Dr. Reid Kisling, Vice President of Student Development, Chief Information and Effectiveness Officer, Western Seminary

Dr. Reid Kisling has broad experience in higher education and nonprofit leadership. Higher education administrative expertise includes student services and enrollment unit leadership, enrollment unit review, information technology unit oversight and planning, enterprise planning software development, institutional effectiveness planning, business process review, tuition revenue projections and enrollment planning oversight. Nonprofit leadership includes governance, budget and resource development, and mission and vision execution. Faculty teaching experience in graduate research methods, intercultural leadership and education, undergraduate first-year seminar, enrollment management, and nonprofit management. He has authored several articles on the strategic enrollment planning process as well as student lifecycle management and presented at the AACRAO SEM conference and other conferences on such topics as enrollment planning, leadership development and succession planning, creating readiness for change, and creating self-advising systems for students. 

Suzanne Carbonaro, Director of Academic Partnerships, AEFIS

Suzanne Carbonaro, M.Ed, MS, CE School Administrator, is the Director of Academic Partnerships at AEFIS. Suzanne has 27 years experience in higher education teaching, curriculum design, assessment and leadership. Most recently, Suzanne served as the Director of Assessment at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences where she designed the real-time assessment process for the newly implemented competency-driven doctor of pharmacy curriculum. She came to USciences from Rider University where she served as Director of Assessment and Strategic Partnerships at the College of Education. Here she redesigned their assessment process and managed over a million dollars in grants. Suzanne has led successful self-studies and re-accreditation efforts for the doctor of pharmacy and teacher and leader education programs. She is a proud member of the team who successfully received the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) 2019 Award for Excellence in Assessment. Suzanne was invited to present her research and development of Comprehensive Learner Records (CLRs) to IMS Global at the 2018 Learning Analytics Summit, 2019 IMS Global Digital Credentials Summit and was a finalist for Learning Impact Awards at the Leadership Institute in May 2019. She received the USciences 2018 Founder’s Day Award for Innovation and has presented at AALHE (2018, 2019, 2020), Drexel Assessment Conference (2018, 2019, 2020), IUPUI (2018, 2019, 2020), AACP (2019) as well as regional assessment conferences, and the Competency-Based Education Network (2019, 2020).