35 Women Selected for Leadership Program

Thirty-five women, including the first from outside the University of Cincinnati, have been selected to participate in a program that UC initiated to help women advance in higher education. UC’s Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) has expanded to become the newly formed Higher Education Collaborative for Women’s Leadership Development.

The collaborative will launch Jan. 12 with orientation programs at the six individual Greater Cincinnati campuses providing participants. The first combined session will meet at Northern Kentucky University on Jan. 26 for a presentation by James Votruba, president of Northern Kentucky University.

The WILD program was initiated at UC in 1999 and beginning this month is expanding its newtwork to other campuses in the Greater Cincinnati region. In addition to UC, five other Cincinnati campuses are participating in the program: Cincinnati State, Miami University, the College of Mount St. Joseph, Northern Kentucky University and Xavier University. The selected women are:

UC Participants
Mary Ann Davis, Director, Enrollment Services, Clermont College
Martine Hodges, Director, Business Services, Facilities Management
Jo-Anne Prenderville, Associate Professor, College of Allied Health Sciences
Barbara Rinto, Director, UC Women’s Center
Patricia Van Voorhis, Professor, College of Education
Nita Walker, Associate Professor, College of Medicine

Xavier Participants
Gillian Ahlgren, Professor of Theology
Mary Kochlefl, Director of Grant Services
Mary Kay Meyer, Director, Weekend Degree Program
Debra Mooney, Acting Director, Ignatian Program
Connie Perme, Assistant Director, Human Resources
Dawn Rogers, Senior Associate Athletic Director
Kandi Stinson, Chair/Professor, Department of Political Science/Sociology

Cincinnati State Participants
Sherry Kelley-Marshall, Executive Dean, Corporate & Community Services
Bessie Pitts, Assistant Dean, Health Technologies Division
Janice Lewis, Associate Director, Financial Aid

Miami Participants
Jeanne Hey, Director, International Studies Program
Cheryl Johnson, Director, Women's Studies Program
Susan Mosley-Howard, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Cheryl Burgan Evans, Associate Dean, Graduate School
Marjorie "Kelly" Cowan, Associate Executive Director for Academic Affairs
Linda Dixon, Associate Dean, Student Retention and Learning, and Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising

NKU Participants
Karen Donges, Instructor and Lecturer, Communication Department
Barbara Hedges, Academic Director, Educational Outreach
Susan Mospens, Director of Student Support Services
Betty Mulkey, Director of Student Life
Vicki Stieha, Director of First-Year Programs
Cady Short-Thompson, Associate Professor & Public Relations Program Coordinator

College of Mount St Joseph Participants
Darla Vale, Chair, Health Sciences
Linda Panzeca, Director, Human Resources
Sue Johnson, Associate Professor, Health Sciences
Peggy Minnich, Director, Admission
Kathryn Kelly, Director, Student Administrative Services
Amy Orr, Director, Student Development
Anna Lawson, Controller

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