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: 4 Year Presidents — Antonio Tillis
Antonio Tillis
Chancellor
Rutgers University – Camden
School is approaching its 100th anniversary (2026) with its first Top 100 national ranking ever (No. 98 in U.S. News & World Report), but its continued success will depend on...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Brian Kirkpatrick
Brian Kirkpatrick
Chief financial officer
New Jersey City University
Fewer than 18 months after NJCU declared a fiscal emergency, Kirkpatrick (who started in June 2023) has helped school produce the first balanced operating budget since 2017, a...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: 4 Year Presidents — Jeffrey Senese
Jeffrey Senese
President
Caldwell University
School was one of 25 schools nationally to receive an HSI Impact Award from the Angelos Investors (the most prominent group of Latinx entrepreneurs) for its work in serving Hispanic students .
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Audrey Kelly
Audrey Kelly
Chief of staff, executive director to the board of trustees
Kean University
She has served the board for two decades — and served Kean in nearly every capacity. As chief of staff, she oversees a...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Lisa Kaplowitz
Lisa Kaplowitz
Executive director, Rutgers Center for Women in Business
Rutgers-Newark and New Brunswick
In addition to being an accomplished executive, well-honored educator and sought-after speaker, she is a leader in advocating for women in the business...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: 4 Year Presidents — Katia Passerini
Katia Passerini
Interim president
Seton Hall University
She soon will return to her role as provost (the requirement of being a priest made her ineligible for permanent role), but her remarkable work in a time of crisis...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — GAËTANE JEAN-MARIE
GAËTANE JEAN-MARIE
Dean, College of Education
Rowan University
Leads college that graduates nearly 1,000 future educators a year; helped create Men of Color Hope Achievers, which is an alternative route education program for an underrepresented group to...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: 4 Year Presidents — Mildred Mihlon
Mildred Mihlon
President
Felician University
Her ascension to the top spot has been quick. Brought in during the pandemic to be the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, she then became interim president before topping...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2024: 4 Year Presidents — Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
President
Monmouth University
A value institution of the first rate: The quality of education at private school always has been known, but it offers more aid and educates more first-generation students than most would guess.
