Selected Analysts and Staff
- Mindy Anastasia, Program Manager and Senior Analyst
- Eric Bassett, Managing Director
- Hallie Boger Hartman, Consultant and Senior Analyst
- Laura Boothroyd, Director, Consulting Sales
- Noah Carp, Managing Director, Finance & Operations
- Gerald DiGiusto, Senior Analyst and Research Manager
- Kristen Fox, Managing Director
- Richard Garrett, Managing Director
- Rusty Hartley, Director, Consulting Services
- Lauren Himml, Director
- Colin Irose, Membership Director
- Tracey Liptack, Membership Representative
- Joe Michie, Membership Director
- Mary Kaye Pepperman, Senior Membership Director
- Cara Quackenbush, Senior Analyst and Research Manager
- Jennifer Zaslow, Membership Director
- Maggie Zweiben, Senior Analyst
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Mindy Anastasia
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Mindy leads the Schools of Education Learning Collaborative (SOE-LC), which is focused on delivering data and research to schools of education that informs program development, effective and efficient operations, recruiting and retaining faculty, and outcomes assessment. In this capacity, Mindy facilitates SOE-LC memberwide events and leads collaborative research investigations and select custom research investigations for members. Mindy has presented Eduventures’ data and research to numerous schools of education leadership teams and at national conferences, including APLU, USDLA, AACTE, and the Sloan Consortium’s annual meetings. Prior to joining the Eduventures research team in 2006, Mindy worked with The Education Resource Institute to help prepare Boston Public School students to enter college. Mindy holds a B.A. in elementary education from Purdue University and an M.Ed. from Harvard University.
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Eric Bassett
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Eric brings over 15 years' experience as a consultant and market researcher to his role leading Eduventures Consulting Services for both institutions and suppliers. From 2003-2006, he led Eduventures' Industry Solutions research operations and later ran the Postsecondary Solutions business, which provided industry research publications, custom engagements, and conferences. From 2006-2009, Eric developed new markets for SunGard Higher Education, expanding the company's footprint in academic technologies and online learning. Prior to 2003, he consulted to Boards of Directors and senior managers in sectors such as healthcare and financial services to identify growth opportunities and mobilize organizations to take advantage of them. Eric's fields of expertise include marketing, strategic planning, and organizational strategy. His career has also given him significant international experience, including periods living and working in Russia, Spain, and Canada. Eric holds an M.S. in international business from Georgetown University and a B.A. from Duke University.
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Hallie Boger Hartman
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As a Consultant with Eduventures, Hallie has managed projects that have enabled higher education institutions and education-industry companies to develop effective growth strategies and win new business. Her areas of higher education research have included adult learners, online education, college marketing, and domestic and international student recruitment. Prior to joining Eduventures, Hallie developed course content for adult learners as part of The Advisory Board Company's Academies and taught English literature and ESL at Shanghai Jin Cai High School's International Division in China. Hallie also worked in product management and marketing for a leading U.S. toy company, and worked in the Head of School's Office at a prominent Washington, D.C. private high school. Hallie holds an M.B.A. from Duke University, where she focused on strategy and marketing, and an A.B. in psychology from Harvard University.
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Laura Boothroyd
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Laura brings 15 years of consulting experience to Eduventures' Consulting Services practice. Her most recent engagements in the higher education and K-12 space include devising an international expansion strategy, evaluating ROI of a new product launch, and offering existing programs and services via new delivery channels. Laura has completed several benchmarking studies with higher education and K-12 clients related to enrollment processes, sales strategies, pricing, curriculum, and student support services. Laura brings a broad business perspective to engagements having worked with clients in a variety of industry verticals including financial services, loyalty and incentives, HR outsourcing, technology, and travel. Prior to joining Eduventures, she was VP of the Financial and Business Services practice at Fuld & Co., a leading competitive intelligence consulting firm. She also launched and headed up three business units at Dalbar, a leading financial services research and consulting firm in Boston. Laura holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has completed graduate level coursework at Harvard University.
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Noah Carp
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Noah is responsible for managing the company's corporate finance function, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, and financial reporting, as well as the company’s operations, sales, and marketing organizations. Noah joined Eduventures in 2006 as a Senior Analyst, covering postsecondary education to support clients' market strategies. Before joining Eduventures, Noah managed the Customer Research Group at EMC, where he was part of the Strategic Research Group's management team. Noah also brings an in-depth understanding of the postsecondary education market through leadership roles within Brandeis University's Alumni Relations and Annual Fund organization. Noah holds a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.
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Gerald M. DiGiusto
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Gerry serves as the Program Manager and Senior Analyst for Eduventures' Enrollment Management Learning Collaborative, playing a lead role in the development of major research studies and helping member institutions to use Eduventures' data and research to improve operations and enhance strategic decision-making. He has more than 10 years' experience in various roles across higher education in the United States and abroad as a teacher, researcher, and consultant. Gerry has recently advised universities on enrollment management issues ranging from how to better recruit and provide student services to veterans, create strong international partnerships, and implement a streamlined marketing structure. Gerry brings a broad perspective to his role, having previously played a management role in Eduventures' Academic Leadership, Continuing and Professional Education, Development, Online Higher Education, and Schools of Education Learning Collaboratives. Prior to joining Eduventures, Gerry served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University's Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, as an Assistant Professor in Bowdoin College's Department of Government and Legal Studies, and as a researcher at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. He graduated from Bowdoin College and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science/international relations from Duke University.
