CLDE Coalition Leaders
The following leaders are working together on the next-level CLDE strategy to make civic learning in postsecondary education an expectation for all students and to collaborate with K-12 civic and history learning reforms.
Jonathan R. Alger
President, American University
Robert E. Anderson
President, State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
Martha Kanter
Board President and CEO Emerita, College Promise; Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education (2009-2013); former Chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Bobbie Laur
President, Campus Compact
Lynn Pasquerella
President, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Yolanda Watson Spiva
President, Complete College America
Ashley Finley
Vice President for Research and Senior Advisor to the President, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Tom Harnisch
Vice President for Government Relations, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
Nia Woods Haydel
Vice President for Institutional Transformation & Scaling, Complete College America
John Lane
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Equity Initiatives, State Higher Education Executive Officers
Lenore Rodicio
Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, and former Executive Vice President and Provost, Miami Dade College
Carol Geary Schneider
Interim Director, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition (CLDE) and the CLDE Multi-State Collaborative (MSC)
David Paris
Senior Advisor, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement, and Professor of Government Emeritus, Hamilton College
Richard M. Freeland
Senior Advisor for Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (CLDE) and Co-Chair, Multi-State Collaborative for College Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (MSC); and former Commissioner of Higher Education for Massachusetts; President Emeritus of Northeastern University
Nancy Shapiro
Senior Advisor for Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (CLDE) and Co-Chair, Multi-State Collaborative for College Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement; Research Scholar, University of Maryland College of Education and former Associate Chancellor, University System of Maryland
Siah Annand
CLDE Program Manager
Carol-lynn Swol
CLDE Program/Research Associate
CLDE Educational Advisors
Fay Akindes
Director, System-wide Professional and Instructional Development, University of Wisconsin System
Charles Ansell
Former Vice President for Research, Policy, and Advocacy Complete College America (CCA)
Melody Barnes
Executive Director, UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy
Ronald Crutcher
President Emeritus and University Professor, University of Richmond; President Emeritus, Wheaton College (MA)
Ashley Finley
Vice President for Research and Senior Advisor to the President, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Jodi Fisler
Senior Associate for Assessment Policy & Analysis at the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)
Richard M. Freeland
Former Commissioner of Higher Education for Massachusetts; President Emeritus of Northeastern University; and Senior Advisor to CLDE and Co-Chair, Multi-State Collaborative for College Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (MSC)
Ari Hoy
Vice President for Program and Resource Development at the Bonner Foundation
Elaine K. Ikeda
Executive Director of LEAD California
John Lane
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Equity Initiatives, State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
Mary Beth Love
Executive Director, Metro Student Success Program and Professor of Public Health, San Francisco State University
Elaine Maimon
Senior Advisor, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement, Advisor, American Council on Education; President Emerita, Governors State University and University of Alaska-Anchorage
Caryn McTighe Musil
Distinguished Fellow, American Association of Colleges & Universities and National Field Leader, Bonner Foundation, and lead author of the 2012 AAC&U report A Crucible Moment.
Sonny Ramaswamy
Former President, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Nancy Shapiro
Research Scholar, University of Maryland College of Education; former Associate Chancellor, University System of Maryland; and Senior Advisor to CLDE and Co-Chair, Multi-State Collaborative for College Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (MSC)
David Paris
Professor of Government, Emeritus, Hamilton College; Senior Advisor to CLDE
Verdis LeVar Robinson
Interim Executive Director of the National Issues Forums Institute
David Scobey
Director of Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP)
Carol Geary Schneider
Senior Advisor, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition (CLDE) and the CLDE Multi-State Collaborative (MSC)
Dawn Whitehead
Vice President, Global Citizenship for Campus, Community and Careers, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Falecia D. Williams
President, Prince George’s Community College, and former President of Valencia College’s West and Downtown Campuses.
