MEET THE TEAM
Advisory Board
Bonita C. Jacobs, Ph.D.
President
University of North Georgia
NISTS Founder & Senior Fellow
Dimpal Jain, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
California State University, Northridge
Rose Rojas, M.A.
District Director,
Center for Curriculum
and Transfer Articulation
Maricopa Community
College District
Stephanie Foote, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President, Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices
John N. Gardner Institute
for Excellence in
Undergraduate Education
Kimberly M. Lowry, Ph.D.
Vice President of Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC)
Executive Director for the Texas Success Center (TSC)
Eileen Strempel, Ph.D.
Inaugural Dean
Herb Alpert School of Music
University of California,
Los Angeles
Stephen Handel, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer
ECMC Foundation
James Mantooth, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement
University of Tennessee
at Martin
Toyia Younger, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for
Student Affairs
Iowa State University
Alfred Herrera, MPA
Assistant Vice Provost
for Academic Partnerships;
Director, Center for Community College Partnerships
University of California,
Los Angeles
Mark Allen Poisel, Ed.D.
Assistant University Registrar
University of Central Florida