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Kristen D. Fox
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Kristen leads Eduventures' Learning Collaborative teams focused on Academic Leadership, Development, Enrollment Management, and Schools of Education. Kristen has over 10 years of experience as a consultant and advisor to the higher education, government, and non-profit sectors and has worked with hundreds of universities across the United States. Kristen was previously a Senior Consultant in Eduventures' Higher Education Consulting practice, where she managed complex consulting engagements with postsecondary clients. Her client engagements have included strategic market research projects to guide growth and branding strategies, support to help universities successfully achieve accreditation, benchmarking studies to help institutions identify cost-savings opportunities, and university-wide strategic planning. Kristen has presented at national industry conferences, including AACTE, AASCU, and ACHE, and her work has been cited in publications such as Inside Higher Education and the Boston Globe. Prior to joining Eduventures, Kristen held positions at the U.S. Department of State, the International Equity Research Team at the Evergreen Investment Management Company, at Colgate University in the Development Office, and was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow. She also taught undergraduate global history and writing courses at the University of California, San Diego. Kristen holds an M.A. from the University of California, San Diego and a B.A. from Colgate University. Kristen is active in community service and serves on the Boston board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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Richard Garrett
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Richard leads Eduventures Continuing & Professional Education Learning Collaborative (CPE-LC) and Online Higher Education Learning Collaborative (OHE-LC), membership programs for institutions seeking to grow their adult and online enrollment and enhance their operations. The CPE and OHE programs are unique sources of intelligence on adult and online higher education enrollment and programming trends, evolving consumer demand, school positioning and operational strategies. Richard has over 12 years' experience researching higher education trends worldwide, particularly online learning, non-traditional students, internationalization, and commercial activity. Prior to joining Eduventures in 2005, Richard was Deputy Director of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education in the United Kingdom, a position he held from 2001 to 2005. Publications include Benchmarking Online Operations: Snapshots of an Emerging Industry (Eduventures, 2009), Online Higher Education Market Update 2008 (Eduventures, 2008), Competing in Online Higher Education 2008 (Eduventures, 2008), Blending In: The Extent & Promise of Blended Learning in the United States (Sloan-C, 2007), Online Higher Education: Retention Benchmarks and Strategies (Eduventures, 2007), E-Learning in Tertiary Education: Where Do We Stand? (a 2005 book commissioned by the OECD, Paris), and The Global Education Index 2005 (a study of 50 firms worldwide operating in the postsecondary education market, OBHE, 2005). Richard has also worked as a researcher in the School of Education, University of Surrey and at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, both in the United Kingdom. Richard earned both a B.A. and an M.A. from King's College, University of London, as well as a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education from the University of Cambridge.
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Rusty Hartley
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Rusty brings a deep background in consulting and exposure to a broad range of industries and disciplines to Eduventures. His experience managing consulting engagements includes strategic advisory services, enterprise risk management and business process assessments in the higher education, high technology, healthcare and international sectors. In the early 2000s, he was cofounder of a B2B internet services firm that was a pre-curser to today's cloud computing initiatives. Prior to this, he was part of the risk management and higher education consulting practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rusty started his career as corporate banker with Chemical Bank where he managed relationships and provided corporate finance solutions for Fortune 500 clients and prospects. He has an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York and recently served as the President of the school's Boston alumni organization. He also serves as a Board member of Columbia Business School’s "Boston Gives Back" initiative; a program that provides pro-bono consulting services to local non profits. Rusty received his BA in Geology from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA.
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Lauren Himml
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Lauren comes to Eduventures Consulting Services with over 20 years of research and consulting experience addressing marketing, communications, product development, and other business challenges at an executive level. Lauren’s expertise includes strategy and planning in highly regulated industries, and she has worked with presidents and chief executive officers in banking, mutual funds, and consumer packaged goods. Prior to joining Eduventures, Lauren was Director, Measurement and Consumer Insights at AMP Agency, a marketing and media firm specializing in non-traditional advertising. At a leading financial services industry research firm, Lauren was Director of Research where she managed syndicated research programs and led consulting engagements ranging from brand strategy to product distribution feasibility. She holds a B.A. degree in economics and mathematics from Simmons College.
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Colin Irose
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Colin manages the team responsible for member services and driving new memberships in the Online Higher Education and Continuing and Professional Education Learning Collaboratives. He is also responsible for driving membership growth in Eduventures' Online Higher Education and Continuing and Professional Education Learning Collaboratives in the Eastern part of the United States and Canada. Colin has been at Eduventures for almost six years and has filled many roles, including introducing new members to the programs, providing members with access to CPE and OHE resources, and managing renewals in those programs. Prior to joining Eduventures, Colin was a Senior Child Behavioral Specialist at the Home for Little Wanderers - Longview Farms. Colin previously held positions as the Day Program Milieu Supervisor at the Walker Home and School, and as Vice President and Sales Manager of BackAxe. Colin holds a B.S. in environmental science from the University of New England.
