Full Name
Debra Humphreys
Job Title
Vice President of Strategic Engagement
Institution
Lumina Foundation
Speaker Bio
Debra Humphreys, Ph.D., directs efforts related to student success in attaining high-quality four-year college degrees at Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. She also oversees the foundation’s strategic communications team, working to influence national narratives about learning beyond high school. Before joining Lumina in late 2016, she served as senior vice president for academic planning and public engagement at the Association of American Colleges & Universities. Humphreys has decades of experience in higher education reform focused on improving teaching and learning, curricular redesign, state and federal policy, and quality assurance. In her work with higher education institutions, Humphreys has conducted academic leadership and faculty workshops on teaching and learning, with special focuses on reform of general education and diversity courses and requirements.
Debra Humphreys