Excellence in Leadership Program

Introduction

The (ELP), hosted by the CU System Employee Services Office, provides an exceptional opportunity for babyÖ±²¥app and staff from the four CU System campuses and System office to become effective leaders. ELP fellows participate in a nine-month (August–April) program designed to broaden their understanding of the University of babyÖ±²¥app and to develop the skills necessary to be a successful leader. CU Boulder has supported program participation by more than 200 babyÖ±²¥app and staff since 2002. 

Faculty Nomination Process

Staff and babyÖ±²¥app nomination and selection processes are separate. The CU Boulder babyÖ±²¥app nomination and selection process occurs in the spring semester. CU Boulder selects eight babyÖ±²¥app fellows annually.  

Eligible nominees are tenured babyÖ±²¥app who have demonstrated both their commitment to the University and their potential as future leaders. They may or may not currently serve in a leadership position. 

Deans nominate babyÖ±²¥app by March 1 by email to Merinda McLure, Faculty Fellow, Excellence in Leadership Program. Faculty are encouraged to indicate to their respective deans their interest in being nominated (babyÖ±²¥app self-nominations are not accepted). Merinda McLure begins notifying selected fellows and their deans by April 30.  

Program Commitment

Participation in the program is a significant time commitment that begins with a two-day retreat in August and runs through April. Fellows participate in a full schedule of workshops held throughout the year at the four CU campuses and the Denver CU System office (see, for example, the ; dates vary annually). Fellows also commit to a schedule of monthly conversations (September–April) with CU Boulder senior leaders, held on the CU Boulder campus. 

