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

 

Dr. Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, Dean, Burnett Honors College,

University of Central Florida

CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2019 – 2024

 

Dr. Heidi Appel, Dean, Jesup Scott Honors College, University of Toledo

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. Lynda Coon, Dean, Honors College, University of Arkansas

CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2019 – 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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Conference Chair (Ex Officio)

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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

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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. Ilse-Marie Lee, Dean, Davidson Honors College, University of Montana

CoHE-APLU Board Member, 2021 – 2022

 

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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