Denise Runge

Forum Executive Committee, University of Alaska Anchorage

Gail Burd

Forum Executive Committee, University of Arizona

gburd@email.arizona.edu ARIZONA

Gail D. Burd is the senior vice provost for academic affairs, teaching, and learning and a distinguished professor in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Arizona. Her portfolio includes the Office of Instruction and Assessment, Academic Resources, the Center for University Education Scholarship and oversees accreditation, strategic teaching initiatives, and academic program reviews. Burd served as associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Science and interim and associate department head of molecular and cellular biology. She has served on government and professional panels and received awards for innovative teaching. Burd earned her B.A. in biology at Trenton State College and Ph.D. in neurobiology from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Loren Blanchard

Forum Executive Committee, California State University System

lblanchard@calstate.edu CALIFORNIA

Loren J. Blanchard is the executive vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the California State University, the largest and most diverse four-year public higher education system in the nation. In this capacity, Blanchard develops and oversees educational policy for the 23-campus system; guides and supports campus administrators on curricula, program design and student affairs; and serves as the chancellor’s designee to the CSU’s Academic Senate. Blanchard holds a bachelor’s of science degree in speech pathology education with a minor in psychology from Xavier University (OH); a master’s of education in educational administration and supervision from McNeese State University (LA); and a Ph.D. in education psychology from the University of Georgia.

Alfred Tatum

Forum Executive Committee, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Anita Borja Enriquez

Forum Executive Committee, University of Guam

Debora Halbert

Forum Executive Committee, University of Hawaii System

Debora Halbert is the associate vice president for academic programs and policy at the University of Hawai‘i System where she works on student success and transfer related issues.  Prior to her current position, she was the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Western Washington University and her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Prior to returning to Hawai‘i where she was a professor in the political science department teaching law, policy and also futures studies, she taught for 12 years at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.

Lori Stinson

Forum Executive Committee, Lewis-Clark State College

lstinson@lcsc.edu IDAHO

Lori Stinson has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Lewis-Clark State College since 2013. In this role, she is responsible to establish and maintain college-wide academic standards and policies, serve as the institutional accreditation liaison officer, and to collaborate with other Idaho public post-secondary institutions in the development and implementation of statewide policies. Previously, she served as professor/ division chair of nursing and health sciences for six years. Stinson earned her B.S.N. from Washington State University, her M.N. from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in adult education from the University of Idaho.

Brock Tessman

Forum/Alliance Executive Committee, Montana University System

Brock Tessman serves as the deputy commissioner of academic, research, and student affairs for the Montana University System. Prior to his current position, Tessman served as a professor of political science and dean of the Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana in Missoula. Tessman began his academic career at the University of Georgia, where he earned tenure in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). Tessman graduated with an honors degree in international relations from Brown University and received both his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

David Shintani

Forum Executive Committee, University of Nevada, Reno

shintani@unr.edu NEVADA

David Shintani is the vice provost for undergraduate education at the University of Nevada, Reno. He previously served as the associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources at the University of Nevada, Reno where he is a faculty member in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology. Shintani earned his B.S degree in genetics from the University of California, Davis and his Ph.D. in botany and plant pathology from Michigan State University.

Carol Parker

Forum Executive Committe, New Mexico State University

Carol Parker, J.D., serves as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at New Mexico State University. Previously, she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at El Paso, and senior vice provost for academic affairs at the University of New Mexico, where she also served as associate dean for finance and administration and as a tenured professor of law. Parker received her Juris doctorate from Wayne State University Law School, a master’s degree in information science from The University of Michigan, and a bachelor’s degree in humanities from Michigan State University’s Honor’s College.

Debbie Storrs

Forum Executive Committee, University of North Dakota

debbie.storrs@UND.edu NORTH DAKOTA

Debbie Storrs serves as the senior vice provost at the University of North Dakota where she provides leadership in the areas of strategic enrollment management, student academic support, the international center, the registrar’s office, and the Teaching Transformation and Development Academy. She works closely with academic deans on curriculum, personnel, and budgetary planning. Storrs earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Alaska and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Oregon. As a tenured full professor in sociology, she is interested in group dynamics, organizational effectiveness, change management, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Veronica Dujon

Forum Executive Committee, State of Oregon: Higher Education Coordinating Commission

veronica.dujon@state.or.us OREGON

Veronica Dujon, Ph.D., is the director for academic policy and authorization at Oregon Higher Education Coordination Commission. She leads the Commission’s efforts to coordinate academic programs, degree pathways, and student success initiatives among Oregon’s public universities. Dujon also oversees degree authorization for private schools, and licensing and compliance for private career schools. Prior to joining the HECC she was an associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Portland State University. Dujon did her graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an environmental sociologist by training. Dujon’s research and publications focus on conflicts over declining natural resources; the role of women in the global economy; and the tensions between national development strategies and forces of globalization.

Joelle Lien

Forum Executive Committee, South Dakota Board of Regents

joelle.lien@sdbor.edu SOUTH DAKOTA

David Connelly

Forum Executive Committee, Utah Valley University

David R. Connelly is the associate provost for academic programs at Utah Valley University. He is a former faculty senate president and chair of the History and Political Science Department. His primary teaching interests are in public administration. Connelly previously worked for the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) and taught at Western Illinois University. He has also worked developing and implementing information technology policy at the local, state and federal level while at the Center for Technology in Government (CTG) at the University at Albany. Connelly has a Ph.D. from the University at Albany while his M.P.A. is from Brigham Young University.

Renny Christopher

Forum Executive Committee, Washington State University Vancouver

renny.christopher@wsu.edu WASHINGTON

Renny Christopher has served as vice chancellor for academic affairs at Washington State University Vancouver since 2013. Her research interests focus on issues of race, class and gender in U.S. literature and culture. Her memoir, A Carpenter’s Daughter: A Working-Class Woman in Higher Education (Sense Publishers, 2009), addresses her experiences as the first in her family to attend college. She has taught at several universities in California and was a Fulbright scholar in Spain in 2000. Before earning her doctorate, Christopher worked as a printing press operator, typesetter, carpenter and horse wrangler.

Anne Alexander

Forum Executive Committee, University of Wyoming

Anne Alexander is interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of Wyoming (UW). Alexander’s research and teaching focuses on the history of American capitalism, international economics, and health economics. Prior to her position in academic affairs, she was the director of international programs and associate dean of outreach at UW. She has also served as a resources economist in the U.S. Department of State, assistant dean of the UW College of Business, and director of the interdisciplinary Health Economics Policy Center at UW. She is an alumnus of Leadership Wyoming, Class of 2013. Alexander earned her Ph.D. in economics at UW, and her master’s and B.B.A. in economics from New Mexico State University.