Plenary Speakers for Forum 1


Rob Anderson
SHEEO
President

Melody Barnes
University of Virginia
Executive Director, Karsh Institute of Democracy

Ronald Crutcher
University of Richmond
President Emeritus and University Professor

Millie García
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
President

Carol Geary Schneider
College Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition and American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Senior Advisor and President Emerita

Richard Haass
Council on Foreign Relations
President

Elaine Ikeda
LEAD California
Executive Director

Martha Kanter
College Promise
Board President & CEO Emerita

Sandra Kelly
University of South Carolina
Vice Provost, Director of Global Carolina, and Dean of Undergraduate Studies

John Lane
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)
Vice President, Academic Affairs & Equity Initiatives

Roosevelt Montás
Columbia University
Director and Faculty Member, Freedom and Citizenship Program and Interim Director, American Studies

Marisol Morales
American Council on Education
Executive Director, Carnegie Elective Classifications

Eboo Patel
Interfaith America
Founder and President

David Scobey
Bringing Theory to Practice, Elon University
Director

Nancy Shapiro
University System of Maryland
Associate Vice Chancellor

Henry Stoever
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
President and CEO

Trygve Throntveit
Minnesota Humanities Center
Director, Third Ways Civics Initiative

Rajiv Vinnakota
Citizens and Scholars
President

Yolanda Watson Spiva
Complete College America
President

Dawn Michele Whitehead
American Association of Colleges and Universities
Vice President

Plenary Speakers for Forum 1


Fay Akindes
University of Wisconsin System
Director, Systemwide Professional & Instructional Development

Rob Anderson
SHEEO
President

Ronny Bautista
San Francisco State University
Student

John Bridgeland
More Perfect
Founder and Executive Chair

Michelle Cooper
Lumina Foundation
VP of Public Policy, Ex Director

Kellan Duffy
Anderson University

Ashley Finley
AAC&U
Vice President of Research and Senior Advisor to the President

Cristina Flores
Montclair State University
Student

Linda Garcia
CCCSE
Executive Director

Carol Geary Schneider
College Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition and American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Senior Advisor and President Emerita

Barbara Gellman-Danley
Higher Learning Comission
President

Sylvia Hurtado
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor of Education in the School of Education and Information Studies

Martha Kanter
College Promise
Board President & CEO Emerita

Bobbie Laur
Campus Compact
President

Hayden Malone
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Student

Lynn Pasquerella
American Association of Colleges and Universities
President

Julian Putnam
Montclair State University
Student

Larry Roberts
University of Virginia
Director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership

Lenore Rodicio
Aspen Institute, College Excellence Program
Senior Fellow

Aaron Thompson
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
President