KCPE Announces First Leadership Exchange for Higher Education Participants

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) and its affiliate, the Kentucky Student Success Collaborative (KYSSC), are hosting the inaugural Leadership exChange cohort beginning in September.

The exChange Leadership is a one-year change leadership program designed to provide participants with a comprehensive set of skills and tools to lead strategic change initiatives, foster innovation, and drive continuous improvement within their higher education institutions.

“Adopting change leadership strategies in higher education has the potential to significantly improve student success outcomes,” said Dr. Lilly Massa-McKinley, KYSSC Executive Director.

Throughout the program, participants will learn and apply various methodologies that focus on student design and implementation of solutions to significantly improve student success outcomes.

More than 30 campus leaders from public, private and Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) institutions will participate in five workshops throughout the academic year, culminating in a team project.

The members of the inaugural Leadership exChange cohort are:

Kate Adamchik, University of Louisville
Vincent Bingham, Kentucky State University
Chris Butcher, Eastern Kentucky University
Lamont Campbell, Family Scholars House
Amy Danzo, Northern Kentucky University
Pattie Dillon, Spalding University
Ashley Garrett, South Central Kentucky Community and Technical College
Kayla Gill, University of Kentucky
John Gregory, Office of Education and Labor, University of Louisville
Emily Howard, Bellarmine University
Christopher Jensen, Western Kentucky University
Rebecca Johnson, Southeastern Kentucky Community and Technical College
Saundra Kimberlain, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
Leslie Maxie, Bellarmine University
Kausha Miller, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Heidi Neal, Morehead State University
Maggie Price, Maysville Community and Technical College
Matthew Purdy, Murray State University
Tamara Russell, Jefferson Community and Technical College
Sarah Shaaban, Evolve 502
Savannah Sipple-McGraw, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Sarah Stevens, University of Louisville
Amanda Stonecipher, Indiana University Southeast
Barb Tipmore, Owensboro Community and Technical College
Stephanie Tolliver Hyman, South Central Kentucky Community and Technical College
Lara Vance, Eastern Kentucky University
Kristen Wallitsch, Bellarmine University
Emily Weideman, Morehead State University
Deborah Whistler, Spalding University
Beth Wiley, University of Louisville
Joshua Williams, Bellarmine University

Cohort members will hear from national speakers including:

Jack Hess, Civic Lab
Juliette Price, National Association of System Administrators (NASH)
Lena Blackstock, Practice and Process Studio
Dana Jackson, Dana Jackson Consulting

Throughout the program, cohort members will learn key principles of change leadership, connect through a team capstone project, and apply these concepts to benefit Kentucky students.

The first module of the Leadership exChange begins on September 6, with Jack Hess from Civic Lab speaking about the systems and ecosystem approach. To learn more about the Leadership exChange, visit https://kystudentsuccess.org .