Worldwide Leadership Development For College and University Leaders
The Paul A. Elsner International Excellence in Leadership Award is named after Dr. Paul A. Elsner, Chancellor Emeritus of the Maricopa County Community College District, where he held the chancellorship from 1977 until retiring in 1999. Dr. Elsner serves on numerous boards both in the public and private sector and has received numerous awards and recognitions. Dr. Elsner is recognized nationally and internationally as an exemplary leader in community and technical colleges and higher education
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LANE GLENN President, |
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ANITA RIOS System Director, Talent |
Dr. Lane A. Glenn is president of Northern Essex Community College (NECC), with campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence, Massachusetts. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Glenn served as vice president of academic affairs at NECC. As a researcher, author, and consultant for higher education professionals, businesses, and the social sectors, he has produced articles and workshops on topics ranging from behavioral styles and team building, to conflict management, Appreciative Inquiry, strategic planning, change management, leadership through storytelling, academic master planning, student development at commuter colleges, and learning styles in the classroom and in the workplace. He is 2000 graduate of the Chair Academy, and has served for twelve years as an Academy facilitator, and on the International Advisory Board. |
Anita Rios serves as the System Director of Talent Management and Organizational Effectiveness for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU). Anita guides and supports systemwide efforts to attract, retain, and develop employees in MnSCU’s 24 community and technical colleges and 7 state universities. She oversees systemwide leadership development and training efforts for the 18,000 faculty and staff employed throughout the system of state colleges and universities. Anita has worked collaboratively with senior leaders and the talent management team to influence the culture in MnSCU with a strong focus of growing their own leaders and strengthening the leadership pipeline. She has designed and delivered leadership development programs that produce results, with an eye to building programs that meet the needs of leaders when they experience critical transitions of moving from one role to another. These programs include supervisory training, mid-level leadership development, administrator development, and executive development. She has also worked to support and guide systemwide efforts on talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning. Anita's recent succession planning efforts have garnered a high return on investment for the entire system of state universities and colleges, as it works to not only attract exceptional talent from outside MnSCU, but to establish a notable talent pool from within. Succession planning efforts have resulted in a 45% success rate for participants in the executive leader development program obtaining executive-level positions. The Luoma Leadership Academy, featured in the Chair Academy Leadership Journal, Winter 2013, has served over 370 mid-level management and faculty participants since its inception. On average, 33% of participants in the Academy have either received promotions or interim leadership opportunities after participating in the year-long program. Retention of participants within the system has remained high at 93% post program. Prior to joining MnSCU in 2005, Anita was employed at the University of Minnesota as an internal Organization Development Consultant. She worked collaboratively with departments and colleges to address gender equity issues and help improve the work environment for women. She created a national initiative to advance women in higher education, through involving women and men in higher education in a series of conversations to develop strategies to help build an agenda for change. The initiative was launched during a National Teleconference in March 2000 that included over 5,000 participants in 4 regional conference locations in Minnesota, California, Virginia, and Texas and 250 college and university teleconference sites. It was the first effort of its kind to involve a broad range of educational associations as sponsors and planning partners, such as the American Council on Education, American Association of Community Colleges, American Association of University Professors, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Committee on Institutional Cooperation, National Council for Research on Women, and others. While at the University of Minnesota, she also launched a Work/Life program for all faculty and staff to address work/life issues that were factors preventing women from advancing in higher education positions of leadership. Through those efforts, she developed a comprehensive approach to integrating work/life effectiveness into University organizational structure, supervisory practices, and work/life programs and services. In addition, Anita managed the “Keeping Our Faculties” symposium to address the recruitment and retention of faculty of color. Anita currently serves on the Upper Midwest Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) Board and the Minnesota College and University Personnel Association –Human Resources Board (MnCUPA-HR). She is an active member in the American Society of Training and Development and the OD Network. She is also a contributing writer and editor of a blog for leaders in higher education at: http://higheredgeblog.com/ Anita earned a masters degree in Human Resource Development from the University of Minnesota and a bachelors degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) from the American Society of Training and Development. Anita is married and has two teenage daughters.
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