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Innovation and Public-Private Partnership in Higher Education
Hosted byP3•EDU is an event for university leadership – as well as select thought leaders from government, associations, foundations, and corporations – to network and share best practices around public-private partnerships in higher education.
Registration
Guests are welcome to register by clicking the link below.
Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel
866 W. Peachtree Street, NW | Atlanta, GA 30308
678-412-2400
Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center
800 Spring Street NW | Atlanta, GA 30308
404-347-9440
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Schedule-at-a-Glance
Unless otherwise noted, all event activities shall take place at
Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center
800 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 303085:30 – 7:30 pm
Welcome reception
Biltmore Ballrooms
817 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA
Day 2
Tuesday, November 4
7:45 am
Registration; Continental breakfast
8:30 am
Opening remarks; Morning sessions
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Afternoon sessions
5 pm
Reception
Day 3
Wednesday, November 5
7:45 am
Registration; Continental breakfast
8:30 am
Morning sessions
12 pm
Closing remarks; Lunch
2025 FEATURED SPEAKERS
More to be announced soonEd Bastian
CEO, Delta Air Lines
Donde Plowman
Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Gary May
Chancellor, University of California, Davis
Mike Reeser
Chancellor & CEO, Texas State Technical College
Sonny Perdue
Chancellor, University System of Georgia; 81st Governor of Georgia
Lisa Chang
Executive Vice President & Global Chief People Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Chris Womack
Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company
Annie Adams
Chief Human Resources Officer, Norfolk Southern
Kendricks Brass
Louisiana State Representative – District 58, Louisiana House of Representatives
Tim Sands
President, Virginia Tech
Lisa Vollendorf
President, Empire State University
Quintin Taylor
Chancellor, River Parishes Community College
Linda Livingstone
President, Baylor University
Rodney Rogers
President, Bowling Green State University
Saurabh Sanghvi
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Peggy Agouris
Provost, William & Mary
David Miller
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The University of Tennessee System
Jessica Wood
Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings
Cole Clark
Managing Director, Deloitte
Kristen Fox
CEO, Business-Higher Education Forum
Bill Hardgrave
President, University of Memphis
Jay Vaughan
Partner & Chair of the Education Practice, Cooley LLP
Emily Wadhwani
Senior Director & Sector Lead, USPF Higher Education, Fitch Ratings
Cole Yeager
Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Radnor Property Group
Phil Hill
Publisher, On EdTech Newsletter
Ben Nelson
Chancellor, Minerva University; CEO, Minerva Project
Megan DeGrass
Managing Director, Higher Education & Non-Profit Group, HilltopSecurities
Geoffrey Eisenacher
Vice President of Development, Gilbane Development Company
Kim Fahey
President & CEO, Collegis Education
Beth Hollenberg
CEO, Everspring
Geoff Stricker
Senior Managing Director, Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate
Gates Bryant
Partner, Tyton Partners
Eric Bram
Managing Director, Rieth Jones Advisors
Christopher Parrish
President, Podium Education
Ryan Craig
Managing Director, Achieve Partners
Jeff Turner
President, Higher Education, Brailsford & Dunlavey
David Eby
CEO, Evidence In Motion
Nina Farrell
Executive Director, Government & Education Division, JLL
Christopher Hicks
President, Provident Resources Group
David Fike
President Emeritus, Golden Gate University
JASON DEMPSEY
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.); President, MissionWise Growth Partners
Raymond Rodrigues
Chancellor, State University System of Florida
Brent Ramdin
CEO, EducationDynamics
Melik Peter Khoury
President & CEO, Unity Environmental University
Charles Iannuzzi
President, Global, Beacon Education
Noah Sudow
Senior Vice President, Whiteboard Advisors
Jeremy Doss
Senior Vice President, RISE: A Real Estate Company
Chauncy Lennon
Vice President for Learning & Work, Lumina Foundation
Kent Devereaux
President, Goucher College
Jennifer Walsh
Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Chief Strategy Officer, Hawai'i Pacific University
Michael Schreiber
Executive Chairman, Playfly Sports
Larry Czarda
President, Greensboro College
Dan Gregory
Vice President of Finance & Administration, Concordia University Texas
Eric Monday
Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration, University of Kentucky
Laura Demarse
Vice President for Future of Work, Charles Koch Foundation
Michael LaSalle
Partner, Shamrock Capital
Dan Greenstein
Managing Director, Baker Tilly
Susana Rivera-Mills
President, Aurora University
Scott Carlson
Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Patrick Martin
Assistant Vice President, Real Estate & Public Partnerships, Louisiana State University
Andrew Magliozzi
CEO, Mainstay
Lee Gardner
Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Noel Brinkman
Senior Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships, American Campus Communities
Susan Burns
President, University of Mount Saint Vincent
Zachary Smith
Executive Partner & Market Leader, Global Education, WittKieffer
Colt Little
Vice President for Construction, Facilities & Real Estate, University of Florida
Kirsten Volpi
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Colorado School of Mines
Ryan Hays
Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, University of Cincinnati
Kevin Harrington
CEO, Rize Education
Jody Glubke
CEO, Dynamic Campus
Mark Roberts
President, Reinhardt University
Rebecca Ehretsman
President, Wartburg College
Bob Shepko
President, Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions
James DeVaney
Special Advisor to the President, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, & Founding Executive Director of the Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Jane Swift
CEO, Education at Work; 69th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Andy Jett
Interim President, Avila University
Neva Specht
Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost, Appalachian State University
Glen Nakata
Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Financial & Administrative Affairs, Purdue University Fort Wayne
Paul Tesluk
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bentley University
Undria Stalling
Senior Vice President of Business and Finance & CFO, Morehouse College
Gary Barta
Former Athletic Director, University of Iowa
Tedra Cheatham
Executive Director, Louisiana Economic Development, FastStart
Michael Hale
Chief Learning Officer, VitalSource
Marcus Felder
Managing Director & Head of Career Pathways, Blackstone
Raj Echambadi
President, Illinois Institute of Technology
Maria Flynn
President & CEO, Jobs for the Future
Justin McMorrow
CEO, Human Capital Education
Courtney Fraylick
Senior Vice President of Operations, OU Education Services, University of Oklahoma
M. Brian Blake
President, Georgia State University
Ruth Watkins
President, Postsecondary Education, Strada Education Foundation
Ben Wildavsky
Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Dawn Alston
Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs, CFO & Treasurer, Spelman College
Walker May
Executive Vice President, Capstone Development Partners
Stephen Pruitt
President, Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges
Jim Hennessy
Senior Managing Director, Harrison Street Capital
Kate Smith
President, Rio Salado College
William Davis
Chief Development Officer, Capstone Development Partners
Ruth Bauer
President, InsideTrack
Mike Malefakis
President, University Partnerships, Emeritus
David Dausey
Executive Vice President & Provost, Duquesne University
Jonathan Marks
Chief Business Officer, Elevate College & Elevate Marketplace, Elevate
Jay Brewster
Provost & Chief Academic Officer, Pepperdine University
Jon Kaplan
Partner, DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group
Donna Desrochers
Senior Associate, rpk GROUP
Olivia Padilla-Jackson
Vice President of Finance & Operations, Central New Mexico Community College
Steven Partridge
Vice President of Strategy, Research & Workforce Innovation, Northern Virginia Community College
Lisa Roy
CEO, Optimum Energy
Greg King
Associate Vice President for Economic Development, Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael Daly
Senior Associate, rpk GROUP
Travis Garland
Chief Development Officer, Portman Holdings
REPRESENTATIVE PAST SPEAKERS
Jared Polis
Governor of Colorado
Tim Kaine
United States Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia
Terry McAuliffe
72nd Governor of Virginia
Jack Markell
73rd Governor of Delaware
James Kvaal
Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education
Sylvia Burwell
President, American University; former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Henry Cisneros
Chairman and Co-CIO American Triple I Partners; former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
President of Augustana University; former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Mitch Daniels
President, Purdue University; 49th Governor of Indiana
M. Brian Blake
President, Georgia State University
Félix Matos Rodríguez
Chancellor, City University of New York (CUNY)
Joseph Harroz
President, The University of Oklahoma
Adela de la Torre
President, San Diego State University
Shai Reshef
President, University of the People
Tim Sands
President, Virginia Tech
Dan Greenstein
Chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
C. Scott Green
President, University of Idaho
Gregory Washington
President, George Mason University
Jerry Jackson
Chancellor, University of the Cumberlands
Edward Seidel
President, University of Wyoming
Daniel Pullin
President, Texas Christian University
Nivine Megahed
President, National Louis University
Makola Abdullah
President, Virginia State University
David Andrews
Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Global
Richard Muma
President, Wichita State University
Raj Echambadi
President, Illinois Institute of Technology
Jennifer Cowley
President, The University of Texas at Arlington
Robert Robbins
President, University of Arizona
