Monday April 14
6:45 am – 8:45 am
  Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:30 am
  Roundtables
1 Board-faculty Relationships and Shared Governance
Sharon Doran, chief of staff, Lesley College
Robert Smith, chancellor and former chair of faculty senate, University of Ballarat, Australia

2 The Role of Advisory Boards
Michael Worth, Michael Worth Associates

3 The Next Generation of Philanthropists
Bruce Flessner, principal, Bench Whaley Flessner

4 Transparency and Accountability and Their Meanings for Trustees
Robert M. O'Neill, director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, University of Virginia

5 More Demand Than There Is Supply? Recruiting Trustees
Dawn Brill Duques, trustee, Mitchell College

6 The Delicate Art of Succession Planning
Dennis M. Barden, vice president/director of the Higher Education Practice, Witt-Kieffer

7 Campus Safety & Security
Bruce Holmes, University System of Georgia

8 Board Assessment
Tom Longin, senior consultant, AGB

9 The Special Relationship of Presidents and Board Chairs
Lawrence Bacow, president, & James Stern, chair, board of trustees, Tufts University (Monday)

10 Town and Gown: Fostering Mutually-Beneficial Ties
Roger Brown, chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

11 Fostering Board Participation in Academic Governance
Jo Ann Rooney, president, & Randy Strickland, senior vice president for academic affairs; Spalding University

12 Spousework, Partners Supporting Academic Leaders
Teresa Johnston Oden, author & spouse of president, Carleton College

13 Improving Trustee Orientation: The Student Trustee
Christoper Alvarez-Breckenridge, trustee, Ohio State University

14 Board And Presidential Roles in Effecting Major Institutional Change
Janette Beckham, chair &
William Sederberg, president, Utah Valley University

15 How Boards Can Monitor Institutional Spending
Rita Kirshstein, managing director, American Institutes for Research & vice chair, University of the District of Columbia
Jane Wellman, director, Delta Cost Project

16 Conflicts of Interest Lessons from the Student Loan Inquiries
Barry Burgdorf, vice chancellor & general counsel, University of Texas System

17 Best Practices in The Development of an Athletics Program
Allen Meadors, president, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

18 Meaningful Trustee Engagement in Strategic Planning
Linda Hanson, president, Hamline University (Monday)
Lorna Edmundson, president;
Gretchen Van Ness, vice chair, Wilson College (Tuesday)

19 Board Involvement in a High-School Outreach Program for Under-Served Students
Nancy Katayama, trustee, Scripps College

20 On the Same Page: Aligning Board and Presidential Agendas
David Holser, chair &
Theodore Long, president, Elizabethtown College

21 Creating a Common Agenda with Legislators and Policy Makers
Harvey Jewett, chair; Dean Krogman, secretary; and
Robert Perry, executive director; South Dakota Board of Regents

22 Access-Beyond Race and Gender
King Jordan, president emeritus, Gallaudet University

23 The Faculty Trustee
Charles Middleton, president; James Mitchell, board chair;
Margaret Policastro, professor & trustee; Roosevelt University

24 Trustees and Risk Management
Sylvester Green, trustee, Mount Union College

25 How Presidents Can Engage Boards in Academic Matters
Trustees are often unsure as to how best involve themselves in questions having to do with curriculum, the development and marketing of degree programs, and applying benchmarks and "hard data" in assessing educational offerings. A current and a former interim president (the latter also having served as a trustee) will interact with one another and the audience on how to create and link models of academic programming to strategic financial planning models in ways that are more accessible to board members.
Antoinette Iadarola, president, Cabrini College and
Carol Guardo, interim president, St. Joseph College


6:45 am – 8:45 am
  Demonstration: Using AGB’s Benchmarking Service

8:45 am - 10 am
  Plenary Session:
"Bridging Two Worlds: From CEO to University System Chancellor"
Erroll Davis
Chancellor of the 35-institution, 260,000-student University System of Georgia, a post he assumed in 2006 after serving as president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of two major companies. He has served on the board of directors of General Motors, BP, and Union Pacific, and is a trustee of the University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon and a Regent for the University of Wisconsin.

