EXECUTIVE BOARD
Current Board Members
Dr. Pat Akos, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success and Executive Director of Honors and Scholars, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2022 – 2026
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Dr. Heidi Appel, Dean, The Honors College, University of Houston
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2021 – 2025
Dr. Bethany Blackstone, Dean, JMU Honors College, James Madison University
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2022 – 2026​​​​​​
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Dr. Toni Doolen, Dean, The Honors College, Oregon State University
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2024 – 2027
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Dr. Patrick Mather, Dean, Schreyer Honors College, Penn State University
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2024 – 2027
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Dr. Quincy Moore III, Director, University Honors Program, Prairie View A&M University
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2024 – 2027
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Emeritus Board Members
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Dr. Charles Adams, Dean, Judy Genshaft Honors College, University of South Florida
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2019 – 2022
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Dr. J.D. Bowers, Dean, Honors College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2020 – 2021; CoHE-APLU Executive Director, 2021-2023
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Dr. Jennifer Lease Butts, Associate Vice Provost for Enrichment Programs and Director, Honors Program, University of Connecticut
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2021 – 2024; Conference Chair (2020, 2021)
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Dr. Lynda Coon, Dean, Honors College, University of Arkansas
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2019 – 2023
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Dr. Ilse-Marie Lee, Dean, Davidson Honors College, University of Montana
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2021 – 2022
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Dr. Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, Dean, Burnett Honors College,
University of Central Florida
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2019 – 2024
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Dr. Jennifer Reich, Director of the University Honors and Leadership Program, University of Colorado, Denver.
Chair and Past Chair, 2022 – 2023
Dr. Jonathan Williamson, Associate Dean, The Honors College,
University of Houston
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2022 – 2023
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Dr. Charles “Ted” Wright, Dean, Campuswide Honors Collegium,
University of California – Irvine
CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2021 – 2022
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Pictured above: CoHE-APLU Leadership at HERU 2022 (Univ. of Houston), left to right: Jonathan Williamson, Heidi Appel, Sheila Amin Gutierrez de Pineres, J.D. Bowers, Jennifer Lease Butts, and Lynda Coon.
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EXECUTIVE TEAM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Dr. Jonathan Williamson, Associate Dean, Honors College, University of Houston
CoHE-APLU Executive Director, 2024 - present.
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS:
Haley Baker, Assistant to the Dean, Honors College, University of Houston
CoHE-APLU Operations Director, 2024 - present.