Meet our ELP Cohorts

  • Reece Auguiste, Associate Professor and Chair, Critical Media Practices 
  • Amy Bauer, Associate Dean for Instructional Development, Law 
  • Mandy Cole, Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Planning, Budget and Fiscal Planning 
  • Elizabeth Dutro, Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty, School of Education 
  • John Evans, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum, Ann and HJ Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. 
  • Marlon Lynch, Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Safety, Public Safety 
  • Kevin Mahan, Professor, Geological Sciences 
  • Erika Randall, Associate Dean for Student Success, Theatre and Dance 
  • Caroline Sinkinson, Director Learning and Engagement Team, Univeristy Libraries 
  • Kylee Thomas, Assistant Director for Events, Protocol and Outreach, Office of the Chancellor 
  • Zack Tupper, Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Resource Management, Provost's Office 
  • LA Varela, Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Support & Enrichment, Office of Undergraduate Education 
  • Sabrina Volpone, Associate Professor, Leeds School of Buisiness 
  • Alexia Brunet Marks, Associate Professor, Law School
  • Cindy Thill, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Health and Wellness, Health and Wellness Services within Strategic Resources & Support 
  • Ed Van Wesep, Professor, Leeds School of Business
  • Jacqueline Loya, Events and Outreach, Office of the Chancellor
  • Jeff York, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations, Leeds School of Business
  • Jennifer Fluri, Professor and Department Chair, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Leila Heil, Associate Professor of Music Education, College of Music
  • Lynne Howard, Program Coordinator, Boulder Faculty Assembly 
  • Megan Welsh, Associate Professor, University Libraries
  • Peter Hamlington, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Robyn Fergus, Chief People Officer, Human Resources 
  • Samantha Hertenstein, Program Director for Academic Review and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Faculty Affairs 
  • Shideh Dashti, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Max Boykoff, Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Lindsey Fell, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor
  • Carrie Howard, Assistant Dean for Budget and Finance, College of Music
  • Amy Javernick-Will, Professor, Construction Engineering Management, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Stacy Lindholm, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Infrastructure and Sustainability, Owner representative 
  • Caitlin Manning, ADA Coordinator and Director of ADA Compliance, Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance
  • Vicki Nichol, Controller, Office of the Campus Controller
  • Austin Okigbo, Associate Professor and Chair, Musicology, College of Music
  • Hanspeter Schaub, Professor and Chair, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair, College of Engineering and Applied Science 
  • Scott Skinner-Thompson, Associate Professor, babyÖ±²¥app Law
  • Rick Stevens, Associate Professor and Chair, Media Studies, College of Media, Communication and Information
  • Juleah Swanson, Associate Professor, Lead, Acquisition and Accounting Services Section, University Libraries
  • Dan Zhang, Professor and Interim Chair, Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations Division, Leeds School of Business
  • Margaret Berg, Professor of Music Education and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, College of Music 
  • Rebecca Bell, Executive Director, Real Estate Services 
  • Darren Chavez, Manager of Provost’s Office Operations, Academic Affairs 
  • Orrie Gartner, Interim Deputy CIO and Director of IT Infrastructure and Engineering, Office of Information Technology 
  • Nils Halverson, Professor and Department Chair, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences 
  • Amy Lenahan, Executive Assistant, Office of the Chancellor 
  • Christine LV, Associate Professor, Computer Science 
  • Jennifer McDuffie, Associate Vice Chancellor, Division of Student Affairs 
  • Merinda Mclure, Lead, Research Engagement Section; Health and Human Sciences Librarian; Associate Professor, University Libraries 
  • Donna Mejia, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Theatre & Dance 
  • Nathalie Moyen, Professor and Division Chair, Leeds School of Business 
  • Sean Shaheen, Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering 
  • Anu Sharma, Professor, Speech Language and Hearing Sciences 
  • Emina Begovic, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Resource Management
  • Austin Banks, Dean of Students, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • Brandon Boger, Director, Environmental Health & Safety
  • Susan Jurow, Learning Sciences & Human Development, Education, Prof, Assoc Dean of Diversity and Community Engagement
  • Rebecca Kuglitsch, University Libraries, Assoc Prof, Branches & Services Team Lead
  • Abbie Liel, Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering, Assoc Prof, Dept Leader for Outreach
  • Julie Lundquist, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Assoc Prof, Graduate Advisor
  • Helen Norton, Law, Prof, Former Associate Dean
  • Llen Pomeroy, Assistant Vice Chancellor & Deputy Title IX Coordinator
  • Hillary Potter, Ethnic Studies, Assoc Prof, Assoc Dean for Inclusive Practice
