5 Most Critical Challenges .
Prioritizing Career-Ready Student Outcomes
Creating New Revenue Sources
Shifting Workforce Demands
Maintaining Competitive Edge
Better Serving Our Communities
How do universities we stay relevant, competitive and educate the workforce for the future? How do we bridge the gap with the skills, knowledge, and experience students leave universities with and what helps them succeed in their career? Why do universities continue to rely on old models, despite the most competitive labor market and demand for career-relevant experience ever.
I help universities address those challenges.
Future-Proofing Higher Education Through Bold Program Design.
Turn your strategic imperatives into growth opportunities.
Higher education is facing unprecedented pressure to prove ROI, create new revenue streams, and align with a rapidly shifting workforce. I partner with colleges, universities, and institutions to design, launch, and scale high-impact academic programs that bridge the gap between student experience and career success.
My work spans undergraduate and graduate degrees, professional certificates, continuing education, and curricular innovation across multiple modalities. Whether you are building from scratch or modernizing legacy offerings, I help you turn strategic goals into market differentiation.
What We Can Solve Together:
Strategy, architecture, scaling, & innovation
Student experience & engagement
Residential, remote, multi-modal delivery
Partnerships & industry relations
Career-integrated learning
Leadership, operations, personnel
Built For:
Degrees, certificates, micro-credentials
Executive ed, bootcamps, & master classes
Career-connected & experiential learning
Industry Partnerships & student pipelines
How I Can Help:
Assessments & Planning: Evaluating options and building the business case
Program Strategy & Architecture: Designing new credentials and stackable models
Implementation: Co-leading launch, scaling, and execution
Strategic Partnerships: Connecting ecosystems with industry leaders
Branding & Communications: Shaping the program narrative for growth
Proven Impact & Scale
Masters of the Environment (MENV)(University of Colorado): Founded the flagship sustainability graduate program; grew enrollment 6.5x in 5 years with a 3,000% 5-year ROI and 98% retention.
Outdoor Recreation Economy (University of Colorado): Built the nation's first comprehensive program for the $862B industry on a stacked-certificate model at 1/3 the cost, growing 4x in the first 2 years.
Program Development Highlights:
Founding Director of University of Colorado’s Master’s of the Environment graduate professional program.
Founding Director of University of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Economy Program
University of Colorado’s School of the Environment
Outdoor Industry Association’s Outdoor Industry Business Certificate
National Geographic’s first On-Campus program
University of New Hampshire’s Community Development Policy & Practice professional master’s program
University of New Hampshire’s Earth School
University of New Hampshire Department of Geography’s internship program
University of Michigan’s International Programs in Engineering
Examples of Past Work
Award Winning Program Design
Explore a collection of past work where institutions and organizations have dared to be bold, bridging capability and human capital to lead the future.
Founding Director
Masters of the Environment
University of Colorado
Integrated Educational Ecosystem with Multiple Learning Pathways & Revenue Streams
Multiple organizational and institutional partners
Founding Director
Outdoor Recreation Economy
University of Colorado
Master's in Community Development Policy & Practice
University of New Hampshire
MOOC Courses, Specializations & Certificates
Coursera
Leadership Development for Incoming University Students
National Geographic
Need some help bring your bold idea to life?
Want to address one or more of those five challenges? Something else? Let’s start the conversation.
