Guiding You Through Activities that Get You to a Higher Ground
Guiding Institutions to Higher Ground
For decades, I’ve helped institutions navigate steep challenges and scale new heights. My experience leading major transformations—both in moments of opportunity and crisis—has equipped me with the expertise to help colleges and universities rise to meet today’s demands.
My teams and I have made a measurable difference in a number of areas. If you need guidance in any of the bolded areas below, take a look at some of the bulleted accomplishments we have achieved over the years.
Improving Financial Standing
- Refinanced long-term institutional debt through strategic bond offerings
- Diversified revenue streams, including corporate partnerships, land leasing, and enrollment expansion
- Negotiated high-value licensing agreements with professional sports teams
- Strengthened dual-enrollment partnerships with high schools and community colleges
- Doubled and tripled annual fundraising totals
- Developed a new business model that lowered gross tuition while increasing fundraising and enrollment
- Instituted financial accountability models, such as zero-based budgeting and workload estimators, to maintain fiscal discipline
Elevating Institutional Reputation and Brand
- Identified and marketed distinctive academic strengths to enhance institutional positioning
- 2025 – Chapman University Presidential Fellow on Gender and Leadership, Orange, CA. Launched nationally recognized academic technology initiatives
- Integrated branding across curricular and co-curricular areas to create a cohesive student experience
Restructuring Academic Programs and Curricula
- Led academic prioritization to assess and refine program offerings
- Restructured majors and minors under a more integrated “school” model
- Strengthened the first-year experience by embedding clear academic and social expectations
- Revamped core curricula to be more interdisciplinary, hands-on, and connected to pressing global issues
- Modernized undergraduate learning outcomes to reflect contemporary workforce and societal needs
Modernizing Governance and DEIJ Frameworks
- Partnered with governing boards to rewrite bylaws and articles of incorporation
- Charged faculty task forces in overhauling governance documents and handbooks
- Expanded shared governance to formally include students and staff, alongside faculty, administrators, and trustees
- Designed DEI structures that earned national recognition and became embedded in strategic planning
Enhancing Student Success and Enrollment
-  Created “one-stop” student service centers, such as:
- A Student Athlete Resource Center that improved retention and graduation rates
- A Veterans Success Center that streamlined services for military-affiliated students
- Instituted mandatory orientation and advising programs that boosted first-year retention and improved probationary student outcomes
- Spearheaded a regional transfer initiative that simplified pathways from community colleges, increasing enrollment
- Institutionalized high-impact practices, including experiential learning, undergraduate research, study-away programs, and internships
Charting the Course for your Institution’s Ascent
Is your institution ready to move beyond incremental change to contemplate, orchestrate, and activate a systemic transformation? If so, let’s start a conversation. I’d love to learn more about your goals and explore how we can work together to position your college or university for its next level of excellence.