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Speakers
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Andy Brantley, EdD
President and CEO
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR)
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.
Liz Clark
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
Lee Rainie
Director of the Imagining the Digital Future Center
Elon University
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.
Joshua Travis Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Education
Research Fellow, University of Oxford Author, Capitalizing on College: How Higher Education Went from Mission Driven to Margin Obsessed
Joshua Travis Brown is an author, professor, and researcher examining the intersection of public policy, finance, and higher education. An Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University and SKOPE Fellow at the University of Oxford, his work explores how economic policies have reshaped tuition-driven colleges and universities. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, British Academy and ACUHO-I, and appeared in The Wall Street Journal, NPR, USA Today, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. A first-generation college graduate, Brown brings a unique perspective to his writing, uncovering the structural challenges facing institutions and the students they serve. He has over 25 years of experience in higher education at institutions that depend heavily on tuition revenue and is the author of Capitalizing on College: How Higher Education Went From Mission Driven to Margin Obsessed (Oxford University Press).
