Becoming a leader in how to best support a diverse student body in achieving success in the 21st century requires innovative initiatives, organization-wide collaboration, re-inspired resources and relationships, and, most importantly, leadership support. Putting people first in this process is paramount – but how do you create a community of practice in a system where everyone is divided into groups and at different skill levels?

Speaker: Astrud Reed

Community of Practice Manager at University of California, Irvine

Astrud Reed is a creative strategist, marketing, and data analyst, and a thought leader in empowering and engaging 21st-century communities. With almost 20 years in large R1 universities working from administrative department staff to campus level leadership roles and two degrees that studied organizational structure and change, with a focus on the role policies and procedures play in large institutions, she is always analyzing systems and proposing more efficient, effective, and sustainable methods of improvement.