Advisory Committee — “Fellowship of the Beach Ball”
Description
AEFIS Academy will be the first academic community in history led by the Fellowship of the Beach Ball. The Fellowship of the Beach Ball (FOBB) was created at the launch of AEFIS Academy 2.0. FOBB comprises the AEFIS Academy founding academic partners or inaugural community leaders whose vision for developing a community where challenges, ideas, and solutions could be exchanged among higher education leaders across the country in order to positively impact change became AEFIS Academy.
FOBB represents a diversity of roles within higher education leadership and includes members of the AEFIS Team. FOBB’s purpose is to provide mentorship to deliver AEFIS Academy to community members in accordance with the Academy’s mission which is to promote communities of practice where members can learn, teach, collaborate, and innovate among the greatest minds and thought leaders in authentic assessment, learner success, skills recognition, and lifelong learning.
Mission
FOBB’s mission is to set the pace, provide leadership, offer mentorship, and academic support to guide core policies and practices of AEFIS Academy.
Outcomes of FOOB
Through dialogue and active membership in FOOB we will:
- Ensure that the delivery of AEFIS Academy is in alignment with the needs of higher education
- Generate ideas for content for AEFIS Academy that is current and timely for members
- Promote AEFIS Academy content to other institutional leaders
- Create content for AEFIS Academy through one of its four practices
- Empower others to contribute to AEFIS Academy through your actions
FOBB Membership Team Members
| Member | Institution | Title |
| Dr. Chadia Abras | Johns Hopkins University | Director of Institutional Assessment |
| Suzanne Carbonaro | AEFIS | Director of Academic Partnerships |
| Dr. Alicia Dorsey | Texas A&M University | Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness |
| Dr. Myk Garn | University of Georgia System | Asst. Vice-Chancellor for New Learning Models at Board of Regents |
| Dr. Natasha Jankowski | Higher Education & Assessment | Consultant |
| Caitlin Meehan | AEFIS | Vice President of Client Success |
| Kallie Rogers | AEFIS | Associate Manager of Client Development |
| Dr. Mike Rudolph | University of Kentucky | Director of Institutional Effectiveness |
| Dr. Jane Marie Souza | University of Rochester | Associate Provost for Academic Administration |
| Mustafa Sualp | AEFIS | CEO |
| Jack Suess | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Vice President of Information Technology and CIO |
Scope of Activities
- Attend bi-monthly meetings (six meetings a year) on or around the 15th of the month for 60 minutes
- Review past AEFIS Academy content, share ideas, and offer suggestions for improvement
- Review upcoming events/content and provide ideas for future events/content
- Provide leadership/participation for upcoming events/content
- Suggest new features for AEFIS Academy
Ground Rules/Norms
- Determine how FOOB will make decisions
- Behavioral expectations
- Governance
- Agenda
- Communication Process – through AEFIS Academy Groups