CLDE Community College Working Group
Charles Ansell
Former Vice President for Research, Policy, and Advocacy Complete College America (CCA); former Chief Operating Officer, Community College System of New Hampshire
Melissa Bell
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE)
Nicola Blake (Co-Chair)
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Guttman Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Bill Coppola
Former President, Tarrant County College Southeast and Board of Directors, Campus Compact
Brian Dille (Co-Chair)
Political Science Faculty, Mesa Community College
Bret Eynon
Consultant, Achieving the Dream
Ashley Finley
Vice President for Research and Senior Advisor to the President, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Linda Garcia
Executive Director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) at The University of Texas at Austin
John Garcia
Instructor, Liberal Arts Division at William Rainey Harper College
Connie Jorgensen
Assistant Professor of Political Science, QEP Director/Civic Engagement Coordinator at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Carrie Kisker
President, Kisker Education Consulting
Jason Leggett (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor; Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Kingsborough Community College (CUNY)
Karen Mayo
Provost (Vice President, Academics, & Student Services) at Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Diane McMahon
Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director, College to Community Partnership Center at Allegany College of Maryland
Caryn McTighe Musil
Distinguished Fellow, American Association of Colleges & Universities and National Field Leader, Bonner Foundation, and lead author of the 2012 AAC&U report A Crucible Moment.
Deborah Moeckel
Assistant Provost for Assessment and Community College Education at State University of New York (SUNY)
Monica Randall
Deputy Executive Director at Maryland Association of Community Colleges
John Reiff
Director of Civic Learning and Engagement at the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (BHE)
Patty Robinson (Co-Chair)
Faculty Director, Civic and Community Engagement Initiatives at College of the Canyons
Verdis LeVar Robinson
Interim Executive Director of the National Issues Forums Institute
Kimberly Rosenfeld
Chair, Education Department and Chair, Gender and Women's Studies at Cerritos College
Joanne Russell
Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mesa Community College
José Sebastián Terneus
Assistant Teaching Professor of English at Wake Forest University and former faculty at Miami Dade College
Janna Vice
Senior Fellow for Policy Development, Academic Excellence and Student Success at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE)
Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo
Associate Vice Chancellor of the Center for Excellence in Inclusive Democracy at Maricopa Community Colleges
CLDE Participation and Proficiency Indicators Working Group
David Paris (Chair)
Professor of Government, Emeritus, Hamilton College; Senior Advisor to CLDE
Courtney Adkins
Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin
Charles Ansell
Vice President for Research, Policy, and Advocacy, Complete College America (CCA) (through May 30, 2025)
Sanda Balaban
Executive Director, Project Pericles
Natalie Cartwright
Director and Chief Data Officer, Office of Advanced Data Analytics, Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education
Maria Cruse
Political Science Faculty, Chemeketa Community College
Arielle del Rosario
Associate Director, Project Pericles
Joshua Eastin
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Global Affairs, Portland State University
Mary Evins
Research Professor|Coordinator, American Democracy Project, Middle Tennessee State University
Ashley Finley
Vice President for Research and Senior Advisor to the President, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Jodi Fisler
Senior Associate for Assessment Policy & Analysis, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Eric Giordano
Executive Director, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, University of Wisconsin System Administration
Angela Graves
Assistant Professor of Global & Diversity Studies, Alfred State: SUNY
Nia Woods Haydel
Vice President for Institutional Transformation & Scaling, Complete College America
Jason King
Beirne Chair and Director, Center for Catholic Studies, St. Mary’s University
Jillian Kinzie
Associate Director, National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University School of Education
Jason Leggett
Associate Professor; Director of the Center for Civic Engagement, Kingsborough Community College: CUNY
Layli Liss
Dean, Center for Academic Innovation, Chemeketa Community College
Kate Drezek McConnell
Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation and Executive Director of VALUE, AAC&U
Abdou Ndoye
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Northern Kentucky University
Saul Peterson
Executive Director, Engage NJ
Beverly Sanford
Executive Vice President, Chief Program & Fellowships Officer, Citizens & Scholars
Tom Schnaubelt
Assistant Director of the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions, Stanford University
Jamienne Studley
Senior Advisor and Past President, WASC Senior College and University Commission
Nancy Thomas
Executive Director, Institute for Democracy and Higher Education (IDHE); Senior Advisor to the President for Democracy Initiatives, AAC&U