Elise Schebler Roberts, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

• Specializing in community engagement cultural programs and resource development. Sample Projects:
• Linn County Cultural Funds, IA. Authored successful $300,000 grant for museum expansion activities
• Minnesota Historical Society Mill City Museum Project, MN. Negotiated with Twin Cities region cultural partners to create new relationships within the downtown community
• Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project, MN Communications and Development Director. Facilitated the Medical Doctor… Show more Specializing in community engagement cultural programs and resource development. Sample.
• Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project, MN Communications and Development Director. Facilitated the Medical Doctor exchange program between U.S. and Iraq Show less

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

• Providing personalized learning in a one-to-one education environment.
• Adapt learning strategies to individual student styles and needs
• Collaborate with Campus Director and Instructors to advance student completion rates
• Serve on ad hoc curriculum and Cognia accreditation projects

Maple Grove, MN

• Sustained Close the Gap, Boston Scientific’s Diversity and Inclusion health equity initiative.
• Revitalized digital communication strategies, including social media, improving health disparity education
• Analyzed and reconciled budget overages, leading to first balanced budget in three years
• Co-chaired team Strategic Plan and advocated for University and Nonprofit Partnerships

Twin Cities, Minnesota

• Served multi-ethnic, low-income student body in residential, hybrid and distance learning college classrooms.
• Increased classroom student retention rate by 15% while attaining high average student evaluation score
• Courses: Introduction to Humanities, Film in Society, Art in the Modern World, Introduction to Literature, Intercultural Communications, Global Citizenship, Interpersonal Relations, and International Business
• Originated campus Service-Learning Engagement Program… Show more Served multi-ethnic, low-income student body in residential, hybrid and distance learning college classrooms.
• Originated campus Service-Learning Engagement Program, facilitated Insights Discovery Workshops, collaborated as an Online Curriculum Developer, implemented the iPads in the Classroom Pilot Initiative and served as.

• Founded Fiber Arts and community history studio in historic downtown.
• Designed original memoir quilts by helping customer investigate their personal history
• Taught historical research methods in community programs
• Showcased as American Quilter on the Minnesota Folk Artists Roster 2002-2004

• Authored The Quilt: A Celebration and History of an American Art Form, 350 pages. Co-authored additional books.
• The Quilt Total Sales: 13,500 copies, exceeding national average nonfiction sales by 35%
• Barnes and Noble 2007 National Christmas Catalogue Featured Book
• National Author Tour 2007-2009

• Completed $6 million capital campaign while improving stability of annual funding.
• Expanded revenue streams including major gifts, grants, annual campaign and corporate memberships
• Inspired and directed 100 volunteer fundraisers
• Promoted special events, exhibit openings and community opportunities

• Saved non-traditional chaplain program at Genesis Medical Center following the death of the founding director.
• Established first fund-raising program
• Restructured Board of Directors
• Built infrastructure that brought the program from the brink of cancellation to a vibrant permanent community resource.

Ed.D., Educational Leadership

Dissertation: Art, Life Story and Cultural Memory: Profiles of the Artists of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial

American History (United States)

Graduate coursework in Native American, Civil Rights and Frontiers History.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student of the Year Award Brenda Craig Scholarship Award

M.A., History Museum Studies

Thesis: The Folk Art of Olaf Krans as Historic Document

B.S.S., Geology

Activities and Societies: Geology Department Secretary, Pfeiffer House Council, Performing Arts and Activities Council, Phi Omega Sorority