President's Leadership Development Program

The mission of the President’s Leadership Development Program is to enhance the employee experience and support student success by developing campus leaders, promoting multi-divisional collaboration, and providing actionable solutions to identified opportunities and challenges at APSU.

The vision of this program aims to cultivate knowledgeable and empowered leaders at every level of our organization by providing exceptional leadership development opportunities that inspire growth, collaboration, and excellence. Our program is dedicated to equipping faculty and staff with the skills and vision to drive innovation, enhance university culture, and lead with integrity and purpose.

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This comprehensive program is designed to develop campus leaders, promote multi-divisional collaboration, and provide actionable solutions to identified opportunities and challenges at APSU. It should be acknowledged there are already beneficial leadership development programs being offered at APSU. For example, The Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE) has a long-standing Faculty Leadership Program. Various colleges and departments on campus offer internal programming to their faculty and staff.

The President’s Leadership Development Program is not intended to supplant or subsume those initiatives. The difference in this leadership program is that it will include participants from each of the President’s Senior Leadership Team’s offices and will serve as a launching pad for cross-divisional collaborations culminating with a selected project initiative that the leaders can implement yearly at APSU.

Participants will meet regularly to engage in discussions centered on leadership theories, approaches, and skill acquisition, skill application; along with gaining a better understanding of the campus community and culture. By the end of the program, participants will select a campus-wide challenge or opportunity, research alternative approaches/solutions, and work collectively to provide an actionable plan addressing the selected opportunity/challenge.

Initiative Focus

Student Success can be defined as a measure of student engagement and positive outcomes in several ways. Some factors include academic achievement, graduation rates, course completion, retention rates, or student advancement. In higher education, every campus member plays a significant role in the success of all students. The campus leaders will develop a plan of implementation for a small project to happen annually on our campus that can hopefully provide institutional support to an innovative idea to help students have a fulfilling university experience at Austin Peay State University.

Initiative Development

The initiative will be submitted as a written proposal with a budget from any campus member. The budget should not exceed $5,000.00, and the division/department should be able to match the funds requested. The initiative can be something such as a one-day event or an ongoing project, with the understanding that the Leader Scholars are only there for the implementation and support of the event and are not required to carry on the project. For implementation, the project must be assigned to other leaders within each division/department.

President's Leadership Development Program

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Alex Adams - Assistant Professor; Department of Health & Human Performance
Kelley Board - Assistant Director of Donor Relations & Scholarships; Office of Philanthropy
Rasheda Smith - Director; Parking & Transportation
Ben Drummond - Executive Director; Austin Peay Center at Fort Campbell
Brandie Duke - Assistant to the Chief of Staff; Office of the President
Eric Evans - Director of Philanthropy; Office of Philanthropy
James Green - Interim Director of Maintenance & Central Plant; Physical Plant Department
Corey Harkey - Associate General Counsel; Office of Legal Affairs
Deja James - Director of Athletics Sport Psychology & Behavioral Health; Department of Athletics
Chris Jones - Assistant Chief; Office of Public Safety
Jasmin Linares - Assistant Vice President for Military & Veteran Affairs; Military & Veteran Affairs Division
Whitney Milliken - Student Success Director; College of Arts & Letters
Simon Rotzer - Assistant Professor; Institute for National Security & Military Studies
Alexandra Wills - Director; Community Engagement & Sustainability

Soma Banerjee Associate Professor; History & Philosophy
Ryan Combs - Director of New Student Programs & Initiatives; University College
Jayme Dunn - Assistant Director of Accessibility Compliance; Office of Institutional Culture
Hannah Eden - Director of Marketing; Public Relations and Marketing
Danny Elliott - Police Sergeant; Public Safety
Correy Emmert - Human Resources Partner; Human Resources
Logan Kidd - Senior Associate Athletic Director; Athletics Development
Anna Leimberg - Assistant Professor; Criminal Justice
Tipnie Mack - Director; Veterans Upward Bound
Allie Michael - Assistant Director; Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment
Lauren Michael-Smiley - Director; Foy Fitness & Recreation Center
Sam Mynhier - Senior Director of Sponsorships & Annual Giving; Alumni & Engagement
Marisa Roberts - Director of Marketing & Recruitment; Military Recruiting & Marketing
Isabella Schmidt - Student Leader Scholar; Honors Program
Elizabeth Stonerock - Director Veterans education Benefits & Compliance; Veterans Education Benefits