Speakers - National Conference on Law and Higher Education
2020 Speakers*
Mark Alexander
Partner, ADB Legal
Naomi Ardjomand-Kermani
Founder/CEO, A Different Kind of Different LLC
Ryan Arnett
Owner, HammerHead Gaming; Esports Program Consultant
Jahanna Azarian
Consultant, Grand River Solutions
Scott Bearby
Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, NCAA
Tom Bennett
Higher Education Recovery Coordinator for Acadia Healthcare's Treatment Placement Specialists®
Elizabeth Bille
Head of Impact, Workplace Culture, Everfi
Richard Birke
Executive Director, JAMS
Ashley Blamey
Title IX Coordinator, University of Tennessee
Sarah Brown
Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Rob Buelow
Vice President, EverFi
Timothy Burke
Partner, Manley Burke
Will Creeley
Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Advocacy, FIRE
Eric Davidson
Interim Director, Health and Counseling Services; Director, Illinois Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Other Drug, and Violence Prevention; Student Affairs Assessment Coordinator, Eastern Illinois University
Kelly DeGance
Partner, ADB Legal
Gene Deisinger
President and Co-Founder, Deisinger Consulting, LLC
Jean Demchak
Managing Director, Marsh USA Inc.
Susan Deniker
Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Brent Ericson
Assistant Dean of Students, University Life Division, George Mason University
Sydney Giller
Senior Associate, Isaacson, Miller
Kristine Goodwin
Vice President for Student Affairs, Providence College
Hon. Jane Greenspan (Ret.)
JAMS
Oren Griffin
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law
James F. Haggerty
President & CEO, Haggerty LLC
Jennifer Hammat
Dean of Students, University of Southern Indiana
Kristina Hartman
Associate University Legal Counsel, Virginia Tech
Jim Hundrieser
Vice President for Consulting Services, NACUBO
Ryan Holmes
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, University of Miami
Neal Hutchens
Chair and Professor of Higher Education, University of Mississippi
Becca Kennedy
Partner, Isaacson, Miller
Jim Kessler
Specialist, Disability Services in Higher Education
Timothy Kessler-Cleary
Director, Student Activities and Volunteer Outreach, Caldwell University
John Kroger
Chief Learning Officer, United States Navy
Peter F. Lake
Conference Chair; Charles A. Dana Chair, Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy, Stetson University College Law
Heather Leifer
Associate General Counsel, City University of New York
Andy Luptak
Title IX Coordinator, Concordia University Wisconsin
George McClellan
Conference Honorary Co-chair; Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Mississippi
Kerry B. Melear
Professor of Higher Education, University of Mississippi
Luke Messer
Principal & Former Member of Congress, Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting
Hon. Linda Miller (Ret.)
JAMS
Charles Moran
Senior Vice President, Marsh USA Inc.
Jim Newberry
Attorney, Steptoe and Johnson PLLC
Cisco Ortiz
Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management Coordinator, Stetson University
Debbie Osgood
Partner, Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose, Ltd
Amy Piccola
Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
John Przypyszny
Partner, Drinker Biddle
Michael Raupp
Associate, Husch Blackwell
Gemma Rinefierd
Director, SUNY Student Conduct Institute
Holly Rider-Milkovich
Senior Director of Prevention Education, EverFi
Charles H. Rose
Dean, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Laura Rothstein
Professor of Law and Distinguished University Scholar, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Jody Shipper
Managing Director, Title IX Services at Grand River Solutions
Taylor Sinclair
System Director for Title IX, Nebraska State College System
Mark St Louis
Associate General Counsel, St. Petersburg College
William Stackman
Vice Provost for Student Affairs, University of Missouri
Beth Stathos
General Counsel, Chi Omega Fraternity
Joseph C. Storch
Associate Counsel, SUNY Office of General Counsel
Jonathan Tarnow
Partner, Drinker Biddle
William Thro
General Counsel, University of Kentucky
Kimberley Timpf
Senior Director, Impact & Education, EverFi