  • Katrina Spencer, Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance
  • Tony Tong, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, operations, Leeds, Prof, Department Chair
  • Ka Yong Kleiner, Program Director for Academic Review, Communications & Strategic Initiatives, Office of Faculty Affairs
  • Arturo Aldama, Associate Professor and Chair, Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences  
  • Nate Bindel, Senior Director, Budget and Finance, Continuing Education 
  • Robin Burke, Professor, Information Science, College of Media Communication and information 
  • Katja Friedrich, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences  
  • Millie Gort, Professor, Education Equity & Cultural Diversity, School of Education 
  • Juliet Gopinath, Associate Professor, Electrical Computer & Energy Engineering College of Engineering and Applied Science 
  • Brian Lindoerfer, Assistant Vice Chancellor Facility Management College of Engineering and Applied Science  
  • Quentin McAndrew, Executive Director Digital Initiatives and Assistant VP 
  • Kenny Nelson, Director, HR Service Center  
  • Mark Rentschler, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences  
  • Hanna Rose Shell, Associate Professor, Art & Art History, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts, College of Arts and Sciences 
  • Valerie Simons, Associate Vice Chancellor, OIEC  
  • Candace Smith, AVC, Strategic Relations and Issues Management  
  • Gabrielle Wiersma, Associate Professor and Director, University Libraries
  • E. Scott Adler, Professor, Political Science, A&S 
  • Francisca Antman, Assistant Professor, Economics, IBS, A&S 
  • Kirsi Aulin, Director, Ombuds Office  
  • Ryan Bachtell, Associate Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, A&S 
  • Lisa Flores, Associate Professor, Communication Department, CMCI 
  • Celeste Montoya, Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, A&S, 
  • Leslie Reynolds, Interim Dean, Associate Professor, Libraries 
  • Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, CEAS 
  • Derek Silva, Executive Director, Real Estate Services 
  • Christina Tenerowicz, Associate Director, Business Analysis & Solution Architecture, OIT 
  • Thomas Vossen, Associate Professor, Division Chair, Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations, Leeds School of Business 
  • Maia Andreasen, Director of Budget and Operations, Office of Student Affairs. 
  • William Aspray, Professor and Associate Department Chair, Department of Information Science, College of Media, Communication and Information 
  • Robin Dowell, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, BioFrontiers Institute, College of Arts and Sciences 
  • Chris Ewing, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Planning, Design and Construction 
  • Erin Furtak, Associate Professor, School of Education 
  • Amy Griffin, Associate Dean for Instructional Development, University of babyÖ±²¥app Law School 
  • Gregor Henze, Professor and Victor Charles Schelke Endowed Chair, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences 
  • Reid Kallman, Associate Registrar, Enrollment and Records Services, Office of the Registrar 
  • Ruth Ellen Kocher, Professor and Chair, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences 
  • Matt McQueen, Director, Public Health Program & Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, College of Arts and Sciences 
  • Kristi Ryujin, Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, Director, Office of Diversity Affairs, Leeds School of Business 
  • Somchanok "Nok" Sitchawat, Manager of Student Financial Services, Bursar’s Office 
  • Bernadette Stewart, Director of Personnel, Office of the Dean College of Arts and Sciences 
  • Yonca Ertimer, Professor, Leeds School of Business
  • Erin Frazier, Director, Campus Communications and Engagement, Office of Strategic Relations 
  • Harsha Gangadharbatla, Founding Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design 
  • Michael Hannigan, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering
  • Nicole Jenkins, Assistant Director Communications & Training, Office of Contracts and Grants 
  • Angela Knight, Senior HR Director, babyÖ±²¥app Law School 
  • Kevin MacLennan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Executive Director of Admissions, Admissions, University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder 
  • Elizabeth Meyer, Associate Dean for Teacher Education, School of Education
  • Noah Molotch, Associate Professor, INSTAAR/Geography 
  • Matthew Roeder, Associate Professor; Associate Director of Bands; Director, CU Marching Band, College of Music, Department of Bands 
  • Elizabeth Skewes, Associate Professor, Journalism 
  • Cindy White, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Curriculum and Programs, College of Media, Communication and Information
  • Melissa Zak, Chief of Police, Police Department 
  • Jennifer Gerke, Associate Professor of Libraries
  • Brian Groves, Assistant Vice Chancellor in the Office of Business and Finance
  • Amy Lavens, Assistant Dean of Finance and Operations.
  • Amanda Lisenmeyer, Director of Women’s Resource Center
  • Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  • Michele Moses, Associate Dean in the School of Education
  • Steven Rock, Chair of the Accounting Division
  • Denitta Ward
  • Jaime Zender, Chair of the Finance Division In Leeds School of Business
