Mr. April has 19 years of experience coordinating development activities for various organizations throughout New England. Over the past five years, Mr. April has focused on major gifts, planned giving, and capital campaigns, recently completing a $4 million campaign for a community college in Massachusetts. He has also consulted on planned giving, major gifts, and start-up development programs.

Mr. Coulter spent 25 years in private higher education before moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas, to create a new two-year University. After purchasing 140 acres and developing a master plan for a campus that has received accolades for its beauty, Arkansas State University-Mountain Home will open its fifth major building in August 2008. All of the buildings are endowed, along with several academic programs on campus. Coulter served as chair of the American Association of Community Colleges in 2007-2008 and has traveled the country speaking on fundraising, his specialty.

Ms. Elliott has 40 years of experience in community colleges as a teacher, department head, academic division dean, and vice president. She served for 17 years as the vice president for institutional advancement at Tri-County Technical College in South Carolina, where she built one of the largest endowments in the South Carolina Technical College System. Her experience spans the gamut of fundraising, including proposal writing and solicitation, grant writing, board recruitment and orientation, foundation development and management, fiscal management, and marketing. She has presented workshops on fundraising to a variety of constituencies, including university personnel in Australia, and has consulted on departmental planning, setting up a foundation, cultivation strategies, and qualities of effective fundraisers. Ms. Elliott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree. She currently resides in Seneca, SC.

Ms. Gross has 25 years of experience in Instructional Telecommunications working at both the university and community college levels. Her expertise in faculty/staff development and course design led to additional expertise as a consultant and business manager with RDR Associates, Inc., and Black Hills Books & Treasures; Dr. Gross is a co-proprietor in both businesses. She has much experience in community development, visioning, technology integration, and working in the educational environment and public sector.

Paul Hartman, Senior Consultant, has over 25 years' direct experience in resource development for higher education and public broadcasting institutions across the United States. In addition, he has taugh at elementary, secondary, and college levels; served as CEO at PBS stations; and lead two regional non-profit associations in successful first-time legislative funding campaigns. He cites his teaching and major gift cultivation at a Pacific-Northwest community college as career highlights.

Mr. Inman has been involved in education for well over twenty years, beginning as a Social Studies teacher for El Dorado Public Schools. Mr. Inman’s community college experience spans almost 15 years of service to South Arkansas Community College. He has held various roles during his tenure, the most recent of which is Director of Enrollment Services. He has coordinated fundraising events for the SACC Foundation, conducted institutional research, and has extensive experience in managing multiple budgets to achieve the missions of his department, division, and school.

Mr. Law has 29 years of experience working in community colleges, with 9 years as a chief academic officer and 9 years as a president. Much of his career has been spent in program/course development, improvement, and expansion, especially in conjunction with and responding to interests of business and industry. He has consulted with a variety of business and industries, consulted on institutional effectiveness, student academic achievement, enrollment management, and marketing. He has played a major role in fund- and friend-raising as well as major gifts campaigns for two community colleges.

Mr. LePage originally joined the Clements Group in 2000 as a senior consultant for ACT, Inc., in the creation of a network of over two hundred workforce development certification, training, and assessment centers in partnership with community and technical colleges across the country. A frequent facilitator for business and industry forums, Mr. LePage has worked with colleges to align healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and green technology programs to industry needs. His past experience includes strategy and execution of electronic marketing and branding programs for a variety of B2B companies as founder and president of AbleWave. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of Rhode Island.

Mr. Miller has 39 successful years of nonprofit fundraising experience. He has led, consulted, and actively participated in numerous capital campaigns for churches, colleges and many other nonprofit organizations. Dr. Miller recently served West Virginia Wesleyan College as a trustee, as well as senior development officer, special assistant to the president, and interim vice president for advancement. He has also been vice president of a nonprofit fundraising firm.

Ms. Richardson retired in 1996 from an 18-year career in higher education, many years of which were in a community college. At the time of her retirement she was director of student programs at Utah Valley State College. Departments under her leadership included student activities, clubs and organizations, volunteer services, student media and publications, and outdoor recreation. Currently, Ms. Richardson serves as assistant to the executive director of the American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC) and in that capacity is involved in the development and presentation of two national student conferences annually.

Mr. Sandquist has 45 years of successful development, public relations, and marketing experience. These include 30 years of senior management positions at General Motors and the Bell System (AT&T, Bell Laboratories and telephone operating companies Mountain Bell and Southern New England Telephone), as well as 15 years leading the Red Rocks Community College (CO) and the Community College of Aurora (CO) Foundations in successful fundraising campaigns.

Ms. Selby has over 15 years of experience in continuing education and employee relations in health care organizations. As a part of her positions, she ran focus groups and conducted health care resource feasibility studies for counties in Missouri. Mrs. Selby has led various fund drives as a volunteer and was very active in a community college major gifts campaign.

Ms. Townsend has 25 years of marketing, business development, and sales experience working in the private sector, primarily with financial institutions. More recently, she has assumed the role of director for individual giving with a local non-profit organization. Ms. Townsend also has over 15 years of experience and expertise in human resources management.

Mr. Trader earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Florida State University and began his 34-year career in the paper industry with Union Camp Corporation in Princeton, NJ. He held management positions in research and development, customer technical service, marketing sales, and general management. Currently living in Westfield, MA, Dr. Trader serves on a regional economic development board, the executive board at Western New England College, and chairs the education committee for the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.