Speaker Bios
Dr. Zebulun Davenport
Dr. Zebulun Davenport is the Vice President for Student Affairs at West Chester University. He provides leadership to multiple units that positively impact students’ lives on campus. Davenport earned a Doctorate in Higher Education and Leadership from Nova Southeastern University, a Master of Education in College Student Personnel Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Communications/Public Relations with a minor in Human Services from James Madison University.
Davenport’s primary goal is student success. His contributions have advanced campus culture, organizational structure, and student achievement. Davenport is a leader and strategist who demonstrates care and concern while maximizing opportunities for all involved. His expertise includes the areas of student retention; student learning outcomes; assessment; strategic planning; and strategies for assisting first generation college students. Regarded for his work in the aforementioned areas, he is co-creator of the Changing Institutional Retention through Co-Curricular Learning Experiences (CIRCLE) Model which engages and links co-curricular service providers in academic and student affairs in a systemic collegial process of institution-wide service delivery. In 2011, NASPA distinguished the model as first place winner of the Gold Excellence Award recognizing contributions of members who are transforming higher education through outstanding programs, innovative services, and effective administration.
Davenport’s publications include co-editing two books entitled; Student Affairs Assessment, Evaluation, and Research: A Guidebook for Graduate Students and New Professionals and Developing Leadership Skills and Abilities for Student Affairs Administrators: “Lesson Letters to and from our Colleagues”. He also co-authored the following publication: First-Generation College Students – Understanding and Improving the Experience from Recruitment to Commencement. He also authored and or co-authored three chapters in edited volumes entitled Recruiting, Selecting, Supervising, and Retaining Staff, in McClellan, G. H.,Stringer, J. and Associates (Eds.) The Handbook of Student Affairs Administration, The Student Success Conundrum, in B. Bontrager (Ed.) Strategic Enrollment Management: Transforming Higher Education; a chapter entitled Future Direction in Akens, Wright-Mair, and Stevenson’s edited book the College Students and their Environments: Understanding the Role Student Affairs Educators Play in Shaping Campus Environments; and a chapter in an edited monograph entitled Creating Collaborative Conditions for Student Success in S. Whalen (Ed.) Proceedings of the 8th National Symposium on Student Retention 2012.
He has presented at workshops for numerous public agencies; educational institutions; state, regional, and national conferences; as well as to thousands of college students and professionals throughout the country.
Dr. Kenneth Elmore
Dr. Kenneth Elmore, J.D. was recently named the 14th President of Dean College commencing on July 5, 2022. He will co-lead Dean College in successfully implementing its Mission and support Dean’s national recognition for The Dean Difference – the College’s distinct model for student success.
Elmore has more than three decades of higher education experience as an accomplished leader, connector, and community builder. Throughout his career Kenn has been an institutional catalyst dedicated to making and keeping the common ground compelling. Elmore’s signature is his commitment to public engagement and the pluralistic ideal. His “work” is to break barriers of divisiveness by pushing communities to discover their shared humanity and to foster meaningful, authentic friendships. Ken has worked with students – graduate and undergraduate – to expand their intellectual, social, and spiritual growth.
Kenn has co-led efforts at Boston University to facilitate a climate for free speech and expression – to expose, debate, and wrestle with ideas, understand our bias, and encourage critical engagement. Early in his career as a Dean of Students, Elmore pioneered a long-standing weekly discussion series – Coffee and Conversation – to foster inclusive atmosphere through listening and idea exchange.
Elmore co-led a university-wide initiative to refresh the pluralistic ideal by expanding the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. As a thought-leader and roll-up-the-sleeves creator, Kenn created a 19,000 square feet physical forum for challenging presumptions, questioning easy and comfortable answers, and fostering dialogue amongst people, even when they differ. Cultural interchange, visible interaction, listening, inclusive atmosphere, hospitality, generosity, heart, and soul are the tenets of the Howard Thurman Center.
