Cohorts

Academy: Launch Cohorts

2026 Cohort

2026 Launch Participants
  • Nathaniel Barnes, Jr., University of South Florida
  • Joe Barnette, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Hannah Blanton, Virginia Tech
  • Brie Brubaker, Lewis University
  • Alan Buck, University of South Carolina
  • Lauire Carpenter, Norfolk State College
  • Eugenia Carriere, New Mexico State University
  • Julie Detweiler, Florida State University
  • George Hemcher, Temple University
  • Ben Hines, Georgia Gwinnett College
  • Maeve Konouck, University of Virginia
  • Melissa Kozak, University of Georgia
  • Marc Krell, Glendale Community College
  • Audria Lujan, New Mexico State University
  • Nikki Martinez, Experiential One
  • Christina Mattern, University of Florida
  • Clair McClure, University of Georgia
  • Angie McGinnis, Owens Community College
  • Jared Miller, Florida State University
  • Marissa Miller, Auburn University
  • Shannon Montgomery, Alabama Legislative Services Agency
  • Andrew Muffet, Purdue University
  • Michael Oelbaum, Experiential One
  • Dyone Payne, Prince George’s Community College
  • Becky Phelps, Berea College
  • Kersten Rosenberger, Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE)
  • Taylor Tucker, Owens Community College
  • LaTresia Ventress, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
  • Shelley Wiley, Tennessee Technological University
  • Ayanna Young, Oxford College of Emory University
  • Megan Zimmerman, University of Vermont

Faculty:  Kelly Harper, Peggy Harrier, Kristen Gallo, David Caffo, Carissa Forde, and Zach Fiore

2025 Cohort (CEIA Academy: Vail)

  • Adrienne Bell, Endicott College
  • Sara Cornett, Berea College
  • Evelina Garcia Malpica, Universidad Anáhuac Puebla (Mexico)
  • Emma Gibbons, James Madison University
  • Frances Glycenfer, Colorado State University Honors Program
  • Heidi Haverkamp-Davis, University of Minnesota- Morris
  • Nicole Ingold, Berea College
  • Albert Knoblach, Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business
  • L. Scott Mann, Pellissippi State Community College
  • Molly McGregor, Lynn University
  • Kari Meszaros, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh
  • Julie Moye, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Andrew Oles, Berea College
  • Rachel Otte, University of Cincinnati
  • Ashley Petr, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh
  • Sara Rodriguez, Macalester College
  • Lauren Rosenberg, Northeastern University
  • Kelsey Tesalona, Florida State University
  • Bryce Yoder, Carnegie Mellon University

Faculty:  Tracey Dowling, Peggy Harrier, Kelly Harper, and Richard Robles