Day 2 Agenda: Friday, January 17

  • Friday, January 17, 2025

Time Title Location Speakers
7:30am-9:00am Breakfast with Current Students Woodlands Ballrooms C/D and Regent room
9:00am-9:30am Alumni Board Updates Woodlands Ballrooms A/B Yvette Wilson-Barnes (C12) | Board Chair
9:30am-9:45am Break
9:45am-11:00am Keynote Address: Erin Chemerinsky Woodlands Ballrooms A/B Erwin Chemerinsky
Rob Farrell (C17) | Moderator
11:15am-12:15am Mergers and Acquisitions Panel

Fredrik Leuheusen (C15) | Moderator

Peter Garland | Executive Vice Chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Julee Gard (C21) | Vice President for Administration & Finance and Chief Financial Officer at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL

Anthony Rini (C9) | Senior Leader at Northeastern University

Jon Wexler (C19) | Vice President for Enrollment Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
12:15-1:00pm Networking Lunch/Afinity Tables Woodlands Ballrooms A/B and Regent Rooms
1:00pm-2:10pm Master Class with Peter Eckel Woodlands Ballrooms A/B Peter Eckel | Director, Global Higher Education Management
Rob Farrell (C17)
2:20pm-3:20pm HBCU Panel Woodlands Ballrooms A/B Andrea Lynch (C18) | Chair Emeritus | Moderator
Colette Pierce-Burnett (C13) | Former President, Huston-Tillotson
University, Austin, TX (2015–2022)
Edward Smith-Lewis (C22) | Senior VP of Strategic Partnerships, UNCF
(2019–Present)
Ivy Taylor (C18) | Former President, Rust College, Holly Springs, MS
(2017–2023)
Gregory Vincent (C2) | Former President, Talladega College, Talladega,
AL (2022–2024)
3:30pm-4:00pm Communities of Practice Woodlands Ballroom A/B Matt Hartley | Professor of Education | Moderator
Betsy Newman (C11)
4:00pm-4:30pm Cohort Anniversary Class Reports Woodlands Ballroom A/B Cohort 3– 20 years | JoAnn Rooney (C3)
Cohort 8 – 15 years | Julie Amon (C8)
Cohort 13 – 10 years | Colette Pierce-Burnette (C13)
Cohort 18 – 5 years | Ryan Travia (C18)
5:30pm-7:00pm Alumni Networking Reception St Mark's Room
7:00pm- Cohort dinners on your own

 Location Information:

Inn at Penn

3600 Sanson St

Philadelphia, PA 19104

 

2025 Zemsky Medal Gala & Awards Dinner

Alumni Board Updates