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Professional Description: Vice president for Student development at Southeastern University. oversees the departments of Student Services, Spiritual formation, campus life, on campus restaurant, Student conduct, media Services, title IX, campus communications, multicultural affairs, and the campus bookstore. Experience & Qualifications: She has worked in higher education since 2009 at both Southeastern University and the University of miami. omas oversees more than 50 fulltime employees as well as manages a very large operational budget. She has planned and executed campus wide events and conferences for more than 2,000 students. leads multiple committees and helped implement and start various endeavors within the university. Education & Training: doctorate of education in organizational leadership (graduation may 2019); master of arts in human Services with a specialization in marriage & family erapy; bachelor of arts in business administration. B ETHANY T RICIA T HOMAS Vice President for Student Development Southeastern University 1000 Longfellow Blvd Lakeland, FL 33801 [email protected] [phone] Community Service: Volunteers with and hosts the Special olympics at SeU; partners with the dream center on locality days; volunteers with lights of lakeland at highland park church; works at summer camps to help children learn how to waterski. Awards: SeU outreach award for her valuable contribution to the campus community; one big night award; Staff of the Year; dean’s list at the graduate level. Interests: research, boating, fishing, spending time with family, her dogs, mentoring, and spending time with Jesus. Professional Description: Walls provides general business counsel to closely held businesses and not-for-profit organizations in a variety of industries and sizes. her areas of practice include entity formation, business transactions, contract review, labor & employment counsel, and compliance. She also provides non-harassment, wage & hour, and other training to the management teams of employers in both the private and public sector. Walls is admitted to practice in ohio, florida, and the federal district courts for the northern district of ohio and the middle district of florida. Experience & Qualifications: In more than a decade of practicing law, her emphasis has always been on assisting business owners and managers in minimizing and avoiding risk in order to maximize efficiency, productivity, and returns. She is business-oriented and client-focused and has experience in litigation, administrative law, and general business counsel. Education & Training: University of akron School of law, magna cum laude (2006); miami University, oxford, ohio, magna cum laude (2000). A MANDA W ALLS Senior Attorney Peterson & Myers, P.A. 225 E Lemon St, Ste 300 Lakeland, FL 33801 [email protected] [phone] Community Service: e lakeland rotary club, board of directors (current); lakeland chamber of commerce board of directors (current), general counsel (2017); Inneract alliance, board of directors (2016-2018); domestic Violence project, Inc. in canton, ohio, board of directors (2008-2015), president (2014-2015); bluecoats drum & bugle corps, Inc., board of directors (2008-2015). Awards: Super lawyers rising Star (2009-2013, 2015-2018); gold key award, United Way of Stark county; ohio State bar foundation community Service award for lawyers Under the age of 40; twenty Under 40, ystark!, a division of the canton regional chamber of commerce; graduate of leadership Stark county class XX. Interests: reading great books, listening to intriguing podcasts, journaling, yoga, boating, being a disney annual pass holder, and scrapbooking. L EADERSHIP L AKELAND