Colleen F. Reaney, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Chicago , Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Promote to Director, Programs and Leadership & Lead, Tillman Leadership Institute (TLI) Feb 2024. Through TLI, I developed leadership skills in mid-career professionals and student-athletes. Oversaw curriculum design, program delivery, and community building fostering a network of leaders committed to service. Collaborated with the CEO on strategy and generated a 34% increase in revenue from year one to year two. Redefined a new TLI business model for 2025, (pivoting from open-enrollment programming to University credit and non-credit programs with prospects and leads over $900K. As Director of Programs and Leadership, I oversaw all Tillman Scholar programs, including scholar engagement programming, the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit (PTLS), the 2024 Selection and redesign of the 2025 selection, and the University Partnerships program. ***Position eliminated 10/2024 due to a reorganization.***

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Overseeing all operations of the Tillman Leadership Institute including: -strategic planning, operations and finance, business development/client cultivation, curriculum design, and managing an amazing team.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

**Formally known as Executive Education at Loyola. Re-Branded in Feb. 2019***Under the direction of the Executive Director, Loyola Business Leadership Hub, this position is responsible for the development, sales, marketing, and execution of open enrollment and custom non-degree programsPrimary Duties and Responsibilities: - Responsible for strategic planning, development, execution, and growth of Continuing Education non-degree programs. - Work with Hub and Quinlan staff and internal resources to design and implement business development strategies and marketing plan to support the Center's growth - Designs programs that will address the unique continuing business education needs of various communities and industry sectors in Chicago and several international locations in Europe and Asia - Establishes and implements a strategic plan in alignment with that of the school and the university and will oversee all custom and open enrollment programs - Analyzes market data to determine appropriate courses, strategies for program delivery and implementation - Responsible for recruiting faculty/non-faculty consultants, as well as students, ensuring an appropriate mix of academic and practitioner faculty and a diverse student population to optimize the learning experience - Develops strong community relations with corporations and strong relationships across University departments to create and execute interdisciplinary programs offerings - Will have bottom-line responsibilities for revenue and expense generated in the unit

Chicago, Illinois, Us

*Promoted from Alumni Manager in Chicago & Babson College to BSSD. The Business Support Services Director (BSSD) is responsible for the recruitment of scholars and the provision of scholars’ business support services obtained internally or externally to the program at Harold Washington College, part of City Colleges of Chicago. The BSSD develops, manages and coordinates all business partner relationships and activities for the recruitment of scholars through the development and implementation of recruitment plans and coordinates with the Alumni Managers for alumni referrals.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for managing and executing the alumni program of the National Blended & Chicago Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative sites with the goal of furthering growth potential of participants by engaging them in value-added, continued learning opportunities and support services.

Chicago, Il, Us

ORGC 201 – Business and Professional Communications 1/2012 - Present• Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the communication skills associated with business and professional contexts• Participate in a broad range of employment interviews.• Plan and conduct an interview in both interviewee and interviewer roles• Design and deliver both informative and persuasive public presentations.• Recognize cultural differences that impact members of an organization and enact appropriate communication strategies to help attain cultural diversity• Identify and overcome communication obstacles in professional relationships and small group contexts. CMN 220 – Public Speaking 09/2008 – 11/2011• Assisting student understanding of communication theory.• Teaching student the abilities to develop a well-focused central idea while public speaking.• Analyzing an audience/situation, and adapt an effective message directed at those needs.• Preparing and use of visual aids that promote clarity and interest.• Assisting students with the ability to cope effectively with speech anxiety.CMN 354 – Employment Interviewing Fall Quarter 2010• Assisting student understanding of interview format.• Organized practice interviews for student with alumni HR professionals.• Teaching managerial roles in interview candidates for employment opportunities.

Chicago, Il, Us

*Merit promotion from Assistant Director to Associate Director in July 2010.•Manage the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations who oversees Career Week, monthly alumni career conference calls, all community service volunteer opportunities and alumni career advising.•Alumni Relations college liaison for the College of Business, the College of Communication, the College of Computing and Digital Media, College of Education and the Kellstadt School of Management and the Driehaus College of Business.•Created and oversee DePaul’s Alumni Volunteer Programs totaling 15 volunteer opportunity on campus and across the nation/world for alumni to volunteer and engage with DePaul.•Managing all aspects of the Advancement Division’s Alumni Corporate Giving Campaign at over 10 corporations in the Chicagoland area.•Organizing company visits with alumni volunteer and human resource offices for all undergraduate students (Inside DePaul events) and Kellstadt graduate student Lunch & Learn session.•Coordinates communication between the Directors of Development to fulfill the volunteer needs of alumni prospects; yielding donations for the University’s Advancement Office•Created and oversee the DePaul Corporate Connectors program, a volunteer opportunity for alumni to engage fellow Blue Demons at their workplace. This program current has over 325 companies participating worldwide.•Oversaw the University-wide spring Faculty/Staff Giving Campaign including volunteer management of co-chairs, the committee, the volunteer corps of over 75 faculty/staff members from FY10-FY12.•Organized the student scholarship awardees for the Faculty / Staff Endowed Scholarship from FY10-FY12

Chicago, Il, Us

• Creating a new initiative for as it relates to career services and volunteer opportunities for the diverse alumni population including monthly alumni career conference calls.• Coordinate the Alumni Career Services quarterly planning meeting with the Career Center, MBA Career Management Center, Law Career Services and the ASK program to communicate effectively the plans to increase satisfaction of alumni with career services. • Chair the Career Week committee and overseeing the logistics, budget, sponsorship and marketing/ communications to ensure the needs of alumni are being met during this annual career event. Accomplishment: Increased events offered through Career Week by 17% and increased participation rate by 7% within one year.• Work closely with advancement communications to explore new technology to assist in the engagement of alumni (i.e. podcasts of career workshops, interactive webinars on job searching techniques).• Coordinate with Corporate Relations to identify and implement opportunities to engage DePaul alumni at their workplace to increase affinity to DePaul.• Centralize and expand current alumni volunteer opportunities. Create, implement and maintain system to promote opportunities, gather alumni volunteer interest and place volunteers. Work with other advancement areas to coordinate all alumni volunteer opportunities. • Coordinate the Alumni Volunteer Leadership Forum with alumni volunteers to train, develop and motivate participation in alumni volunteer opportunities and to increase interaction and sharing of best practices between the volunteers.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Ph.D., Higher Education

M.A., Communications And Training / Development

B.A., Communication Studies