Past Summit Speakers

Gbemende Johnson, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:04:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Gbemende Johnson is an associate professor of political science at the University of Georgia.

Erica Frankenberg, Ed.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:02:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Erica Frankenberg is a professor of education and demography in the College of Education at the Pennsylvania State University.

Justin C. Ortagus, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Justin C. Ortagus is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration & Policy and Director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Florida.

Sandra Kelly

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:59:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Sandra Kelly is the Director of Student Services at the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Mississippi’s public university system.

Kenita Pitts

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:57:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Kenita Pitts is the state coordinator for the SREB Academic Common Market and Regional Contract Program at the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.

Juliet Murawski

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:54:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Juliet Murawski is the director of the Higher Education Office in the Delaware Department of Education.

Jamila S. Lyn

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:48:00 +0000

2023 Featured Speaker

Jamila S. Lyn is a strong advocate for student support and success in the Historically Black College and University landscape.

Jasmine Briggs-Rogers

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:42:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Jasmine Briggs-Rogers is a Career Coach, Resume Writer, and Director of Career Services with over 10 years of experience in workforce development and employment services.

Latoya Watson, Ed.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:41:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Latoya Watson is a scholar-practitioner who has over 19 years of experience in higher education and education policy.

Kirsten Turner, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:39:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Kirsten Turner serves as the University of Kentucky’s Vice President for Student Success and chief student affairs officer.

Jermaine (Jay) Privott, Ed.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:35:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Jermaine (Jay) Privott has served as executive director of the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program at Russell Sage College for 15 years.

Nicolle Parsons-Pollard, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:32:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Nicolle Parsons-Pollard, Ph.D. was appointed by Georgia State University President M. Brian Blake as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs effective Feb. 1, 2023.

Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:29:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Wil Del Pilar serves as the vice president of higher education at the Education Trust where he works to advance Ed Trust’s higher education advocacy agenda by developing and implementing strategies to leverage research, policy, and practice to improve accountability, affordability and student success for low-income students and students of color.

Chrystal A. George Mwangi, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:25:00 +0000

2023 Panelist

Dr. Chrystal A. George Mwangi is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at George Mason University.

Ansley Abraham, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:16:00 +0000

2022 Closing Speaker

Ansley Abraham joined the Southern Regional Education Board in 1985 as a research associate and became the founding director of the State Doctoral Scholars Program in 1993.

Naomi Norman, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:13:00 +0000

2022 Panel Moderator

Naomi Norman served as the Associate Vice President for Instruction and Interim Director at the University of Georgia until 2023.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr, Ed.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:08:00 +0000

2022 Panelist

John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. served as the 11th president of Morehouse College from 2013 to 2017. He also served as the executive director of AASCU’s Millennium Leadership Initiative between 2021 and 2023.

Shouping Hu, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:04:00 +0000

2022 Panelist

Dr. Shouping Hu is the Louis W. and Elizabeth N. Bender Endowed Professor of Higher Education and the founding director of the Center for Postsecondary Success (CPS) at Florida State University (FSU).

Roslyn Clark Artis, J.D., Ed.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:02:00 +0000

2022 Panelist

Dr. Artis was unanimously appointed by the Board of Trustees as the 14th and first woman President of Benedict College on June 30, 2017.

Ivory Toldson, Ph.D.

Melissa Juarez — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:47:00 +0000

2022 Opening Speaker

Ivory Toldson serves as a professor of counseling psychology at Howard University.