Ed Devlin holds a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language from San Francisco State University. He has taught in and directed International Education programs at Monterey Peninsula College, University of California Santa Cruz, Stanford University and Golden Gate University. He has served on and chaired numerous national committees for NAFSA and AACRAO and holds life membership in NAFSA. He has conducted many national and international workshops for teachers, counselors and administrators, and is the author/editor of five books on various aspects of international education, including AACRAO's recent publication on the educational system of Australia.
Casey Hayes is the Associate Registrar for Technology at Elon University, where he has leveraged technology and data-driven solutions to better serve the students, faculty, and staff. His most recent innovation to utilize degree audit data keeps students in compliance for graduation through automatic notifications and has greatly improved Elon’s overall graduation rate. The success of his work led him to being awarded the Phoenix Innovation Award, an award presented to a member of the Elon staff who has displayed innovation by creating, designing, improving, or implementing a new idea or program that benefits the university or the community.
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Scott Campbell has served as Associate Vice President and University Registrar at The University of Chicago since 2012. He also holds the title of Associate Dean in the College. Scott joined UChicago from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he was in the Office of the University Registrar for fifteen years. Before Georgetown, he was at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Scott’s portfolio includes business intelligence, classroom management, course evaluations, curriculum management, degree planning and degree audit management, enrollment management, graduation, institutional planning, records and registration, and student systems management. He is a current member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Program Committee and Group VI Coordinator, previously serving as the Chair of the Information Systems and Technology Committee. He also serves Chair of the Association of American Universities (AAU) Conference of Registrars.
Kellye Y. Testy is the president and chief executive officer of the Law School Admission Council, where she leads the organization in its committed efforts to build a more just and prosperous world. Testy joined LSAC after leading the University of Washington School of Law for eight years as the school’s first female dean. She is a nationally sought-after speaker and consultant on legal and higher education, leadership, diversity and access, and corporate law and governance, and has received numerous honors and awards for her teaching, leadership, and service. Testy earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington, and her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington. She currently serves on the boards of the Washington Law Institute and LSSSE.
I have 27 years of experience working in an international higher education institution. I have a book chapter entitled The AACRAO International Guide: A Resource for International Education Professionals. Articulation Agreements at the American University of Beirut (pp.301-309). Library of Congress ISBN: 9781578581139. Moreover, I lead many consultancy projects in Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. I co-presented a webinar on Education in Crisis: The case of Afghanistan. I am currently a member on the taskforce on the CAS transfer guide where revisions to the Transfer Student Services Standards are being reevaluated. I believe that I can contribute to the fields taking into consideration the experience that I have.
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AboutDr. Tina DeNeen is the Associate Executive Director for Education and Member Development at AACRAO. DeNeen leads the execution of AACRAO’s professional development strategy, services, and program delivery, to include national educational convenings such as the AACRAO Annual Meeting and the Strategic Enrollment Management Conference. Further, she is responsible for member educational content, including the publication of podcasts, quarterly journals, and AACRAO’s extensive library of guides and authored publications. DeNeen also serves as the Executive Lead for the ASCEND Leadership Development Program, an AACRAO signature initiative designed to prepare mid-level professionals in the competencies required to advance in enrollment management leadership.
Prior to joining AACRAO, Dr. DeNeen served for more than 25 years in various higher education leadership, academic advisement, and adjunct faculty roles at universities in Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Illinois, and Tennessee. Her portfolio included the typical functions of a University Registrar, along with direct responsibility for student services, enrollment management, veteran student support, transfer student recruitment, and NCAA compliance. As an individual member of AACRAO, DeNeen previously served as Chair of Nominations and Elections, Black Caucus, Professional Access & Equity, and was Program Committee Coordinator providing oversight for AACRAO’S diversity affinity groups.
Dr. DeNeen has more than 25 years of experience in higher education and has maintained focus on reducing equity gaps and identifying and removing administrative barriers for college students. DeNeen holds a doctoral degree in Higher Education Administration from The University of Alabama, and focuses her research on the collegiate experiences of minoritized students. She also holds a master’s degree in Public and Community Health and a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, both earned at Austin Peay State University.
Dr. DeNeen is the executive division lead responsible for professional development and content delivery with a focus on strategic plan alignment. She maintains overall responsibility for the activities of the Education and Member Development (EMD) Division.
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Tammy L. Aagard, Ed.D., currently serves as a Managing Consultant for AACRAO Consulting. She has nearly 30 years experience in higher education specifically in enrollment services units, including nearly ten years as associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Florida and sixteen years in the registrar's office at the University of Wyoming. Her practical experience in the work of a registrar and leadership have spawned numerous articles and presentations at the state, regional, national, and international level. In addition to her work in consulting and at the institutional level, she served on the AACRAO Board of Directors as the vice president for admissions and enrollment Management. Her passion for leadership development is reflected in her professional reading and presentations. She received her Ed.D. in educational leadership from the University of Wyoming.
Seth Marc Kamen (he/him/his) has more than 20 years of experience in higher education, holding leadership positions in undergraduate admissions, transfer, articulation, and community college relations, military student engagement, adult students, prior learning assessment, retention, and curriculum alignment and new program development. He is also experienced in enrollment-related technologies, strategic enrollment planning, implementing process improvements, and providing training and development.
With a special focus on transfer and the non-traditional student, he often writes for and presents for national organizations, including AACRAO, NISTS, TransferNation, CollegeBoard, and CollegeSource. Additionally, he coordinated the AACRAO workgroups that published A Guide to Best Practices: Awarding Transfer and Prior Learning Credit, the Transfer Student and Transfer Institution Bill of Rights, and the Guide to Best Practices: Articulation Agreements. He has been part of planning the AACRAO annual meeting and the technology/transfer summit. He is a past president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admissions Officers (CAPACRAO).
He has worked at public two- and four-year institutions, a national association, and a state-system office. He is currently a consultant in private practice. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Maryland University College (now UMGC) and his B.S. in Sociology from the University of Maryland College Park. He is working on his doctorate in higher education leadership, writing a dissertation focusing on the transfer function.
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