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Board of Directors

Meet the HERS Board of Directors, a collection of amazing women in higher education working toward achieving true gender equity in higher education leadership through their respective roles.

Antionette J. Marbray, J.D., M.Ed.

Vice President of External Relations and General Counsel, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

HERS Board Vice Chair, Audit Committee (Chair) Executive Committee, Finance & Investment Committee

Beatriz González, Ph.D.

President, Miami Dade College - Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL

Advancement Committee (Chair), Executive Committee, Program Oversight Committee

Brooke Barnett, Ph.D.

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Denver 2011
President, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

HERS Board Secretary, Audit Committee, Executive Committee, Nominations & Governance Committee

Cathy Sandeen, MBA

President, California State University East Bay, CA

Audit Committee, Executive Committee, Nominations & Governance Committee (Chair)

Debora Johnson-Ross, Ph.D.

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Bryn Mawr 2010
Vice President of Academic Affairs/Dean of the Faculty, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA

Nominations & Governance Committee

Denise A. Battles, Ph.D.

Former Special Advisor to the Chancellor for the Advancement of Women in STEM, The State University of New York, NY

Advancement Committee

Elaine Carey, Ph.D.

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Boston 2022
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

Program Oversight Committee

Isabelle Cherney, Ph.D.

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Wellesley 2010
President, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI

Nominations & Governance Committee

Jann Joseph, Ph.D.

HERS Leadership Institute, Wellesley 2007
President, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA

Finance & Investment Committee

Kimberly Kvaal, Ed.D.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Immediate Past Board Chair

Kristin Esterberg, Ph.D.

Chancellor, University of Washington - Bothell, Bothell, WA

Finance & Investment Committee

Lynnette Zelezny, Ph.D.

Former President, California State University - Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA

Interim Dean, College of Engineering, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, CA

HERS Board Chair, Audit Committee, Executive Committee (Chair), Nominations & Governance Committee

Marcia Conston, Ph.D.

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Bryn Mawr 1993
President, Tidewater Community College, South Hampton Roads, VA

Nominations and Government Committee

Mardell Wilson, Ed.D.

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Denver 2009
Provost, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

HERS Board Treasurer, Advancement Committee, Executive Committee, Finance & Investment Committee (Chair)

Pamela Scott-Johnson, Ph.D.

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Byrn Mawr 2013
Interim Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

Executive Committee, Programs Oversight Committee (Chair), Nominations & Governance Committee

Rohini Ananthakrishnan, MS

HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), Denver 2019
Vice President for Digital Strategy and Operational Excellence (DSOE), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Program Oversight Committee