ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I express my thanks to all those who contributed to this book with their ideas, time, resources, and patience. In particular, I thank Nina Narella and Tim May from XPLANE for being my creative partners on this adventure, Suzzane Walsh from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for funding this exploration, and Lori Coulter and Christopher Knaus for coordinating this project. I am indebted to Mark P. Becker, Roald L. Carter, Tim Hall, Nivine Megahed, Mark B. Rosenberg, Wim Wiewel, and Harry L. Williams who took time out to their busy schedule to share their thoughts on leadership and institutional transformation. Also, I thank my colleagues from multiple institutions who shared their work, including Aarti Dhupelia and Diane Trausch from National Louis University; Mike Boone, Lisa Dunning, Teresa Hardee, and Georgeann Hawyard from Delaware State University; Isis Artze-Vega, Sat Becerra, Elizabeth Bejar, Laird Kramer, Leanne Wells, Damaris Valdes from Florida International University; Ben Brandon, Allison Calhoun-Brown, Carol Cohen, Tim Renick, Ben Welling, Ethel Brown from Georgia State University; Helen Caldwell, Antonio Henley, Brian Jones, Laura McLean, and Sherri Belfield from Johnson C. Smith University; Jessica Haber, Jose Herrera, Raj Kumar, Tori Mondelli, Joan Toglias, Grace Creighton from Mercy College; Sona Karentz Andrews, Cindy Baccar, Johannes De Gruyter, Randi Harris, Hans VanDerSchaaf, Nicole Bannon, and Brian Rozendal from Portland State University; Megan Donaldson, Ryan Brown, Sara Messing, Kirse May, Amy Martin, and Nicole Bittner from XPLANE, and Shannon Looney from USU/APLU Office of Urban Initiatives. Thanks also to Alessandra Tosi and the staff at Open Book Publishers. Finally, I thank my family for their patience and encouragement: Jasjeet, Baaz, Joesh, Amrit, and Ranger.