Juan Sánchez Muñoz
Chancellor, University of California, Merced
Judy Olian
President, Quinnipiac University
Jeff Docking
President, Adrian College
Gordon Jones
President, College of Western Idaho
Anthony Collins
President, Clarkson University
Philip Rogers
Chancellor, East Carolina University
Suzanne Mellon
President, Carlow University
Lesa Roe
Chancellor, University of North Texas System
Lorrie Clemo
President, D’Youville College
Donald Graham
Chairman, Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company)
Wes Bush
Chairman, Northrop Grumman Corporation
George Oliver
Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls
Brian Napack
Executive Chairman, 2U
Paul Brailsford
CEO, Brailsford & Dunlavey
Bill Bayless
CEO, American Campus Communities
William Ballhaus
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Blackboard
Doug Becker
Founder & Chairman, Cintanta Education
Mike Richter
President, Brightcore Energy; former Goaltender, New York Rangers
Bryan Hancock
Partner and Global Talent Leader, McKinsey & Company
Chris Hoehn-Saric
Senior Managing Director, Sterling Partners
Erik Judson
CEO, JMI Sports
Aimée Eubanks Davis
CEO, Braven
Matthew Pittinsky
CEO, Parchment
Lukman Ramsey
Head of AI Solutions, Public Sector and Education, Google
Allan Golston
President, U.S. Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jamie Merisotis
President & CEO, Lumina Foundation
Ted Mitchell
President, American Council on Education (ACE); former Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education
Stephen Moret
President & CEO, Strada Education Network
Millie Garcia
President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Belle Wheelan
President, Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges
Jeffrey Selingo
Special Advisor to the President, Arizona State University; New York Times bestselling author
Peter Taylor
President, ECMC Foundation
Barbara Gellman-Danley
President, Higher Learning Commission
Judith Eaton
President Emeritus, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Doug Lederman
Editor, Inside Higher Ed
Jamienne Studley
President, WASC Senior Commission on Colleges & Universities
Bridget Burns
CEO, University Innovation Alliance
Mark Becker
President, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
Geoffrey Chatas
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, University of Michigan
Michael Papadakis
Senior Vice President and CFO, The Ohio State University
Nathan Brostrom
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, University of California
J. Michael Gower
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, & University Treasurer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eric Monday
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, University of Kentucky
Chris Ruhl
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Purdue University
Jeffrey Bethke
Executive Vice President & CFO, DePaul University
Michael Valdes
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to Board of Regents, Eastern Michigan University
Daniel Feitelberg
Interim Vice Chancellor of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Specter
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and University Treasurer, The Catholic University of America
Matthew Frist
Senior Vice President for Finance and Business, Duquesne University
Kirsten Volpi
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Colorado School of Mines
Dan Layzell
Vice President of Finance and Operations, and Treasurer, University of Alabama
Kristy Vienne
Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer, Lone Star College
Patrick O’Rourke
Executive Vice Chancellor & Chief Operating Officer, University of Colorado Boulder
Patrick Norton
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Treasurer, Tulane University
Sidney Evans
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Morgan State University
Antonio Calcado
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Rutgers University
John Long
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, University of Delaware
Carlo Colella
Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, University of Maryland
Ellen Granberg
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rochester Institute of Technology
C. Cybele Raver
Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Vanderbilt University
ELIZABETH LOBOA
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Southern Methodist University
Edward Feser
Provost & Executive Vice President, Oregon State University
Vincent Del Casino
Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, San Jose State University
Melody Tankersley
Senior Vice President and Provost, Kent State University
Eric LaMott
Provost & Chief Operating Officer, Concordia University, St. Paul
Heather Shipley
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Michaele Whelan
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emerson College
Ishwar Puri
Senior Vice President, Research and Innovation, University of Southern California
2025 Confirmed Attendees
Please join leadership from the following 200+ institutions2025 P3•EDU Fellowship Cohort
We are currently accepting applications for our 2026 P3•EDU Fellowship program.
