Board of Directors
Board Leadership
President
Cindy Taylor (2015-2020)
Director, Office of Quality Initiatives
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
cindy.taylor@carleton.ca
President-Elect
Ms. Carol A. Mullaney (2015-2020)
Director of Continuous Improvement
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Carol.A.Mullaney.13@nd.edu
Past President
Dr. Teresa A. Hartnett (2015-2018)
Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration, College of Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
thartnett@uthsc.edu
Secretary
Dr. Marilyn Thompson
Associate Provost, Human Resources
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
marilyn.thompson@uwaterloo.ca
Treasurer
Mr. Will Sondgerath (2015-2020)
Administrative Director, College of Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
wsondger@purdue.edu
NCCI Advisory Council Chair
Ms. Peggy Huston (2014-2020)
Chief Operating Officer, Campus Shared Services
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
phuston@berkeley.edu
Annual Conference Committee Chair
Mr. Kelly Block (2017-2020)
Assistant Vice President, Admin Info Technology Services – University Administration
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
kjb@uillinois.edu
Marketing & Communications Committee Chair
Ms. Kathleen Scott (2014-2020)
Director of Organizational Excellence
California State University. Fresno
Fresno, CA
kscott@csufresno.edu
Professional Development Committee Chair
Ms. Lisa Terry (2014-2020)
Director of Systemwide Leadership and Organization Development
University of California, Office of the President
Oakland, CA
Lisa.Terry@ucop.edu
Membership & Outreach Committee Co-Chair
Ms. Davina Desnoes (2015-2018)
Assistant Vice President for Budget and Planning and University Budget Director
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
dad327@cornell.edu
Membership and Outreach Committee Co-Chair
Mr. Darin J. Harris (2014-2020)
Consultant, Office of Quality Improvement
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
darin.harris@wisc.edu
Nominating Committee Chair
Vacant
Networking Strategic Initiative Liaison
Dr. Marilyn Thompson (2016-2019)
Associate Provost, Human Resources
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
mariyln.thompson@uwaterloo.ca
Maury Cotter Leaders of Change Chair
Executive Director
Mr. Zack Wahlquist
Executive Director
Network for Change and Continuous Innovation
Bloomington, IN
info@ncci-cu.org
Board Members
Ms. Aspasia Apostolakis Miller (2018-2021)
Director of Change Management
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
a-apostolakis@northwestern.edu
Ms. Julie Brandt (2016-2019)
Associate Director of Quality Improvement
University of Missouri, Columbia
Columbia, MO
brandtju@missouri.edu
Ms. Tomika Coates (2017-2020)
Director of Shared Services
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
tomika.coates@ucr.edu
Ms. Lisa Deal (2018-2019)
Assistant Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
lsd@ufl.edu
Ms. Tammy Freeman (2016-2019)
Director, Human Resource Services
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
tfreema1@nd.edu
Dr. Letizia Gambrell-Boone (2018-2021)
Vice President of Student Success and Engagement
Virginia State University
Virginia State University, VA
lgambrell-boone@vsu.edu
Mr. Ralph Gigliotti (2018-2021)
Director of Leadership Development and Research /
Center for Organizational Leadership
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
ralph.gigliotti@rutgers.edu
Mr. Ron Huggins (2017-2020)
Deputy Chief Budget Officer
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
huggins@udel.edu
Mr. Terrence Odin (2017-2020)
Senior Quality Advisor
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON CANADA
TerrenceOdin@Cunet.Carleton.Ca
Ashley Teal (2018-2021)
Senior Associate Director /Business Practice Improvement
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
aemckin@emory.edu
Bridget Wikidal (2016-2019)
Director Project/Change Management Office
California State University System
Information Technology Services
Long Beach, CA
bwikidal@calstate.edu
Emily Wykle (2018-2021)
Project Director – Office of the President
University of Alabama – Birmingham
Birmingham, AB
ewykle@uab.edu
