Higher Education Public Policy Forum 2018 - Opening and Expert Panel

Opening Plenary Session “The Role of Intermediary Public Policy Organizations in the KRH Commons Era of the States”

- Welcome Address by Kim Hunter Reed, PhD, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Higher Education, Karen Riley, PhD, Dean, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, and Allegra “Happy” Haynes, Executive Director of Denver Parks and Recreation and Denver School Board Member

- Land Acknowledgement by Cecilia M. Orphan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Higher Education, University of Denver

A research brief rereleased with findings from a national research study entitled, “The Role of Intermediary Public Policy Organizations in Shaping the Policy Agenda for Higher Education.”

The brief’s authors are Cecilia M. Orphan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Higher Education, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Sophia Laderman, PhD Student, Higher Education, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, and Senior Policy Analyst,
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, and Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, PhD, Associate Professor, Higher Education, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver

Expert panelists:
- Cheryl Crazy Bull, President, American Indian College Fund
- Joe Garcia, JD, President, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
- Robert E. Anderson, PhD, President, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association