P3·EDU MAP SUMMIT

ABOUT

The P3•EDU MAP Summit is an event for college and university leadership – as well as select thought leaders from government, associations, foundations, and corporations – to network and share best practices around mergers, affiliations, and partnerships in higher education.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Unless otherwise noted, all event activities shall take place at
Fuse at Mason Square
3401 Fairfax Dr
Arlington, VA 22201

Monday,

March 16

5 pm

Welcome Reception - The Commentary at the Westin Arlington, 801 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA

Tuesday,

March 17

7:45 am

Registration; Continental breakfast

8:30 am

Morning Sessions

Noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

Afternoon Sessions

5 pm

Evening Reception

2026 FEATURED SPEAKERS

Gregory Washington

President, George Mason University

Marjorie Hass

President, Council of Independent Colleges

Tim Kaine

United States Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia

Michael Horowitz

Chancellor, The Community Solution Education System

Nicholas Kent

Under Secretary of Education, United States Department of Education

Dan Greenstein

Chief of Industry Transformation, Ellucian; Chancellor Emeritus, Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)

Jessica Wood

Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings

John Porter

President & CEO, Lindenwood Education System

Doug Lederman

Co-founder, Inside Higher Ed

Kamalika Sandell

CEO, Core Education

Neil Lefkowitz

Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP

AJ Prager

Managing Director, Hilltop Securities

Susan Burns

President, University of Mount Saint Vincent

Ricardo Azziz

Principal, SPH Consulting Group; Director, Center for Higher Education Mergers & Acquisitions (CHEMA)

Rodney Rogers

President, Bowling Green State University

Managing Director and Head of Higher Education & Nonprofit Finance, Global Investment Banking, Royal Bank of Canada

Christopher Good

Managing Director and Head of Higher Education & Nonprofit Finance, Global Investment Banking, RBC Capital Markets

Richard Staisloff

Senior Partner, rpk GROUP

Taylor Eighmy

President, University of Texas at San Antonio

Francisco Cigarroa

Senior Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Health System, University of Texas at San Antonio; former Chancellor, University of Texas System

Maria Toyoda

President & CEO, WASC Senior College and University Commission

Barry Ryan

Partner, Edu Alliance Group; former President, Woodbury University

Jason Dempsey

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.); President, MissionWise Growth Partners

Stig Lanesskog

CEO, The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS)

Ted Eismeier

Senior Vice President, Head of Postsecondary Communications, Whiteboard Advisors

Robert Kelchen

Professor and Department Head, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Sarah Pfatteicher

Executive Director, Five Colleges

Patrick Hogan

Vice President for Financial Planning & Analysis and Strategic Transactions, Loyola Marymount University

Sara Custer

Editor in Chief, Inside Higher Ed

Tony Allen

President, Delaware State University

Greg Henson

President, Kairos University

Brad Wolverton

Editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Frank Yamada

Executive Director, The Association of Theological Schools

Jeffrey Stein

Chief Integration Officer and Executive Vice President, Elon University; former President, Mary Baldwin University

Kim Fahey

President & CEO, Collegis Education

Brent Ramdin

CEO, EducationDynamics

Peter Stokes

Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group

Matthew Shaftel

President, Russell Sage College

Dennis Cariello

Shareholder, Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose

Kent Devereaux

President, Goucher College

Shawn Daley

Vice President of Strategic Relationships and Dean of the College of Education, George Fox University

Mike McGrath

Partner, Ropes & Gray

John Comerford

President, Otterbein University

Archie Chandrasekhar

Managing Director, Rieth Jones Advisors

Josh Knotts

President & CEO, Joyce University of Nursing & Health Sciences

Jeanne Meister

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Excelsior University

Michael Gavin

President & CEO, The Alliance for Higher Education

Melik Peter Khoury

President & CEO, Unity Environmental University

President of Los Angeles Pacific University

Jay Goin

President, Los Angeles Pacific University

Tracey Scheider

Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Middle States Commission on Higher Education

David King

President, Ursuline College

Robert Spencer

Principal, Huron Consulting Group

Jeff Carter

President, Bethany Theological Seminary

Amy Kardash

President, In Trust Center for Theological Schools

Bryan Lackaye

Vice President, Global Network and Strategic Initiatives, Northeastern University

Chad Cook

Treasurer, Virginia Commonwealth University

Eric Fulcomer

President & CEO, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

Stephanie Gold

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Lee Gardner

Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Nicole Salazar

Director, PFM Financial Advisors

Jay Vaughan

Partner & Chair of the Education Practice, Cooley LLP

Deb Bushway

President & CEO, Northwestern Health Sciences University

Chloe O'Sullivan

Principal, Boston Consulting Group

Charles Rose