10:15 am - 11:30 am
  Concurrent Sessions-A
Choose one of four sessions
 
1 Enhancing Diversity in a "Race-Blind" Legal Environment
Recent Supreme Court decisions leave open the question of how colleges and universities can improve diversity on their campuses. This session will explore and discuss some ways and means to respond to the gap.
Frank Wu, dean, Wayne State University School of Law and trustee, Gallaudet University
2 The Growing Importance of Sustainability on Campuses
Environmental concerns are increasingly key organizing principles for the design, construction, renovation, and operation of colleges and universities. Learn how trustees and other campus leaders can develop an understanding of the concept of sustainability and how to apply it in their policymaking.
Anthony Cortese, Second Nature
William Rawn, principal, William Rawn Associates
3 School - College Alignment
K-20 and even Pre-K-16 and -20 trends are pointing to the importance of aligning curricula and standards across primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Hear from these experienced practitioners how alignment is being sought and, in some cases, achieved.
Sally Clausen, president, University of Louisiana System
Michael Cohen, president, Achieve, Inc.
4 In the Wake of Tragedy: Leadership in the Aftermath
Natural forces and man-made violence show no respect for campus boundaries, and even the most thorough precautions cannot always avert disasters. How presidents and trustees respond to events, however, can significantly influence how well a college or university recovers.
Allen Sessoms, president, Delaware State University

Noon – 1:30 pm
  Lunch Plenary Session:
"The Media Looks At Higher Education ... And Sees"
Juan Williams
A senior correspondent for National Public Radio’s "Morning Edition," and author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 and Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. He is an analyst for Fox News Channel and a trustee of Haverford College, his alma mater.

1:45 pm – 3 pm
  Concurrent Sessions-B
Choose one of five sessions

1 International Students and Faculty for American Higher Education
University scholars are recruited on an international basis and many U. S. doctoral programs would have few or no students were it not for students from abroad. Gain a sense of the magnitude of this phenomenon from three prominent practitioners in the international higher education arena.
Philip Altbach, director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College
Urbain (Ben) DeWinter, associate provost, Division of International Programs, Boston University
Bernd Widdig, director, Office of International Programs, Boston College
2 Forecasts of State Revenues and Their Potential Implications
for Higher Education
Long-term demographics portend intense competition for already-tight state spending-at a time when states are beginning to forecast and act on declining state revenues. Join this "big-picture" discussion and expert panel to find out what's in store.
Darryl Greer, executive director, New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities
Paul Lingenfelter, president, State Higher Education Executive Officers
Scott Pattison, executive director, National Association of State Budget Officers
3 The Case for National Service
Programs such as Teach for America and initiatives such as Habitat for Humanity garner much student interest and broad public appreciation but touch and inform relatively few young people's lives. The time has come for an alternative.
Leslie Lenkowsky, former chief executive officer, Corporation for National and Community Service
4 "Integral Leadership:" Next Steps for Boards and Presidents
The AGB Task Force on the State of the Presidency in American Higher Education asserted that integral leadership engages faculty, student leaders, and key external stakeholders in achieving collectively what no single individual or unit can accomplish individually. What is required to achieve integral leadership and how should presidents and boards go about it?
Rita Bornstein, president emeritus, Rollins College
Judith McLaughlin, Harvard University

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
  Plenary Panel Session: The See-Saw Factor
Access, Price, Quality, and Productivity: The Dynamics and Dilemma of Higher Education
This panel of experts will broadly examine the forces that push and pull colleges and universities today as their leaders and boards seek to maintain access, ensure quality, and improve productivity.
Rick Legon, president, AGB Moderator
Allison Bernstein, vice president, Ford Foundation
Jane Wellman, Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs
Travis Reindl, Jobs for the Future

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  Free Time

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  Special Event
Take Me Out to Fenway Park! Out On the Town with AGB
Sponsored by Boston-based Jenzabar
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