I don’t believe in work-life balance. I believe in work-life integration. When you love what you do and you believe in it, your life finds a way of prioritizing itself. You make sacrifices for the things you need – and I have. You spend time doing the things you love – and I do.

How we spend our days is how we spend our lives. The educational system has the unique opportunity in America to truly provide opportunity to every child and every adult student. Making that happen is how I spend my days.

I currently serve as the President of SkillsWave, having led the Wave team and D2L for Business at D2L before the division spun off as a privately held, stand-alone company.  SkillsWave is an education benefit company, connecting employers with education partners to fill skills gaps and develop talent into a competitive advantage. Before that (get ready for a long list here, y’all, I’ve been around a hot minute), I served as the Vice President for Student and Partner Services at Pearson, leading the learning design and student retention teams.  I was the inaugural Vice President for Online and Continuing Education at Louisiana State University, leading fully online programs, support for online and blended courses, and continuing education that encompassed professional development, K-12 and lifelong learning.  She built an internal OPM with a stackable, pathway strategy moving from supporting 804 students to over 12,000 across the family of LSU institutions – so proud of that.

Other previous positions include Assistant Vice President for Academic Technology, Course Production and New Learning Models at Southern New Hampshire University, and District Director for eLearning Technologies at Cuyahoga Community College. I have consulted for Fortune 500 companies as well as colleges and K-12 districts. I am on the Quality Matters Board, and have formerly sat on advisory committees for the national CHLOE survey, and has served as the Chair of the Executive Committee for WCET. I was also Co-Chair for the Council Chief Online Learning Officers through UPCEA – lots of fun!

I have a new book “How to Grow Enrollment in Online Higher Education: Marketing and Recruitment” published by Routledge, available in hardcover, paperback, and digital editions.

As a giant geek writer, I have published articles in Inside Higher Ed, EDUCAUSE Review, eLearn Magazine, Distance Learning, e-Literate, WCET, evoLLLution, and the League for Innovation’s Learning Abstracts.   I am the co-recipient of the 2013 MOOC Award for Excellence through the Open Education Consortium, and a 2010 Innovation of the Year award through the League for Innovation.

I have a PhD in higher education administration with a research focus in Competency-Based Education as well as an MAT from Kent State University.  My Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance is from the University of Akron.