ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Sandra Suarez
Sandra Suarez
Director of Ramapo College STEM Center & Upward Bound Math Science and McNair Scholars Program
Ramapo College
Program, which recently was awarded $1.3 million grant, aims to bridge the achievement gap for all STEM students,...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Brian Bridges
Brian Bridges
Secretary of higher education
State of New Jersey
He began the job during COVID (November 2020), simply trying to catch up. The heavy turnover of college presidents since then makes him one of the veterans...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Sara Klein
Sara Klein
Vice president of student affairs
Stevens Institute of Technology
A recent winner of the prestigious Active Minda Healthy Campus award, she is a leader in addressing student mental health by responsibly expanding the availability of...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Jin Wang
Jin Wang
Dean, College of Business and Public Management
Kean University
Two teams he led from Kean’s CBPM recently ranked among the Top 3% of competitors in the 2023 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge, a competition that featured...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Tony Calcado
Tony Calcado
Chief operating officer
Rutgers University
His span of authority includes oversights of the school’s $510 million operating budget as well as stewardship of all the university’s physical assets across the state (more than 30 million...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Patricia Morreale
Patricia Morreale
Chair, Department of Computer Science and Technology
Kean University
She’s a strong advocate for women and underserved representation in STEM, and a champion of grants. The latest: $800,000 from the NSF to study how software...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Peter Woolley
Peter Woolley
Founding director, School of Public and Global Affairs
Fairleigh Dickinson University
He oversees operations of graduate school that operates in three countries on four campuses while maintaining local presence: He currently is interviewing all key...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Dan Cassino
Dan Cassino
Executive director, FDU Poll
Fairleigh Dickinson University
His group provides timely and insightful snapshots into views — on all topics — of New Jerseyans.
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Patrick Murray
Patrick Murray
Director, Polling Institute
Monmouth University
Few polls are as respected — or as accurate. He brings insights into politics and policy around the state and around the country.
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Morris Davis
Morris Davis
Academic director, Center for Real Estate Studies
Rutgers University
He continues to lead the most influential real estate school in the state — one that has been intentional in its efforts to bring more women and...