Advisory Council

The Powered by Publics advisory council is comprised of the lead presidents and chancellors from each cluster who meet twice a year to provide high-level leadership and strategic guidance for the initiative:

• Joel S. Bloom, President, New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark
• Mun Y. Choi, Chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia
• James P. Clements, President, Clemson University
• Joan Ferrini-Mundy, President, University of Maine
• George Jay Gogue, President, Auburn University
• Jay Hartzell, President, University of Texas at Austin
• Robert J. Jones, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• David Lassner, President, University of Hawai’i System
• Teik C. Lim, Interim President, University of Texas at Arlington
• Joyce McConnell, President, Colorado State University
• Charles F. Robinson, Interim Chancellor, University of Arkansas
• Lawrence Schovanec, President, Texas Tech University
• Kirk H. Shulz, President, Washington State University
• M. Roy Wilson, President, Wayne State University

In addition, Powered by Publics consults a diverse array of higher education leaders in the field who advise the initiative based on their expertise. These external members are listed below

• Robert Anderson, President, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
• Dhanfu E. Elston, Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President for Strategy, Complete College America
• Antonio Flores, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
• Christine Keller, Executive Director, Association for Institutional Research.
• Jennifer Keup, Director, National Resource Center, University of South Carolina.
• Dane Linn, Vice President of Immigration, Workforce & Education, Business Roundtable.
• Demarée Michelau, President, Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education.
• Cedric Mutebi, Student Representative, Wayne State University.
• Ameilia Parnell, Vice President for Research and Policy, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
• Deborah Santiago, Chief Executive Officer, Excelencia in Education.
• Karen Stout, President and Chief Executive Officer, Achieving the Dream.
• Kathy Thompson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Frontier Set HBCU Intermediary, based at the University of South Alabama.
• Josh Wyner, Vice President, Founder, and Executive Director, Aspen Institute, College Excellence.