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Tracey Liptack
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Tracey is responsible for driving membership growth, focusing on introducing new members to Eduventures' Enrollment Management Learning Collaborative and Academic Leadership Learning Collaborative. Tracey brings over five years of experience in sales and marketing to Eduventures. Prior to joining the company, Tracey worked as a Regional Manager for EF Institute for Cultural Exchange, a global education, language, and travel company. Tracey developed the foundation for EF's innovative and growing product EF College Study Tours, a new travel study program within higher education designed to infuse global perspectives into classroom learning. During her time as Regional Manager at EF, Tracey visited with over 300 colleges and universities nationwide, advising faculty and administrators on program selection and implementation, curriculum design, and student engagement. Tracey also had the opportunity to work out of EF's regional offices in Rome, Paris, and Madrid, conducting research for product development, building partnerships with universities abroad, and hosting orientation trainings for faculty. Tracey holds a B.A. in business and communication from the University of New Hampshire.
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Joe Michie
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Joe is responsible for driving membership growth focusing on introducing new members to Eduventures' Learning Collaboratives. He is based 5,280 feet above the sea in beautiful Denver, Colorado. Joe brings in new Learning Collaborative membership sales at institutions west of the mighty Mississippi river. Joe comes to Eduventures from USA TODAY, where he worked in the educational marketing office in Denver to drive new memberships in the College Readership Program for institutions in the West. Joe also had prior outside sales experience as an Advertising Sales Executive at the Omaha World Herald newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska. Joe has a B.A. in marketing and advertising from the University of Nebraska.
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Mary Kaye Pepperman
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Mary Kaye is responsible for growing and enhancing the membership of the Schools of Education Learning Collaborative by introducing new members to the program and providing members with access to resources and services. Prior to joining Eduventures, Mary Kaye owned her own consulting company, Pepperman & Associates, which specialized in recruiting and retention and provided strategic guidance to such companies as Johnson & Johnson and Olympus America. She also worked as a Sales Manager at Boston Scientific and Procter and Gamble, where she was responsible for managing sales teams and results and received multiple awards for her outstanding performance. For the past six years, Mary Kaye has held a PTA leadership position at Creek View Elementary School in Alpharetta, GA, serving as President for the last two. She has also served on Fulton County's Technology and Hiring committees. Mary Kaye graduated from Florida State University with a degree in political science and communications.
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Cara A. Quackenbush
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Cara plays a leadership role in designing and executing the Development Learning Collaborative's annual research agenda. She applies her quantitative and qualitative analysis skills to develop actionable insights and support for Eduventures' clients, assisting them with key strategic and operational decisions to support their fundraising success. Cara is an advancement professional with a decade of fundraising, accounting, management, and marketing experience at institutions of higher education. Cara’s experience spans annual giving, leadership giving, volunteer management, alumni engagement, parent fundraising, and planned giving. She has also conducted research on management practices and strategies in higher education, including higher education accounting practices, presidential leadership techniques, and legal policies affecting planned giving. Prior to joining Eduventures, Cara was the Associate Director of Gift Planning at Boston College, where she helped launch the university’s $1.5 billion capital campaign as well as its first-ever legacy gift campaign. Cara also worked in both the annual fund and the office of planned giving at her alma matter, Santa Clara University, where she earned her B.A. in journalism. Cara holds an M.B.A. and an M.S. in accounting from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, where Cara won the MBA Business Plan Competition.
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Jennifer Zaslow
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Jennifer works with Development Learning Collaborative members and prospective members to develop engagement plans that achieve clients' desired goals for improved productivity, increased alumni and donor engagement, and achievement of campaign and annual fundraising goals. With Eduventures since 2006, Jennifer was Program Director and the founding Senior Analyst for the Development Learning Collaborative, and has managed the development of more than 150 research studies, including foundational studies on gift officer performance and productivity, transitioning donors to higher gift levels, and assessing return on staff and budget investments. Jennifer speaks regularly on client campuses and at advancement conferences, including the CASE Summit for Advancement Leaders and CASE district regional conferences, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Big 10 and Big 12 annual development conferences, and Jesuit Advancement Administrators conference. Her consulting to advancement leaders draws on nearly 15 years of experience researching management best practices and market trends with organizations such as the Human Resources Policy Institute at Boston University's School of Management and the Corporate Executive Board. Jennifer earned an M.B.A. with high honors from Boston University and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Smith College.
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Maggie Zweiben
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Maggie is a Senior Analyst in Eduventures' Continuing and Professional Education and Online Higher Education Learning Collaboratives. Maggie is responsible for helping member institutions better understand the continuing education and online higher education markets, and addressing strategic and tactical questions from individual members. Prior to joining Eduventures, Maggie was a Senior Research Associate at Forrester Research, where she conducted research on executive management, serving a membership of more than 350 global chief information officers. While earning her B.A. in psychology from the College of the Holy Cross, Maggie worked as a Teacher's Assistant for the Capitol Region Education Council and interned at the Center for Education Reform in Washington, D.C.