Speakers

Lawrence M. Schall has served since 2005 as the president of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. Under his leadership, the university has increased net assets three-fold while reducing total debt in half; doubled net tuition revenue; increased the endowment by 50 percent; expanded enrollment by over 50 percent; established strategic entrepreneurial partnerships; and experienced historic […]

​Mariët Westermann became vice chancellor and chief executive of New York University Abu Dhabi, where she oversees all academic, administrative, financial, and operational affairs of the university, in August 2019. She joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2010 and served as the executive vice president for programs and research from 2016 to July 2019. […]

Mary Dana Hinton began her tenure as the 15th president of the College of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph, Minnesota, in 2014. Under Hinton’s leadership, the College of Saint Benedict developed a collaborative strategic plan and dynamic vision to guide the college through 2020. In alignment with the strategic plan and her leadership, the college […]

Nathan D. Grawe is Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences at Carleton College in Minnesota, where he has served as a faculty member since 1999. He participated in the leadership of Carleton’s Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QuIRK) initiative, and he served as associate dean of the college from 2009 to […]

Moderator: Marjorie Hass began her tenure as the 20th president of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2017. Under her leadership, Rhodes launched a new master’s degree in urban education, began an inclusive strategic planning process, and has been recognized for its academic rigor and the career success of its graduates. Hass has worked to […]

​James M. Dennis has served for 26 years as the president of McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois. Dennis has led McKendree to record growth in enrollment, academic programs (including in new master’s and doctoral programs), on-campus residence, campus construction and renovation, and the academic strength of students. The number of faculty and staff members has […]

Charles W. “Chip” Pollard has been the president of John Brown University (JBU) in Arkansas since 2004. During his time at JBU, the university has been blessed to receive more than $290 million in gifts, to expand its endowment from $50 million to over $165 million, and to complete 17 major building projects. JBU also […]

Debbie Cottrell became the 16th president of Texas Lutheran University in 2019. Prior to assuming the presidency, she served as vice president for academic affairs for seven years. Previously, Cottrell served as provost of William Peace University, where she led academic affairs, enrollment, and student life. She also was associate dean of the faculty and […]

Isiaah Crawford became president of the University of Puget Sound in Washington in 2016. As president, he has promoted curricular innovation, which has led to the development of an array of new degree programs, including a master of public health; increased access for all students to high-impact experiential learning; expanded community engagement to include offering […]

​Linda A. Livingstone is the 15th president of Baylor University in Texas. She previously served as dean and professor of management at the George Washington University School of Business, as dean and professor of management at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, and as a tenured faculty member and associate dean of graduate […]