Programs and Speakers

Monica Andrade is the director of state policy and legal strategy for the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, where she coordinates its state policy agenda related to undocumented students and other immigrant populations in higher education. Prior she was the immigrant rights staff attorney at the ACLU of Michigan, where she litigated high-impact civil rights cases focused on immigrants’ rights in state and federal courts and advocated for policies to protect such rights. Andrade earned a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University, where she majored in social work and a law degree from Michigan State University College of Law. Her passion for immigration advocacy stems from her own journey navigating higher education as an undocumented student.

Luz Bertadillo Rodriguez serves as the Project Manager for the State and Campus Policy Initiatives. She has over 8 years of experience working in the k-12 educational system, college access non-profit sector, and higher education immigrant student affairs. She started her career working with students in Undocumented Student Programs in California and New York. More recently, her professional and personal work has revolved around merging mental wellness and immigration through the founding of the UndocuChats Collective. Luz holds an AA and BA in Psychology from Mt. San Antonio College and UC Berkeley and a MSW from Columbia University.

Dr. Andy Brantley has served as CUPA-HR’s president and chief executive officer since July 2005.  Before joining CUPA-HR, he worked for 17 years in campus leadership roles including associate vice president and chief human resources officer at the University of Georgia, director of human resources at Davidson College, and director of human resources at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Andy received his Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Arts in Business Administration, and Doctorate in Higher Education Management from the University of Georgia.

Andy currently serves on the Washington Higher Education Secretariat steering committee and in September of 2025, he completed a four-year term as the Secretariat’s representative to the American Council on Education Board of Directors. He was also recently appointed to the EDUCAUSE board of directors.

Andy is a frequent keynote and workshop presenter at meetings across the country.

Zuzana will lead the Presidents Alliance’s policy agenda on issues pertaining to international and refugee students, scholars, and alumni. Zuzana brings nearly a decade of experience conducting policy analysis and advocating on issues related to asylum seekers, refugees, workforce development, and international migration. She has extensive experience coordinating and participating in national and international coalitions focusing on establishing and improving migration policies and practices. Before joining the Presidents’ Alliance, Zuzana was a Manager at Labor Mobility Partnerships, where she built relationships with key partners from the government and private sector, including industry associations and federal- and state-level legislators. In her previous role at the National Immigration Forum, she focused on advancing policies that emphasize workforce development, such as English language acquisition, adult education, employment, training, credential attainment, and professional licensure. A former international student, Zuzana holds a Doctorate of International Affairs and a Master of International Public Policy degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Vice President for Policy and Research
National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)

Liz LaPolt Clark is Vice President for Policy and Research at NACUBO and a member of the NACUBO executive leadership group. She has been widely quoted in the press and is a sought-after speaker on how Washington politics and federal policies impact higher education. Liz got her start on Capitol Hill opening Cornell University’s first Washington, DC-based federal relations office. Also in her career, she has led federal affairs for the State University of New York (SUNY) System and for Oregon State University. At NACUBO, she heads the team responsible for analysis of federal regulatory and legislative actions, research, and data analytics. LinkedIn: @lizlapoltclark

Miriam Feldblum is a national expert on the intersection of immigration and higher education. She has written extensively and delivered presentations on undocumented, international, and refugee students, immigration policy and higher education, and highly skilled labor in the United States. She is a non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and author of Reconstructing Citizenship: The Politics of Nationality Reform and Immigration in Contemporary France. Feldblum previously served as vice president for student affairs, dean of students, and professor of politics at Pomona College, as special assistant to the president, faculty research associate, and senior director at the California Institute of Technology, and as an assistant professor at the University of San Francisco. She received a BA in political science from Barnard College, and MA, MPhil, and Ph.D. degrees in political science from Yale University.

