The Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders Program Welcomes a New Cohort for 2022-23

The goal of CUPA-HR’s Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders program is to identify potential volunteer leaders who have shown exemplary leadership and initiative within higher ed HR and exhibit the desire to play an active role in advancing the profession. Invited participants have the unique opportunity to engage in problem-solving work groups and develop deep networks with peers while gaining an inside look at CUPA-HR’s operations and structure.

Throughout the program, participants are encouraged to serve the association in a leadership capacity, lending a fresh and informed perspective. Many participants have gone on to hold positions on chapter boards, region boards and CUPA-HR’s national board of directors.

The 2021-22 Cohort Curated Best Practices for CUPA-HR Chapters

Before our previous cohort of leaders embark on the next step in their professional journeys, we want to acknowledge a special project they developed over the past several months. Each year, CUPA-HR recognizes outstanding work by chapters across the country, especially in the areas of event planning and programming, engagement, chapter management and leader development. The 2021-22 Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders wanted to collect those best practices in a format that was easy to share with future chapter leaders. As a result, CUPA-HR’s Chapter Toolkit now includes recorded interviews with some of CUPA-HR’s most experienced chapter leaders passing along lessons learned and secrets to chapter success.

Many thanks to our 2021-22 Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders for their time and efforts:

• Meg Arnold, Director of Organizational Development at Belmont University
• Nicole Englitsch, Organizational Development Specialist at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• Jamee Harrington, Chief HR officer at Rogue Community College
• Shannon Raum, Assistant Director of HR at Notre Dame of Maryland University
• Taylor Zeilinger, HR Manager at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

The 2022-23 Cohort Will Explore New Ways to Grow the Profession

“We are excited to welcome this year’s Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders cohort,” says CUPA-HR President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Brantley. “These individuals are outstanding higher education human resources leaders who will help us lead the association into the future.”

Congratulations to the 2022-23 Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders:

• Laura Good, Assistant Director of Human Resources and Benefit Systems Manager, University of Mount Union
• Leslie Hardin, Vice President Human Resources, Johnson County Community College
• Beth Muha, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, American University
• Allyson Mullin, Executive Director of Human Resources, Alvernia University
• Krista Vaught, Assistant Director, Employee Learning and Engagement, Vanderbilt University
• Angela Wurtsmith, Executive Director of Human Resources, Colorado Mountain College

Interested in joining our 2023-24 cohort? Learn more about the Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders program.