• B.S., Northwestern University
• M.A., Yale University
• Ph.D., Yale University

Perri Strawn has been with the Advisory Board since 1999 and is the Managing Director of the Student Affairs Leadership Council. In that role she oversees the Council’s strategic best practice reports and custom research division. Recent research efforts have focused on student mental health, student engagement, and the data-driven student affairs enterprise. Prior to her work serving student affairs officers, Dr. Strawn led curriculum development in the Advisory Board Academies division, creating coursework designed to elevate the performance of health care leaders in change management, organizational effectiveness, and recruitment and retention.

• B.S., Cornell University

Chris Miller is an Executive Director for the University Leadership Council. Recent research initiatives have included student learning outcomes, faculty diversity, and multidisciplinary research institutes and centers. Prior to his work with the University Leadership Council, Mr. Miller led research initiatives on topics including the evaluation and funding of emerging technologies in decentralized organizations, the globalization of R&D, the creation of inter-organizational business shared services, and remote monitoring medical technologies at both The Advisory Board Company and its sister company, the Corporate Executive Board.

• B.A., Smith College
• Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Jennifer Mason’s research focuses on faculty affairs and student success. She led the University Leadership Council’s 2008 research on increasing faculty diversity and is currently directing research on undergraduate retention. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Dr. Mason taught American literature, literary theory, and writing at Skidmore College, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Texas at Austin and held an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Humanities Consortium at UCLA. She is the author of Civilized Creatures: Urban Animals, Sentimental Culture, and American Literature, 1850–1900 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2005).

• B.S., Brown University
• M.B.A., University of Michigan

Noah Rosenberg works with universities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their administrative functions, including finance, human resources, facilities, and information technology. Prior to joining The Advisory Board Company, Mr. Rosenberg ran the CFO Executive Board, a best practices research forum serving several hundred chief financial officers of large, multinational corporations. He has also worked as a commercial banker for M&T Bank.

• B.A., University of Chicago
• MPhil, University of Cambridge
• Ph.D., Princeton University

David Attis works with universities on issues relating to the research enterprise, including managing large-scale multidisciplinary research, addressing the rising cost of faculty start-up packages, and approaches to distributing indirect cost recovery. Prior to joining The Advisory Board Company, Dr. Attis was a senior policy consultant for the Council on Competitiveness working on science and innovation policy issues. He has also worked as a management consultant for A.T. Kearney, both in their general consulting practice and in their Global Business Policy Council.

• B.A., Miami University of Ohio
• Ed.M., Harvard University

Christine Enyeart serves the University Leadership Council membership through management of all ULC custom research projects. Prior to joining The Advisory Board Company, Ms. Enyeart worked for six years in education policy research and program management. Ms. Enyeart began her career via the Teach For America program, through which she taught fifth grade for three years in the Houston Independent School District.

• B.A., Hamilton College
• M St., Oxford University
• Ph.D., Duke University

Liz Rothenberg joined The Advisory Board Company in 2007 and has since led studies on key issues in student affairs, including college mental health, LGBTQI services, and the needs of distressed students on campus. Her current work focuses on assessment and data-driven decision making in student affairs organizations.

• B.S., Chapman University
• M.B.A., Harvard Business School

Mary Meshreky works with universities on strategic and financial issues, focusing on budget model development and evaluating strategic investments. Previously, Ms. Meshreky served as a senior valuation consultant at Standard & Poor’s and, later, at Duff & Phelps. Ms. Meshreky began her career as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche serving Fortune 1000 companies.

• B.S., Duke University
• PhD., Duke University

Ed Venit conducts research on student retention strategies, including innovations in early warning systems, undergraduate advising, learning communities, and enrollment management. He also researches the financial implications of retention and the use of data analytics to inform the next generation of retention practices. Before joining The Advisory Board Company, Dr. Venit worked in university admissions and completed a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from Duke University.

• B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
• M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
• Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Melanie Ho works with the University Business Executive Roundtable. Prior to joining the Advisory Board, she received her Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned the Academic Senate's Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Ho served on the executive committees of the English Department and the College of Letters and Science and on the strategic planning committee of the alumni association. She also chaired the board of directors of the commercial enterprise that operates the bookstores, restaurants, and trademarks and licensing at UCLA.

• B.A., Colgate University
• M.S.T., Pace University

Carla Hickman has conducted research on behalf of academic affairs leaders on issues related to internationalization and global learning, graduate education, and the research enterprise. She is currently a lead contributor to the University Leadership Council’s study on online and blended education. Prior to joining the Education Advisory Board, Ms. Hickman served as a Teach For America corps member teaching fifth grade in the New York City public school system.