Dr. Michael Griffel is an associate vice president for Student Services and Enrollment Management, and director for University Housing. His work focuses on capital construction for the division as well as developing and enhancing environments for student academic success, growth, and development in University Housing. He previously served as the director of residence life at Bowling Green State University, director for university residences at the University of Idaho, director for residence life and assistant director for residence life at Robert Morris College, and residence hall director at the University of Pittsburgh. Michael has been actively involved with ACUHO-I (Association of College and University Housing Officers-International), serving on the executive board and committees and task forces.

Michael earned a doctorate in education from the University of Idaho, a master’s in adult education from Pennsylvania State University, and a bachelor’s in general studies with concentrations in organization design and sociology from the University of Michigan.

Michael is married and has three children. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, baking, camping, hiking, swimming, most sports, and reading literature and research about college student success.

Erin started her career in higher education nearly 30 years ago as an admissions officer and ever since, she’s been helping institutions communicate effectively with their most important audiences.

At TVP Communications, Erin harnesses the experience gained over her career in higher education, her knowledge of the federal policy sphere, and her keen insights into individual leadership styles to benefit our clients. She particularly shines in building internal communication plans and providing high-level strategic counsel to senior leaders. She helps lead the agency’s crisis communications work and frequently speaks and provides training for rising professionals in a variety of roles on campuses.

Prior to joining TVP Comms in 2014, Erin spent six years at the American Council on Education, where she helped position the Council as a leading source for national and regional media covering higher education issues and provided support for member institutions facing challenges on their own campuses.

Erin’s formative higher ed experiences came on the campus of her undergraduate alma mater, Drew University, where she was deputy chief of staff to two presidents, Hon. Thomas H. Kean and his successor, Robert Weisbuch. In that role, she represented the president with a variety of constituencies, helped manage day-to-day issues, and was part of the university’s response to crises.

In addition to her career in higher education, Erin also served as press secretary for U.S. Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen and spent five years in the administration of New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman.

A native New Jerseyan, Erin lived in Washington, D.C., for 15 years, during which time she earned a master’s degree in communication from American University, before returning to the Garden State in late 2021.

When Erin’s not on a plane or in an airport, she’s an irregular runner, a devoted dog-owner, a voracious reader, and a doting aunt. She has also taught at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies and Saint Joseph’s University, sharing her communications expertise with master’s and doctoral students in communications and education.

Dr. Logan serves as executive director of B&D’s higher education practice group. He brings over 20 years of experience in higher education housing, auxiliary services, and student affairs. In his current role, he works with the firm’s higher education clients to identify and implement solutions that allow them to thrive and deliver on their academic mission, both from a facilities and operations perspective.

Dr. Logan’s expertise means that he understands what it takes to build, maintain, and strengthen a high-performing organization within the college and university environment. He comes to B&D from the Ohio State University, where he most recently served as Associate Vice President for the Residential Experience. At Ohio State and in his previous positions, Dr. Logan focused on the sustainable design, implementation, and oversight of comprehensive auxiliary operations and student affairs financial models. He has also served on the ACUHO-I (Association of College & University of Housing Officers) Executive Board for over five years. He is a frequent speaker on higher education topics related to his expertise.

Matthew (Matt) Miller is the Program Lead for Generative AI at Carnegie Mellon University, advancing a human-centered vision for CMU as an AI-powered university where generative AI is equitably accessible, confidently understood, and widely adopted. Guided by the principle of human amplification over automation, he helps campus leaders translate GenAI into rapid, measurable value through trusted processes, responsible practices, and sustainable capability-building.

Matt has spent 8.5 years at CMU building campus-wide innovation and change capacity. He was a founding member of the Business Innovation Office, an internal organizational effectiveness and change management consultancy, and he later founded several of CMU’s flagship AI enablement efforts, including the Generative AI Center of Excellence, the Generative AI Community of Practice, and Executive AI Training workshops. He is also the founder of the University Technology and Innovation Collaborative, a cross-divisional community that democratizes IT innovation across campus.

