Join us for a panel discussion about “Effectively Engaging With Trustees.”

This panel will focus on developing effective relationships with Board of Trustees members. Effective engagement with donors is an important component to successful campus leadership. This discussion will explore the varying degrees of relationships that campus leaders have with Board members. Each panelist will highlight their experience in engaging with Trustees by answering three questions: 1) what experience, if any, did you have engaging with Trustees prior to stepping into a role with direct Trustee engagement; 2) what have you learned about effective engagement with Trustees; and 3) what do you still have to learn.

Roberta Leonard, Vice President for College Advancement at Thiel College, will serve as Moderator for the panel.

Panelists

Roberta Leonard, Vice President for College Advancement at Thiel College, is responsible for the planning, supervision and management of the Advancement Division. She joined Thiel College in 2001 and has worked in a variety of positions over the years. Leonard serves on many campus committees and currently staffs the Advancement and Governance & Trusteeship Committees of the Board of Trustees. She has completed programs with the Association of Governing Boards programs related to effective Board leadership. She has also worked with and served on several boards. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

Liz Frombgen, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, joined the leadership team at Thiel College in July 2017. She oversees all aspects of the academic programs and works closely with the faculty to advance shared governance. She also staffs the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees. Prior to joining Thiel, Dean Frombgen served as a member of the faculty of Hastings College for 16 years, the last five also as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. She was also very active on committees such as Faculty Senate, AAUP, and IRB. Dean Frombgen earned her masters and doctorate in political science from Purdue University.

Jenni Griffin, Dean of APEX, joined the College of Wooster in July 2016 to lead the integrated center for Advising, Planning and Experiential Learning. She previously served as the Associate Academic Dean at Thiel College where she oversaw many programs, including first-year experience and career development. Griffin earned a B.S. in Psychology from Youngstown State University and a M.A. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Kent State University.

Lindsey Graham Guinn is currently the Director of Assessment and Institutional Research and the Co-Chair of the Middle States Steering Committee as well as the Accreditation Liaison Officer at Washington & Jefferson College. She serves as a peer reviewer for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Prior to her appointment at Washington & Jefferson, she was a faculty member in Sociology at Davis & Elkins College and the Director of Institutional Research. She has also served The United Methodist Church as a researcher, communications professional, and pastor.

Amy Schafer, assumed her duties as Thiel College's Director of Athletics on Jan. 1, 2016. She began her tenure at Thiel in 2005 as head softball coach. Schafer was named the Associate Director of Athletics in 2014. She was one of just 12 individuals selected for the 2014 NCAA Pathway Program, which exists to assist administrators who wish to become directors of athletics through education, training and mentoring. Schafer is a member of the President’s Cabinet at Thiel and regularly participates and presents to the Student and Religious Life Committee of the Board of Trustees. A 2003 Bethany College graduate, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education, Schafer earned a master’s degree in sport management studies from California University of Pennsylvania in 2009.

Ashley Zullo, Vice President for Enrollment Management at Thiel College. She joined the College in October 2017. Zullo served as the director of admissions at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa. Previously, Zullo was an assistant director of admissions for three years and an admissions counselor for four years at Seton Hill. At Thiel, she chairs the College’s Enrollment Committee and staffs the Student Enrollment Committee of the Board of Trustees. Zullo has a Bachelor of Arts in communications with an emphasis in public relations from Bethany College. She earned a Masters of Education in elementary education from Seton Hill University.

Campus Location: Sawhill Georgian Room in the Howard Miller Student Center

Parking: Guests are welcome to park their vehicles in the parking lot behind the football offices across the street from the Howard Miller Student Center off Route 18 (Packard Avenue). A pdf map is attached with areas highlighted.