Executive Editors
 

Dr. Marylouise Fennell, RSM
Dr. Scott D. Miller

 

Dr. Marylouise Fennell, RSM
Dr. Marylouise Fennell is senior counsel for the Washington, D.C.-based Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), for which she also coordinates the New Presidents Program. She is past president of Carlow University in Pennsylvania, and her background includes both teaching and administrative positions at Saint Joseph College and the University of Hartford, both in Connecticut, and Boston University.
 
Dr. Fennell holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from Diocesan Sisters College, the Master of Education and the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study from the University of Hartford, and a Doctoral degree from Boston University.  She has also published widely.  An internationally recognized management consultant, she has worked in more than 20 countries, including a post as chief consultant for the Association for Private Universities of Central America (APRICA).  Her awards include more than 40 honorary doctoral degrees, and she is presently a member and/or chair of six college boards of directors.  In addition, Dr. Fennell serves as executive director of the Inter-American Consortium, a partnership of six American and 11 foreign higher educational institutions.  


Dr. Scott D. Miller
Dr. Scott D. Miller is the President of Bethany College in West Virginia. Dr. Miller earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College, Master of Arts from the University of Dayton, Ed.S. from Vanderbilt University and Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from The Union Institute & University. 

Now in his 18th year as a college chief executive officer, Dr. Miller served for 10 years (1997-2007) as president of Wesley College. He has also served as president of Lincoln Memorial University (1991 - 97). Before being named president there, he previously served as executive vice president (1988-91) and vice president for development (1984-88). A native of western Pennsylvania, Dr. Miller is a former director of university relations and alumni affairs at the University of Rio Grande in Ohio and a former journalist.  Well known nationally for his contributions to higher education, he was one of 17 presidents nationwide featured in a Kaufman Foundation-funded book entitled The Entrepreneurial College President (American Council on Education / Praeger Series on Higher Education, 2004). The Wesley story was one of four "amazing transformational stories" featured in the book The Small College Guide to Financial Health (National Association of College & University Business Officers, 2002). He is a regular columnist for College Planning and Management and is the author of a widely distributed e-newsletter The President's Letter, which addresses a wide variety of higher education issues.  He serves as a consultant to college presidents and boards.

Both Drs. Fennell and Miller serve as consultants to college and university presidents and boards.

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