For more information, please see below or email us at fellowship@p3edu.com.University of South Carolina Aiken
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City
California State University, Stanislaus
Prairie View A&M University
Grand Valley State University
P3•EDU Fellowship Director
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
2024 P3•EDU Fellowship Cohort
University of Colorado Boulder
College of Southern Idaho
Catholic University of America
University of Wisconsin-Superior
2023 P3•EDU Fellowship Cohort
National Louis University
Colorado State University Global
Frequently Asked Questions
We are available to answer any additional questions.
Please email our customer support team for assistance at helpdesk@p3edu.com.What are the dates of the conference?
Conference dates are all day Tuesday, November 4, and the morning of Wednesday, November 5, 2025. A welcome reception will be held the evening of Monday, November 3, 2025.
What does my registration fee include?
Registration fees include access to all conference activities and meals:
Monday, November 3 – Evening Welcome Reception
Tuesday, November 4 – Full Day Program; Continental Breakfast, Lunch, and Reception
Wednesday, November 5 – Half Day Program; Continental Breakfast and Lunch
What is conference attire?
Business or business casual attire
Are there sponsorship opportunities available?
Sponsorship is available by invitation only. Please contact info@p3edu.com if you are interested in sponsorship.
How do I register for the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF)?
The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) and P3·EDU will co-locate their Fall 2025 convenings at Georgia Tech during the week of November 3–6, 2025. To register or learn more about attending the BHEF Convening, please visit www.bhef.com/convening.
Who is attending the conference?
Attendance at P3•EDU is intended for college and university executive leaders including chancellors, presidents, provosts, CFOs, VPs, and trustees. Please contact helpdesk@p3edu.com if you have questions about attendance.
What is the registration fee?
The registration fee for college, university and association attendees is $995. The registration fee for corporate and non-university attendees is $3,995.
Can my organization pay our registration fee by check?
Payment for P3•EDU is by credit card only. If you are unable to pay by credit card, please contact helpdesk@p3edu.com.
How do I make changes to my registration?
If you need to make any changes to your registration, please email helpdesk@p3edu.com.
If I need to cancel, how do I receive a refund?
Event tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend the 2025 event, you may substitute another attendee in your place. We can also transfer your registration fee to our 2026 P3•EDU event. Please email helpdesk@p3edu.com with any cancellation or transfer requests.
Why have I not received a registration confirmation?
All confirmations are sent via email at the conclusion of your registration. If you have not received an email confirmation, please check your spam or junk mail folder. If you still need a copy of your confirmation or receipt, please email helpdesk@p3edu.com.
Does the conference hotel offer a room block with discounted pricing?
Yes. Please see Travel for a link to the hotel website.
What is the address of the conference?
Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, 800 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
Will transportation be provided from the airport to the hotel?
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from their hotel and airport.
Will transportation be provided from the hotel to the reception & event?
No. All P3•EDU contracted hotels are within walking distance of the welcome reception, Monday. Please email helpdesk@p3edu.com with any special travel assistance needs.
