Manny Cunard has over 30 years of experience in Higher Education, with most of that time spent working with Student Centers, Student Life Programs and Auxiliary Services Operations on the campus. In addition to his work on campuses throughout the country, Manny spent 8 years as the Executive Director of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services. His recognized expertise is varied, and includes the creation of effective and functional space relationships in Student Centers and in other student life support facilities on campus.  Manny is noted for developing design considerations that work to create inviting and welcoming spaces for the campus community.

As a consultant, Manny has worked with over 60 colleges and universities throughout the US, in Canada and in the UK, providing valuable insight related to space proximities, optimal sizes for functional areas, and physical and programmatic responses to the rapidly changing students on campus today.  He is well written in the areas of food service design, retail facilities design and management, bookstore operations on the campus as well as the importance of student participation in the design process.

Manny’s past campus roles included a four-year term at Wake Forest University as Associate Dean of Men, nearly ten years as Director of the Joseph A. Danna Center at Loyola University in New Orleans, and a 12 year tenure as Director of the Charles A. Lory Student Center at Colorado State University.

Manny recently completed a four-year term as Director of Auxiliary Operations and Campus Services at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. During his tenure, he helped to create a viable auxiliary services enterprise for the campus, designed and opened a new campus bookstore, and assisted in the design and management concept development for the new University Center, scheduled to open in the fall of 2007. Manny was also responsible for creating a new Master Plan for University Dining Services, which was the basis for the design and concept development of the new dining facilities located in the center.