Robert Brodnick, Ph.D. is a Principal at Strategic Initiatives. Rob has worked in the fields of educational and organizational management, change, and capacity building for twenty-five years. He holds special skills in strategy, innovation, and organizational development. Rob is an expert facilitator of human process from dyads, to small groups, to large scale retreats and has notable experience with leadership groups, boards, planning bodies and with strategic and creative solutions. He has served as an administrator and faculty member at three universities and his work has focused on building institutional capacity and effectiveness through strategy, planning, and innovation. He has direct experience with institutional effectiveness, assessment and program review, institutional accreditation, enrollment management to include retention, admissions, financial aid and registrar functions, and sustainability. He has managed technological implementation of analytics, business intelligence, data warehousing, security, and learning systems. Rob has been active in the Association for Managers of Innovation, the Society for College and University Planning, the International Association of Applied Psychology, the Association of Institutional Research, and others. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Higher Education Data Sharing consortium and President of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Directors group. In 2009, Rob was honored by the Society for College and University Planning with their award for Institutional Innovation and Integration. Rob teaches courses in education, the social sciences, and business and has special interest in innovation management. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychoeducational Processes from Temple University.

Joseph (Tim) E. Gilmour, Ph.D. is a Principal with Strategic Initiatives and President Emeritus of Wilkes University, which he served for 11 years. Dr. Gilmour is known as an innovative leader who has championed transformation and a strong performance excellence culture throughout his career. His over 40 years of experience also include serving as Provost at Northwest Missouri State University, Vice President for Strategic Planning at Georgia Tech and Executive Assistant to the President of the University of Maryland College Park. He has served on numerous Boards including the National Total Quality Forum, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

Paul Lefrere, Ph.D. is a Principal with Strategic Initiatives, a Senior Counselor with the firm Images (UK), and Professor at Finland's Centre for Vocational Education at the University of Tampere. He is a recognized expert in innovation and futuring and has shaped many European Union-funded projects using open technologies. He is also widely recognized for his insights and consulting skills on knowledge creation and management, knowledge services, reusable knowledge objects, and web-based learning services. Dr. Lefrere completed a distinguished career with the British Open University and Microsoft (where he had senior roles). He has participated in a range of strategic planning projects for Strategic Initiatives. 

Linda L. Baer, Ph.D. is an Advising Principal with Strategic Initiatives. She currently is serving as a Senior Fellow with Civitas Learning. Dr. Baer has served over thirty years in numerous executive-level positions in higher education including Senior Program Officer in Postsecondary Success for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs in the Minnesota State College and University System, Senior Vice President and Interim President at Bemidji State University. She presents nationally in academic innovations, educational transformation, the development of alliances and partnerships, the campus of the future, shared leadership and action analytics. She and Don collaborate on breakthrough practices in analytics, strategic planning, and the transformation of higher education.

Joseph Brennan, Joe brings 25 years of experience as a higher education executive. He has served as chief marketing officer at a selective private university (Univ. of the Pacific) and two AAU research institutions (Iowa and Buffalo), and is a faculty member in the  University at Albany School of Business, where he teaches in the MBA program. Joe is an experienced strategist and brings considerable skills as a facilitator. He started his career as Public Relations Director for Delgado Community College in the 1990s and is a product of Catholic education.

courageously pursued innovation in the face of considerable organizational inertia, internationally respected as an innovative leader who is expert in the leveraging of technology, metropolitan universities, developing organizational capacity, and leading change

Michael Speziale, Ed.D. - Vice President, Wilkes University, partner in MIDA Learning Tech 
new program development and deployment, the establishment of innovative partnerships, strategic planning, educational technology integration, professional development, research, assessment and data analysis

responsible for all business and administration functions: finance, information technology, administration, facilities, business services, planning, and budgeting, widely admired for his innovative approaches to leveraging technology and innovation 

higher education administrative roles including Vice Provost, Senior Associate Dean, Associate Vice President for Information Technology, CIO and focus on business intelligence and academic analytics, scholarship on emerging technologies and shared leadership

40 years experience in planning, research, and academic leadership positions in American higher educational and in international educational settings, seasoned project manager and planner for international learning initiatives