President: John Noftsinger Valley of Virginia Partnership for Education	540/568-2700
Vice President: Wayne Anderson Associated Colleges of the South	404/636-9533
Secretary: Claire Ramsbottom Colleges of the Fenway	617/632-2814
Treasurer: Tom Horgan New Hampshire College & University Council	603/225-4199
Past-President: Allan Watson Intermedium, LLC	972/964-3776
Board (at-large):
Jake Bishop Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium	413/545-1096
Alice Brown Appalachian College Association	859/986-4584
Marti Clyde Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center	309/794-7376
Rosalie Gates Cooperating Raleigh Colleges	919/760-8538
Barbara Hawkins Texas Association of Developing Colleges	214/630-2511
Anneke Larrance Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley	315/267-3331
Susan Palmer The Five Colleges of Ohio	740/427-5234
Kathy Wright Ohio College Association	614/292-8041
Ex Officio:
Larry Dotolo ACL Executive Director	757/683-3183
Christa Olson American Council on Education	202/939-9739
Susan Whealler Johnston Association of Governing Boards of Universities & Colleges	202/776-0851
Program Manager:
Nicola Beltz Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education	757/683-3183
Special Advisor to the Board:
Lorna Peterson Five Colleges Inc.	413/256-8316
Special Projects Advisor to the Board:
Fred Baus University Center of Greenville	864/250-1111

Association for Consortium Leadership’s
Strategic Plan of Action

At the March 2005 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association for Consortium Leadership (ACL), a Strategic Plan of Action was developed as a tool designed to give guidance to the organization’s future. The Board focused on five main areas it thought would be essential for the relevance and growth of ACL: Assessment, Membership, National Voice, Professional Development, and Research. Committees, comprised of Board members and general membership, were formed to represent each of the five areas. The committees developed goals. Since the formulation of the Strategic Plan and creation of the committee structure, each of the committees developed its own goals and objectives. Unlike many strategic plans, the Board wanted ACL’s Plan to focus on action items that would engage the membership and result in something useful for the organization and its members. Below you will find information regarding each of the Committees formed to implement the Strategic Plan of Action. If you are a member of the Association for Consortium Leadership, and would like to join any of these Committees, please call the ACL Office at 757-683-3183 or e-mail Ms. Nicola Beltz, ACL Program Manager, at nicolabelt@aol.com.

ACL COMMITTEES

• Assessment Committee

• Membership Committee

• National Voice Committee

• Professional Development Committee

• Research Committee
   

Assessment Committee

Chairs:

Lorna Peterson
Claire Ramsbottom

Members:

Wayne Anderson
Brenda Barham-Hill
Larry Dotolo
Allan Watson

Goals:

• Develop an assessment tool to measure the effect of the consortium in meeting the goals of both the consortium and the member institutions.

• Work with regional accrediting boards and committees to include in their institutional self-review guidelines questions about the impact on the institution of consortial programs and membership.

• Contacts: Lorna Peterson and Claire Ramsbottom 

Membership Committee

Chair:

Jake Bishop

Members:

Nicola Beltz
Allen Carden
Larry Dotolo
Kathy Wright

Goals:

• Focus on personal contact for membership retention

• Encourage other consortia to take advantage of the benefits of ACL membership.

• Market new membership categories, including: corporate sponsors and non-profits in collaboration with higher education.

• Contact: Jake Bishop
   

National Voice Committee

Chairs:

Fred Baus
Tom Horgan

Members:

Larry Dotolo
Rosalie Gates

Goal:

• Investigate ways to raise the national profile of ACL.

• Contacts: Fred Baus and Tom Horgan
   

Professional Development Committee

Chair:

Anneke Larrance

Members:

Ross Bresler
Alice Brown
Phil DiChiara
Larry Dotolo

Goals:

• Provide professional development opportunities for consortial directors and staff

• Identify and develop a core of professionals who can help interested groups incorporate strategies for effective collaboration in higher education.

• Contact: Anneke Larrance
   

Research Committee

Chair:

Susan Palmer

Members:

Wayne Anderson
JoAnne Burley
Allen Carden
Marti Clyde
Rosalie Gates
Susan Johnston
James McCollum
David Smith

Goals:

• Collect and organize a body of research and identify leading researchers in effective collaboration in higher education,

• Increase ACL members’ access to the research, and

• Use the research results to communicate about collaboration to donors, foundations, government bodies, potential consortia, and other interested groups.

• Contact: Susan Palmer