Profiles

Kevin Cavanagh is the former vice president for institutional integration at Bloomfield College. He previously served as the chief enrollment officer of four other institutions: Iona University, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the College of New Rochelle, and Manhattan College. In addition to his enrollment management positions, Cavanagh was the executive vice […]

​Matt Trainum joined CIC in 2022 as the inaugural vice president for networks and strategic partnerships. In this role, Trainum focuses on strengthening CIC’s current networks (including the Online Course Sharing Consortium, NetVUE, the Tuition Exchange Program, and the State Councils network) and exploring new opportunities for CIC members. Trainum previously was a senior consultant […]

Matt Gerien is a communications and marketing strategist with experience in executive communications, issues management and public affairs. He provides strategic counsel to higher education presidents, boards, and senior leaders. He joined the RW Jones Agency in 2021 after working as the chief communications officer at Rhodes College, where he managed strategic communications, marketing and […]

Dorothy A. Escribano currently serves as interim provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at SUNY Old Westbury. Her previous roles include administrative fellow, training fellow graduate students teaching elementary and intermediate Spanish courses at Brown University; lecturer at the University of Rhode Island; tenured faculty member and, subsequently, associate vice president and vice […]

Teresa Valerio Parrot is the founder and principal of TVP Communications, a public relations agency solely focused on higher education. Valerio Parrot helps higher education executives connect with new audiences, manage a crisis situation, build thought leadership awareness, and communicate institutional values. She is co-host of the Trusted Voices Podcast, co-editor of Call to Action […]

Bethany Miller is the director of institutional research and assessment at Macalester College (MN). Her work creates a foundation for collaboration to build shared understanding and use data to support student and institutional success. With a focus on equity and inclusion along with assessment, she has published, presented, and consulted, building on her professional experiences […]

Nance Roy is a psychologist and has dedicated her career to protecting the mental health of teens and young adults and reducing suicide. She is the chief clinical officer of the Jed Foundation and assistant clinical professor at the Yale School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. Roy provides consulting services to high schools, colleges, and […]

John MacIntosh is managing partner of SeaChange Capital Partners, a nonprofit that provides grants, loans, analysis, and advice to help nonprofits work through complex challenges. In the higher education sector, SeaChange manages the Transformational Partnership Fund (TPF), which supports colleges and universities interested in exploring partnerships that could fundamentally improve how they operate and serve […]

Jonathan Malesic is an essayist, journalist, and scholar whose writing focuses on one of the most pressing issues on campuses today: burnout, or “the experience of exhaustion, cynicism, and ineffectiveness that results from stretching across the gap between the ideals of your vocation and the reality of your job.” Malesic writes from his own experience with […]

Teresa (Terry) Flannery is a strategic, innovative, and collaborative higher education leader with more than 35 years of experience in a wide range of functions, including advancement, admissions and enrollment management, and student affairs. She has worked at large, medium, and small institutions, both public and private, and has led some of the most successful brand […]