MEET THE NISTS 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

Toyia Younger, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President for
Student Affairs

Iowa State University

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, Student Success and Instruction

Lone Star College,
Houston North

Dantrayl Smith, Ed.D.

Coordinator of the
Intercultural Network

Tarrant County College,
Trinity River Campus

Trudy Bers, Ph.D.

President

The Bers Group

Member Emeritus

Stephen Handel, Ph.D.

Executive Director,

Strategic Higher Education Assessment Use

The College Board

James Mantooth, Ph.D.

Executive Director,

Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement

University of Tennessee
at Martin

Eileen Strempel, Ph.D.

Inaugural Dean
Herb Alpert School of Music

University of California,
Los Angeles

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.

Academic Program Coordinator for the LEAD Scholars Academy

University of Central Florida

Barbara Tobolowsky, Ph.D.