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Leaders in Enrollment Advancing Diversity (LEAD)


Meet the ASCEND Program Leaders

Staff

Dr. Tina DeNeen
Associate Executive Director, Education and Member Development, AACRAO

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Johnika Nixon
ASCEND Program Coordinator, AACRAO

Marisella Reyes
Coordinator, Education & Member Development, AACRAO


Faculty and Coaches

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Dr. Tammy L. Aagard
Managing Consultant, AACRAO 

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Dr. Michelle Brown-Nevers
Vice President for Enrollment Management - Northern Virginia Community College

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Arlene Cash
Vice President for Enrollment Management, Kentucky Wesleyan College

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Jody Gordon
Senior Managing Consultant, AACRAO


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Dr. Gavin Hamms
Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, Grambling State University

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Rachelle Hernandez
Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Johns Hopkins University

 

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Dr. Robert S. Hornberger
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Services at Missouri State University

 

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Dr. Cedric Howard
Associate Vice Chancellor of Strategic Enrollment Management, Seattle Colleges

 


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Dr. Alicia Moore
Vice President for Student Affairs, Central Oregon Community College

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Tiffany Robinson
Assistant Vice Provost/University Registrar, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Dr. Clayton Smith
Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor

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Dr. Kimberly Sanders
Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management,  University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine


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Dr. Connie Shipman Newsome
Director of Registrar Services, Campbell University School of Law

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Dr. Kimberley Williams
Associate Vice Provost for Student Success and Retention, The George Washington University

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Dr. PJ Woolston
Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management at IUPUI

ASCEND Coaches 

ASCEND Coaches are top leaders in strategic enrollment management (SEM)  and serve as mentors for participants in the program. In fostering and facilitating the growth of the emergent leaders in each ASCEND cohort, coaches are able to impart their wisdom and expertise to the next generation of top SEM professionals, stay up to date on the latest challenges and  improve their skills as leaders, practitioners, and experts. Coaches serve for at least one year.