Susan J. Bracken is Assistant Professor of Adult Education, North Carolina State University. Jeanie K. Allen is Visiting Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Drury University. Diane R. Dean is Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration and Policy, Illinois State University. Claire Van Ummersen is senior advisor at the American Council on Education (ACE), where she served for 5 years as vice president of ACE's Center for Effective Leadership, and for 4 years as vice president and director of the Office of Women in Higher Education. Van Ummersen is President Emerita of Cleveland State University, having served as president from 1993-2001. Prior to that, Van Ummersen was Chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire, and has also served with the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education.