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Innovation and Public-Private Partnership in Higher Education

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NOVEMBER 3-5, 2025

About the Event

P3•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.

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Travel & Accommodations

P3•EDU will be held at Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, approximately 20-30 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), depending on traffic.

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 30308
Day 1

Monday, November 3

5:30 – 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

5:00 pm
Reception

Day 3

Wednesday, November 5

7:45 am
Registration; Continental breakfast

8:30 am
Morning sessions

12:00 pm
Closing remarks; Lunch

2025 FEATURED SPEAKERS

More to be announced soon

Ángel Cabrera

President, Georgia Institute of Technology

STEVEN MCLAUGHLIN

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology

COURTNEY HILLS MCBETH

Chief Academic Officer and Provost, Western Governors University

Gary May

Chancellor, University of California, Davis

Ben Nelson

Founder and Chancellor, Minerva University; Founder and CEO, Minerva Project

Saurabh Sanghvi

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Lisa Vollendorf

President, Empire State University

Matt Sigelman

President, Burning Glass Institute

Kristen Fox

CEO, Business-Higher Education Forum

Mike Reeser

Chancellor and CEO, Texas State Technical College

Jessica Wood

Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings

Quintin Taylor

Chancellor, River Parishes Community College

Cole Clark

Managing Director, Deloitte

Susan Fitzgerald

Managing Director, Public Finance, Moody’s Investors Service

Fernando Bleichmar

CEO, Risepoint

Jay Vaughan

Partner & Chair of the Education Practice, Cooley LLP

Emily Wadhwani

Senior Director and Sector Lead, USPF Higher Education, Fitch Ratings

Dave Yeager

Managing Partner, Radnor Property Group

Phil Hill

Publisher, On EdTech Newsletter

Geoffrey Eisenacher

Vice President of Development, Gilbane Development Company

Kim Fahey

President & CEO, Collegis Education

Lee Gardner

Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Beth Hollenberg

CEO, Everspring

Geoff Stricker

Senior Managing Director, Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate

Gates Bryant

Partner, Tyton Partners

Michelle Marks

Professor of Management and former Chancellor, University of Colorado Denver

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

Karen Weaver

Graduate Faculty, University of Pennsylvania

David Eby

CEO, Evidence In Motion

Nina Farrell

Vice President, Public Institutions & Higher Education, JLL

Christopher Hicks

President, Provident Resources Group

David Fike

President, Golden Gate University

JASON DEMPSEY

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) President, Virtual Veterans Communities

Eric Braun

President, Shawnee State University

Brent Ramdin

CEO, EducationDynamics

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 institutions
RESOURCES
Event Sponsors
Partner Sponsors

2025 P3•EDU Fellowship Cohort

PHILLIP BRIDGMON

University of South Carolina Aiken

DANIELLE BUCCI

Nazareth University

SHAWN DALEY

George Fox University

SHERRHONDA GIBBS

Morehouse College

CORNELIUS GRAVES

Norfolk State University

ERIK GUENARD

University of Wisconsin-Stout

TYJAUN LEE

Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City

KARI KNUTSON MILLER

California State University, Stanislaus

MAGESH RAJAN

Prairie View A&M University

KARA VAN DAM

Grand Valley State University

PENNY VIGNEAU

Oakland University

Karen Markel

P3•EDU Fellowship Director
University of Colorado Colorado Springs

2024 P3•EDU Fellowship Cohort

Brian Amkraut

Mercy University

Jack DeRochi

Winthrop University

Rene Eborn

Utah State University

Jorge Figueroa

Texas Woman's University

Randall Fullington

University of Colorado Boulder

Jeremiah Grabowski

D'Youville University

Valerie Kelly

Kent State University

Jonathan Lord

College of Southern Idaho

Mary Ellen Mahoney

Catholic University of America

Jordan Milan

University of Wisconsin-Superior

Robert Mitchell

Dillard University

Lenora Reece

Dallas College

Paul Schwager

College of Charleston

2023 P3•EDU Fellowship Cohort

Tom Adelson

University of Tulsa

Susan Arendt

Iowa State University

Bettyjo Bouchey

National Louis University

Courtney Brafford

University of Memphis

Wendy Colby

Boston University

Sandra Jones

Colorado State University Global

Sara Marcketti

Iowa State University

Jay O’Callaghan

Kean University

Alison Witherspoon

Quinnipiac University

We are currently accepting applications for our first course Online Operations Leadership with inquiries due May 1, 2025.
For more information, please email info@p3edu.com

Frequently Asked Questions

We are available to answer any additional questions.
Please email our customer support team for assistance at helpdesk@p3edu.com.

Event

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.

Registration

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. The event is by invitation only. 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.

Travel

What airport do I fly into?

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is 12 miles away and travel time is 20 – 30 minutes depending on traffic.

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 11/3 and event site Tuesday 11/4 and Wednesday 11/5. Please email helpdesk@p3edu.com with any special travel assistance needs.

Contact
For further information, please contact us at info@p3edu.com