where she also is professor of religious studies and director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. In this role, she leads institutional strategy and program development in support of the college’s civic mission, teaches in […]

Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (IN), where she also serves as director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, a university-wide research institute that supports faculty, doctoral students, undergraduates, and visiting fellows pursuing cross-disciplinary research on major ethical questions. Her work focuses on […]

Vern Granger is Director of Admissions at the University of Connecticut. In his current role, he works on UConn’s worldwide outreach to high-achieving and diverse students, its selection process, development of the university admission process and practices, the transition of new students, and the advancement of UConn’s position as one of the preeminent institutions in […]

Paulette Granberry Russell, JD, was elected president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education in 2020. She is a leading national voice and sought-after presenter on issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in higher education and beyond. Granberry Russell retired in 2020 from Michigan State University as senior advisor to […]