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OVERVIEW

The CAEL team draws great strength from its varied set of backgrounds and skills. But we hold one very important quality in common: dedicated expertise in forging the connections between learning and work that adult learnersand their communitiesdepend on for social mobility and economic equity.

Christine Carpenter
Senior Vice President, Engagement
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Beth Doyle, Ed.D.
Senior Vice President, Initiatives & Solutions
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Jack Mills
EVP & Chief Operations Officer
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Gloria Mwase, Ph.D,
Senior Vice President, Research, Impact, Innovation, and Learning
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Matt Waltz
Senior Vice President, Partnerships & Development
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Allymyr Atrero
Manager, Initiatives
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Victoria Avramović
Regional Industry Partnership Director
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Lori Babyak
Digital Marketing Specialist
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Carlo Bertolini
Director, Marketing and Communications
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Elizabeth Brandes
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
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Teri Buffum
Human Resources Manager
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Scott A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Vice President, Higher Education Partnerships
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Diana Cannon
Executive Assistant/Pittsburgh Office Manager
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Ryan Cheney
Manager, Industry Education Solutions Marketing
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Devon Coombe
Director, Initiatives
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April Cooper
Contract Manager
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Barry Darnell
Senior Director of Higher Education Initiatives
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Angela DeVere
Director, Membership Marketing & Events
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Katrina Douthit
Manager, Solutions
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Ashley Faubion
Manager, Initiatives
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Genevieve Feliú, Ph.D.
Vice President, Innovation
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Wilson Finch
Vice President, Initiatives
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Christopher Guidry
Vice President, Community Affairs
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Nico Hall
Manager, Initiatives
Doug Heckman
Vice President, Partnerships & Development
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Laura Heller
Director, Initiatives
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Kristen Himmerick
Vice President, Solutions
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Rachel Hirsch
Vice President, State Strategies & Policy Relations
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Becky Klein-Collins
Vice President, Research and Impact
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Morgan Krauss
Operations Manager
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Angie Lucas
Director, Industry Education Solutions
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Jeannie McCarron
Vice President, Member Engagement
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Sam Moon
Operations Coordinator
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Darrah M. Mugrauer
Director, Initiatives
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Lana Munip
Senior Research Director
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Claire Muth
Director, Solutions
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Alicia Myrick, EdD
Manager, Initiatives
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Patricia Norman
Manager, Member Engagement
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Tommy Otterbine
Manager, Initiatives
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Rafael Pasillas
Director, Initiatives
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Brooke Pirmann
Manager, Events and Professional Development
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Steve Price
Director, Initiatives
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Gretchen Seidle
Director, Administrative Services
Kari Shafenberg
Director, Initiatives
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MelissaKaye Shekoski
Vice President, Fund Development & Strategic Advancement
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Mary-Celeste Slusser
Vice President, Operations
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Carolyn Swabek
Director of Community Engagement
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Monique Tuset
Director, Initiatives
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Patricia Wallace
Vice President of Workforce and Economic Development Initiatives
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Elizabeth Warner
Senior Director, Event Operations, CMP
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Ashley Wilhelm
Director, Initiatives
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Board Members

Tom Dawson, Chair
President, Strada Collaborative
Strada Education Network
Earl Buford
President
CAEL
Deborah L. Ford
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Larry A. Lutz
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Strada Education Network
Ruth V. Watkins, Ph.D.
President, Strada Impact
Strada Education Network

Advisory Council

Lewis Brown
Vice President, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition and DEI
Comcast
Dr. Chris Bustamante
Executive Director
Arizona Community College Coordinating Council
Tamara Clunis
Vice President, Academic Affairs
Amarillo College
Mike D’Ausilio
Managing Director, Head of Talent – Consumer and Community Banking
J.P. Morgan Chase
Dr. Alan Davis
President and Vice Chancellor
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Dr. Deborah L. Ford
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Dr. Kathi Hiyane-Brown
President
Whatcom Community College
Dr. Christine Johnson
Chancellor
Community Colleges of Spokane
Kimo Kippen
President
Aloha Learning Advisors
Karen Kocher
General Manager, Talent and Learning Experiences
Microsoft
Chris Lowery
Commissioner
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Dr. William J. McKinney
Advisor for Regional Campus Affairs
Indiana University
Todd McLees
Managing Director
Innovation Outpost
Mark D. Milliron, Ph.D.
President
National University
Dr. Annette Parker (Chair)
President
South Central College
Dr. Rich Pattenaude
President Emeritus
Ashford University
David Polk
Director
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Lisa Schumacher
Director of Education Strategies
McDonald's Corporation
Amanda Wagner
Chief Operating Officer
Employ Prince George's, Inc.
Elicia Wilson
Director of Operations
GitLab Foundation