-Assistant vice president, director of engagement and outreach at Kansas State University. Responsibilities include creating mutually beneficial relationships with public and private sector partners that leverage the university’s academic resources to make progress on significant challenges and deliver economic prosperity.-Professor of communication and leadership at the Staley School of Leadership whose scholarship and practice focus on community engagement, public deliberation, and leadership. -Founding director of Third Floor Research, an applied research center at the Kanas Leadership Center. The center is aimed at improving the way leadership is exercised in communities and organizations. -Former department head, director of an inter-disciplinary doctoral program, and earned a Ph.D. in Communication Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.