Jillian has worked in enrollment management for more than 13 years, including having served as assistant director of graduate admissions for The Ohio State University. She currently works as a solutions consultant for Liaison providing technical expertise to universities that leverage Liaison’s enrollment, retention, and marketing solutions to achieve their goals. Jillian previously worked on the implementation team, assisting Liaison’s CAS partners.

Juliette C. Daniels, Ed.D., M.A. serves as the assistant dean of student services and enrollment management at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry. In this role, Dr. Daniels is the senior student affairs officer at the School of Dentistry, responsible for all students enrolled in the dental, dental hygiene, and graduate specialty programs. Her interests focus on student affairs assessment and evaluation, impostor syndrome in higher education, first-year student transition and retention, collaboration with academic affairs, developmental co-curricular programming, and college student mental health and wellness. Prior to working in graduate and professional student affairs, Dr. Daniels worked at Michigan State University in several student affairs roles across several functional areas including, counseling and wellness, undergraduate research, and first-year student orientation. Dr. Daniels’ current research includes an exploration of mindfulness strategies to cope with student imposter feelings in collaboration with Tufts University, where she also lectures. She serves as course director for the first-year seminar course for dental students and as an instructor in the dental ethics and professionalism curriculum. Dr. Daniels is a trained suicide prevention protocol trainer and a deputy title IX coordinator. Dr. Daniels is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Business and Education at Gwynedd Mercy University.

In recent years she has presented at several conferences, including the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Annual Session, ADEA mid-year meetings, American College Personnel Association (ACPA), National Association of Advisors in Health Professions (NAAHP) national and regional conferences, and National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Dr. Daniels currently serves as the Region IV-E representative to the Administrators in Graduate and Professional Student Services (AGAPSS) Knowledge Community for NASPA and a member of the Senior Level Community of Practice Directorate for ACPA. Dr. Daniels completed her doctorate (Ed.De) in educational leadership with a higher education concentration at Gwynedd Mercy University. Dr. Daniels has a Master of Arts degree in student affairs administration from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and business management from DePaul University.

Dr. Craig Downing, associate dean for lifelong learning, brings 20-plus years of work experience in higher education. His research explores holistic student behaviors in graduate engineering education in addition to industrial-academic relationships and entrepreneurial ventures. Craig is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has worked as a process engineer/consultant for organizations such as Lockheed Martin, NASA, and Parker Hannifin.

Brian D. McKenzie, Ph.D. is director of research for the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, DC. Dr. McKenzie previously taught at the University of Maryland and The Washington Center. His research interests include trends in higher education, American political behavior, survey research methods, and diversity, equity, and inclusion topics. He has published more than a dozen articles and edited volume chapters on issues of racial inequality in the US. These works appear in leading journals including, the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Politics, Groups, and Identities, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Faith and International Affairs, and African-American Research Perspectives. Dr. McKenzie received the 2020 Best Article in Political Behavior Award from APSA's Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section.

In addition, his co-authored book Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism, 1973-1994 (Cambridge University Press) received the Ralph J. Bunche Book Award and the W.E.B. DuBois Outstanding Book Award. Dr. McKenzie earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.

Rishab Malhotra is vice president of international markets at Liaison. Previously, at the Illinois Institute of Technology, he served as associate vice president of graduate and international enrollment, including Illinois Tech's International Center. With nearly 16 years of higher ed and international affairs/recruitment experience, Rishab hopes to bring his experience and knowledge to help more universities innovate and bridge the gap for students' educational aspirations.

Dr. Art Munin is an AVP for enrollment management solutions at Liaison and is on the faculty with the USC Race and Equity Center. Previously, he served as interim vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and held leadership positions at Illinois State University, DePaul University, School of the Art Institute, and Loyola University Chicago.

Dr. Jeremiah Nelson currently works for Catawba College’s Ketner School of Business as associate professor of management and program director of the Ketner MBA and Bachelor of Business Administration programs. With more than 20 years of higher education experience, Jeremiah’s responsibilities have spanned a wide range of leadership roles in Graduate Enrollment Management including strategic recruitment, admissions, retention, career and professional development, diversity and inclusion, and student services. He has more than 20 years of experience teaching online, in-person, and hybrid undergraduate and graduate courses in HR, entrepreneurship, and strategic management.

Jeremiah holds a B.S. and M.S. from Central Connecticut State University and M.S. in human resources from Western Carolina University. He earned his Ph.D. in leadership studies at North Carolina A&T State University with dissertation research focused on the perceived influence of HR managers on innovation in their organizations. Jeremiah is also currently serving as a national board member of NAGAP, The Association for Graduate Enrollment Management as immediate past president and treasurer. His love language is chocolate chip cookies, he’s running half marathons in all 50 states, and he has an unreasonable obsession with dachshunds.

David is the research director of Liaison’s EngineeringCAS. A veteran of the higher education space, he leverages more than 35 years of experience in admissions and enrollment management, including at the University of Miami, where he helped to develop and expand strategic enrollment partnerships and deliver technology services to graduate engineering programs.

With 15 years of experience leading large graduate teams and a leadership philosophy focused on culture building, Stephen brings a unique perspective to the trends shaping higher education. As research director for Liaison, he synthesizes a broad range of information and anecdotes to tease out key trends and recommend best practices. His research interests include higher education leadership, enrollment processes, and professional communities.