MEET THE NISTS TEAM

President

University of North Georgia

NISTS Founder & Senior Fellow

Bonita C. Jacobs, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

California State University, Northridge

Dimpal Jain, Ph.D.

Inaugural Dean
Herb Alpert School of Music

University of California,
Los Angeles

Eileen Strempel, Ph.D.

VP and Resident Scholar 

John N. Gardner Institute
for Excellence in
Undergraduate Education

Betsy Griffin, Ph.D.

Executive Director,

Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement 
 

University of Tennessee
at Martin

James Mantooth, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 

University of Texas
at Arlington

Barbara Tobolowsky, Ph.D

Executive Director,

Strategic Higher Education Assessment Use

The College Board

Stephen Handel, Ph.D.

Higher Education Consultant

Mark Allen Poisel, Ed.D.

Vice President for
Leadership Development
and Membership Services 
 

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

Toyia Younger, Ph.D.

Assistant Vice Provost
for Academic Partnerships;
Director, Center for Community College Partnerships
 

University of California,
Los Angeles

Alfred Herrera, MPA

District Director,
Center for Curriculum
and Transfer Articulation
 

Maricopa Community
College District 

Rose Rojas, M.A.

President

The Bers Group

Member Emeritus

Trudy Bers, Ph.D.