Experience

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  Education Consulting

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Executive Director/Senior Advisor

    • Sep 2004 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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  Entangled Solutions

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Senior Advisor

    • Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Strategic advisor on Consortium Management, Workforce & Economic Development, and New Funding Models for Higher Education.

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  Parthenon-EY

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Senior Advisor

    • Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Interviewed 60 college and university presidents ("Conversations with Presidents") on the ongoing transformation of higher education.

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  The Washington Advisory Group

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Director

    • 2005 - Oct 2016
    • Baltimore, MD

    Provided consulting services to research universities, academic medical centers, governments, and foundations. Projects included the startup of KAUST, Saudi Arabia's first coeducational graduate research university; evaluation of technology-based economic development programs; and go-to-market strategies for hybrid learning and online program management.

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  Merit Network

  • Ann Arbor, MI

  • CEO

    • Jul 2001 - Sep 2004
    • Ann Arbor, MI

    Merit Network pioneered packet-switched networking and managed the NSFNET, America's first high-speed Internet backbone. It is governed by Michigan's public universities and currently operates Michigan's high-speed network for research and education.

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  Community of Science, Inc.

  • Baltimore, MD

  • CEO

    • Dec 1993 - Dec 2000
    • Baltimore, MD

    Community of Science, Inc. links world-class university faculty with R&D corporations and government funding agencies. This Johns Hopkins spin-off company was a "first mover" for university-industry collaboration and research expertise. COS was sold to Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and integrated into ProQuest.

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  Independent Consultant

  • New York and Washington, D.C

  • Business Advisor

    • Jan 1990 - Dec 1993
    • New York and Washington, D.C

    Provided strategic advisory services to biotechnology and media organizations, including Molecular Tool, Inc. (now Orchid Technologies / NASDAQ: ORCH); Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: EXBD); Nuclear Energy Institute, and Henry Ansbacher, Inc.

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  Gannett Center for Media Studies - Columbia University

  • New York, NY

  • Founding Editor, Gannett Center Journal

    • 1986 - 1989
    • New York, NY

    Launched and managed the flagship quarterly journal of the Gannett Center for Media Studies at Columbia. Commissioned and edited articles from leading journalists and creative talent, including Sam Donaldson, Molly Ivins, Jonathan Alter, Jeff Greenfield, Hendrik Hertzberg, Kurt Andersen, and Ronald Searle.

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  American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

  • New York, NY

  • Manager, Corporate Projects

    • 1981 - 1985
    • New York, NY

    Worked in public affairs, wrote speeches for ABC chairman Leonard Goldenson and president Elton Rule, and managed ABC's outreach and grants to higher education, including a Washington, D.C. conference co-sponsored with Harvard University on exit polling and voter turnout.

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  Head Start

  • Charlotte, NC

  • Teacher

    • 1971 - 1972
    • Charlotte, NC