Staff Highlights

Wendy Fink, Executive Director, Academic Programs Section and Associate Vice President, Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources at APLU, spoke about the need to increase the number of students studying food, agriculture, and natural resources at the State Ag and Rural Leaders Conference in New Orleans on January 4.

Debbie Altenburg, APLU’s Vice President for Research Policy and Advocacy, delivered a keynote address in December on the state of funding for U.S. higher education, science, and technology at the Coalition for Networked Information’s Fall Membership Meeting. 

APLU’s Senior Vice President for Governmental Affairs Craig Lindwarm spoke on a panel at the University System of Maryland Board of Regents retreat earlier this month, discussing political turmoil and best practices for governmental relations.

Alvaro Muñiz presented on the ROI of APLU’s IEP program at the University Economic Development Association Summit in early October.

Milan Ephraim, Assistant Director of APLU’s Office for International, Community, and Economic Engagement, presented at the International Town & Gown Association’s Annual Conference on how APLU’s Commission on Economic and Community Engagement is developing a framework for demonstrating community engaged institutions’ impact. 

Jennifer Keup, Vice President for Urban Initiatives at APLU and Executive Director of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, presented on a panel at the City Club of Cleveland about the role of public urban-serving research universities in their cities and the extraordinary impact they have on their regions.

Doug Steele, Vice President for Food, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at APLU, spoke last month about leading in times of change at the Joint Council of Extension Professionals Public Issues Leadership Development Conference.

APLU’s Vice President for Research Policy and Advocacy Debbie Altenburg testified before the lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates on the potential impact of cuts to federal research on April 8.

APLU’s Megan McKeown spoke on a panel at a February meeting of the National Council of Space Grant Directors . McKeown discussed current policy issues affecting NASA, scientific research, and APLU’s federal advocacy.

APLU’s Vice President for Research Policy and Advocacy Debbie Altenburg wrote an article on the federal research policy landscape in the Council of University Research Administrators Magazine with two colleagues.