Colleagues recognize Elmore as a visionary who has driven improvements and change while bringing people together. Kenn has received several honors and professional distinctions, including being named a Pillar of the Profession by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and a Diamond Honoree by the American College Personnel Association - College Student Educators International (ACPA,) for his outstanding work in student affairs and services, and in higher education. In 2019, Elmore was selected by the Mayor of Boston to deliver the annual, historic Fourth of July Oration at Faneuil Hall.
Dr. Elmore has also practiced law within the Boston area. Dr. Elmore earned his B.A. in Psychology from Brown University; a M.Ed in Policy, Planning & Administration from Boston University; and, a J.D. from New England Law.
Dr. Charles Lloyd
Dr. Chuck Lloyd is currently the President of White Mountains Community College. In addition to his role in administration, he crosses over to the faculty side of the college by teaching in the Business Department. Previously, Dr. Lloyd served as the Vice President of Student Affairs at New Hampshire Technical Institute – Concord’s Community College. He was recently selected as one of New Hampshire’s “Forty under 40” by the Union Leader and was previously awarded the NHTI Service Learning Award and Commissioner’s Award for Service Excellence.
In addition to administration and teaching, he maintains a strong passion for leadership and service. In the past few years, Dr. Lloyd has offered dozens of workshops and presentations both internationally and in the States on a variety of leadership and management-focused topics. He prides himself on relationship-building and actively participates in numerous community organizations.
Originally from Franklin, New Hampshire, Dr. Lloyd graduated from Keene State College with a Bachelor of Science, earned his Master’s Degree in Education and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from Plymouth State University, and his Doctorate is in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University
Dr. Lloyd is an accomplished student advocate and motivator. His creative approach to developing student leaders has earned him a national reputation as a dynamic speaker and consultant. Dr. Lloyd is a frequent presenter at regional, state, national and international conferences.
Susan Luchey
Susan is a Student Affairs professional with over 30 years experience in strategic planning, leadership education, program development, organizational management, outcomes assessment, cross functional team training, and student advising. She created and directs the award winning Blue Hen Leadership Program at the University of Delaware, a comprehensive 4-tiered, co-curricular and experiential leadership development program. In that role, Susan has designed curriculum and assessment, developed program learning outcomes and program components, and led hundreds of workshops on leadership topics. She has worked with campus and community partners engaging in social entrepreneurial project development, and she has taught courses in non-profit management, design thinking, career planning and leadership theory. Susan also is a consultant and presenter to professional associations, non-profits, professional and college athletic teams, and campus groups on topics of personal and professional development, team building, leadership and program development.
Erica N. Music
Erica N. Music is a mother, educator, athlete, an active community volunteer, and the first in her family to earn a college degree. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Erica earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing Communication from Midway University in 2017. Erica’s career journey has included sales, higher education, and K-12 education.
Erica currently serves as Registrar at her high school alma mater, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Ky. where she set records as a student athlete in track and competitive cheer. Erica cheered professionally for the NFL and Arena League football teams for four years, including cheering for the Tennessee Titans.
Erica began college in 2000 at the University of Louisville as a traditional college student where she was a two-sport Division 1 college athlete on a full academic scholarship. Family responsibilities and a health crisis with one of her parents forced her to delay her educational goals. Resuming her dream of earning a college degree after a 13-year hiatus since withdrawing, Erica briefly enrolled at Kentucky State University before transferring toMidway University, where she earned her degree.
As an adult learner, Erica pursued her degree while working a full & part time job and taking evening and online courses as a full-time student. Erica’s path to graduation included raising two extremely involved and active children who played sports, instruments, and participated in many academic programs in their schools. Erica’s educational & professional journey has led her to develop a series of strategies for student leaders, women, adult learners, and education professionals by using her story to encourage, motivate, and rejuvenate adult learners who carry the many complex burdens and responsibilities of pursuing a degree. Erica offers a fun, realistic, and interactive presentation that helps learners and leaders prepare to “BUILD YOUR OWN ARMY!” As a successful track athlete, Erica believes, “if life presents a barrier, that hurdle is never bigger than the finish line.”
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