  • Margaret Campbell, Professor of Marketing
  • Paul Chinowsky, Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development
  • Eric Frew, Faculty Director of RECUV
  • Richard Johnson
  • Steven Lamos, Associate Professor in English
  • Paul Moeller, Assistant Professor and Faculty Director of E- Resource & Serial Access, University Libraries.
  • Ofelia Morales
  • Jason Neff, Faculty Director of Future Earth Project
  • Amy Palmer, Associate Professor in Chemistry
  • Ronald Ried
  • Mary Steiner, Associate Dean of Students, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Pei-San Tsai, Chair of Integrative Physiology
  • Rusell Cropanzano, Chair of the Division of Management Entrepreneurship
  • Charlotte Erwin, Office of Discrimination and Harassment & Labor Relations
  • Monika Fleshner, Professor of Integrative Physiology
  • Cynthia Husek
  • Jennifer Knievel, Faculty Director of Humanities in University Libraries
  • Chris Leach, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
  • Jonathan Leslie, University Communications
  • Scott Palo, Associate Chair of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
  • Yumi Roth, Chair of Art & Art History
  • Kenneth Anderson, Associate Chair of Computer Science
  • Alejandro Cremaschi, Associate Professor of Piano
  • Leila Gomez, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
  • Carla Ho-a
  • Gwen Pomper, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management/Director of Financial Aid Departments
  • Ann Schmiesing, Associate Chair of Germanic and Slavic Languages
  • Bryan Taylor, Chair of Communication
  • Laura Kornish, Associate Professor of Marketing
  • William Kuskin, Associate Chair and Professor of English
  • Kurt Maute, Associate Dean of Research
  • Keith Molenaar, Professor of Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering
  • Thomas Perkins, Associate Professor of adjoint
  • Jeanne Quinn, Associate Professor of Art and Art History
  • Cora Randall, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  • Theodore Scambos, Lead Scientist of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a part of CIRES
  • Tin Tin Su, Associate Chair of Molecular, Developmental and Cellular Biology
  • Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz, Faculty Director of Cinema Studies
  • John Davis, Faculty Director of Jazz Studies
  • Lang Farmer, Chair of Geological Sciences
  • Christine Hrenya, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Sciences
  • Sharon Matusik, Assistant Professor in Leeds School of Business
  • Michael McDevitt, Associate Professor of College of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Angela Bielefeldt, Faculty Director of Environmental Studies
  • Julien Keith, Professor of Applied Mathematics
  • Daryl Maeda, Professor of Ethnic Studies
  • Catherine Shea, Associate Vice Chancellor
  • Michael Theodore, Faculty Director of Center of Arts, Media and Performance
  • Cathleen Burns, Associate Dean of Leeds School of Business
  • Andrew Calabrese, Associate Dean of School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Deborah Hollis, Faculty Director of Special Collections Department
  • Manuel Laguna, Associate Dean of Faculty
  • Daniel Liston, Associate Dean in School of Education
  • Diane Sieber, Faculty Director of Herbst Program
  • Penina Axelrad, Acting Chair of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
  • Victor Bright, Faculty Director for Discovery Learning
  • Steven Burns Associate Dean in College of Music
  • Donna Goldstein, Associate Professor of Anthropology
  • Patrick O’Rourke, Executive Vice Chancellor
  • Jason Armbruster, Director of Operations and Infrastructure at University Management Systems in the System office.
  • Marie Banich, Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science
  • Polly McLean, Faculty Director of Women and Gender Studies
  • Brenda Romero, Associate Professor of College of Music
  • Anne Sheehan, Professor of Geological Science
  • Joann Silverstein, Department Chair of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
  • Natalie Ahn, Associate Faculty Director of Initiative Biotechnology
  • Darna Dufour, Chair of Anthropology
  • John Gibert, Associate Professor of Classics
  • Charles Rogers, Associate Chair of Physics
  • Shu-Ling Berggreen, Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Sanjai Bhagat, Professor of Finance
  • Kimberly Dicky, Associate Chair of Art and Art History
  • Lori Hunter, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
  • Elizabeth Jessup, Associate Chair of Computer Science
  • Patricia Rankin, Associate Dean for Natural Sciences
  • Mark Winey, Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
  • Brian Argrow, Associate Chair of Department of Aerospace Engineering
  • Oliver Gerland, Associate Professor of Theater
  • Susan Kent, Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs
  • Steven McNally
  • Jana Milford, Associate Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Mary Shea, Instructor in the Honors Program
  • Donald Lichtenstein, Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs
  • Nina Molinaro, Faculty Director of the Women Studies Program
  • Marguerite Mortiz, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Armando Pares, Director, Evening & Credit Programs for the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies.
  • Melinda Piket-May, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Research
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