Dr. Darby Roberts earned her doctorate in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University.  She also holds a Master of Science in Human Resources Management and Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Analysis and Research from Texas A&M University. She has 30 years over experience working in student affairs. She teaches Assessment and Interventions in Student Affairs in the Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education program.
Dr. Roberts is the Director of Student Life Studies in the Division of Student Affairs.  Her academic interests include student affairs assessment processes, program review, and assessing student learning in the co-curricular. She is co-author of Student Affairs Assessment: Theory to Practice(2016) and Frameworks for Assessing Learning and Development Outcomes (2nd ed., 2021). She is co-editor of Learning is Not a Sprint: Assessing and Documenting Student Leader Learning in Cocurricular Involvement (2012) and New Directions in Student Leadership: Assessing Student Leadership (2016). Dr. Roberts has also contributed numerous book chapters on student affairs assessment and frequently presents at national conferences.

Carrie leads Brailsford & Dunlavey’s southwest region’s higher education advisory practice group out of its Austin, TX office. She has served as a development advisor on more than 50 higher education projects across the country and is one of B&D’s leaders in the delivery of P3 and program management services for educational institutions. Throughout her career she has focused on development advisory services for student housing, campus edge development, mixed use development, innovation districts, and athletics and recreation projects in the southern region and throughout the country.

Carrie is a published author and speaker on topics ranging from P3 development advisory to higher education implementation and was a 2019 ENR Texas & Louisiana 20 Under 40 Top Young Professional and a 2019 P3 Awards Finalist for “Future Leader of the Year”

Lee Rainie joined the Imagining the Digital Future Center as director in 2023 after 24 years of directing Pew Research Center’s efforts to study the internet and technology. At the Pew Internet Project, his team produced more than 850 reports about the social, political and economic impact of four technology revolutions: the internet/broadband revolution, the mobile connectivity revolution, the social media revolution, and the artificial intelligence revolution.His Project was described by the American Sociological Association as the “most authoritative source of reliable data on the use and impact of the internet and mobile connectivity,” and the ASA awarded him its prize for “excellence in the reporting on social issues award.” His work has been covered by network and cable news and every major global news publication.

Lee is co-author of “Networked: The New Social Operating System” and five books about the future of the internet, based on Project surveys. Prior to his work at Pew, Rainie was managing editor of the newsweekly magazine U.S. News & World Report and he previously covered American politics for several publications.

Dr. Ashley Tull serves as Professor of Professional Practice and as Program Coordinator for the Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership Program. Prior to joining TCU, he served as Clinical Professor and Program Director for the Ed.D. in Higher Education at Southern Methodist University. He has held previous administration and teaching roles at Tarleton State University, the University of Texas at Arlington, University of Arkansas, and Florida State University. Tull earned a bachelor of science with honors in social and rehabilitation services and a master’s of education in college student personnel services from the University of Southern Mississippi. He received a graduate certificate in human resource development and a doctorate of education in higher education administration from Florida State University, where he was a Hardee Scholar.

Tull has edited three books, which have been used extensively in graduate preparation programs in higher education and student affairs administration; The Handbook for Student Affairs in the Community Colleges, with Linda Kuk and Paulette Dalpes; New Realities in the Management of Student Affairs: Emerging Specialist Roles and Structures for Changing Times, with Linda Kuk; and Becoming Socialized in Student Affairs: A Guide for New Professionals and Their Supervisors, with Joan Hirt and Sue Saunders. His research has been published in the Journal of Multicultural Affairs, College Student Affairs Journal, NASPA Journal, the Journal of College and Character, Research in the Schools, Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership, Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors and the Journal of College Student Development.

As a practitioner, his research interests centered on management concepts and supervision in student affairs and higher education and the role of the senior student affairs officer. As a faculty member, his research interests are centered on fraternal values and the history of college fraternities. In 2017 he received the SMU Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award. He enjoys educational related travel and has taken students to Belgium, Canada, China, England, Finland, France, Japan, Scotland, and Sweden. Tull also serves as a volunteer on the national level for Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.