Our Team
Andrea Starks-Corbin
Andrea is currently the Marketing Coordinator for RISE Partnerships, and she joins the team in assisting with operations, projects, and streamlining systems from a marketing lens. Before coming to RISE, Andrea grew her professional portfolio within marketing, communications, and production management roles.
Her fraternity/sorority life experience began as a member, then as a volunteer, and then working at the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors where the mission of delivering exceptional professional development resources drove her work.
Brittany Barnes DEEG
Brittany is part of RISE’s training team and the instructional design team, where she ensures the programs we develop are student-centric.
Her energy is infectious and her brilliance is unmatched. Brittany is exceptionally talented at maintaining healthy rapport with students while simultaneously working through highly complex problems. Relying on these and other abilities, she was responsible for spearheading the award-winning RESPECT initiative at Purdue.
Chris Brooks
Chris is currently the Greek Life Advisor at the University of New Mexico.
Chris has a strong background in e-learning through his work with staff at Sigma Chi. In addition to supporting RISE’s instruction design team, Chris has participated in the EXCEL Summit and brings a wealth of knowledge and creativity to the RISE team.
Chris Jefferson
Chris is the Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life at Penn State University and serves as a facilitator for IMPACT, UIFI, IFI, Launch, ASTP, Leadershape, workshops for many inter/national organizations, and more.
Chris facilitates RISE’s training programs for new member educators (THRIVE), volunteer advisors (GUIDE), and new officers (EQUIP). Chris also serve on RISE’s curriculum design team, developing new programs for clients, and on the consulting team as an analyst on assessment and strategy projects.
Dan Bureau, Ph. D.
Dan currently serves as the Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Memphis, and as a board member for the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education.
He has a keen understanding of assessment and the role of fraternal organizations in supporting the mission of higher education. As a thought leader in fraternity/sorority life and student affairs, Dan regularly shows up as an author, consultant, coach, presenter, and facilitator in numerous programs and publications. He served as President for the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors in 2004 and has been a volunteer for the organization for 20 years. Dan is part of our consulting team, and works most frequently on research projects, program reviews, community assessments, and strategic planning efforts.
DAN WRONA
Dan has worked with fraternal organizations from every perspective: a campus professional, a headquarters professional, an umbrella organization staff member, a chapter advisor, a volunteer leader, and a business leader.
He is a student of organizational leadership, systems theory, strategy, instructional design, and other complex issues, and regularly contributes to the fraternity/sorority industry through writing and presenting.
Dan manages the day-to-day operations of RISE and leads many of our instructional design and consulting projects. To schedule a meeting, click here.
EMILY FEUER, PH.D.
Emily works at the University at Albany, SUNY in the Office of Student Affairs Assessment and Planning. In this role, she helps departments set and realize their goals, better understand the student experience, and continuously work to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
Emily's passion for hazing prevention from a campus-based professional perspective led her to pursue a Ph.D. program in Educational Policy and Leadership. She recently graduated and her dissertation focused on the way students and administrators frame hazing behaviors. Emily serves on RISE’s consulting team.
Jenny DAMASK, ED.D.
Jenny currently works as a Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist at the University of Wisconsin. In her role she helps campus partners strategize and evaluate changes to systems, policies, and environments.
She has a brilliant grasp of the public health approach to preventing issues with alcohol, drugs, tobacco, hazing, and sexual assault. She developed several successful educational programs and promotional campaigns involving social norms clarification and bystander intervention.
Jenny contributes her expertise to RISE’s instructional design team and to consulting projects involving high-risk behavior.
JESSICA WILSON
Jessica Wilson has worked with fraternity and sorority communities at the University of Texas at Arlington, Capital University, and The Ohio State University prior to her new professional role delivering programming to attract university talent through the global internship program at Gartner, Inc.
She believes in the fraternal experience, and harnesses student development and experiential learning to impact the efforts towards members' career readiness. She supports the RISE mission of helping leaders to do their best work by utilizing technology to solve problems and streamline efficiency.
Jon Campbell
Jon currently serves as the Director of Fellows for New Memphis Institute, guiding mid-career leaders through a year-long experience focused on enhancing leadership capacity and promoting civic activation.
He is an excellent facilitator and coach. Jon brings his professional experience in leadership development programs on campus and for adult professionals to ensure that our work is practical and relevant beyond the collegiate environment.
Jon is part of the instructional design team and frequently serves as a trainer for each of our programs.
Julie Dold
RISE Partnerships is excited to announce the addition of Julie Dold as our new Business Coordinator. Julie joins RISE after an outstanding 17 year career at SUNY Potsdam, having held positions in Residence Life, Campus Life, and Admissions. As Business Coordinator, Julie will develop and maintain RISE's day-to-day operational systems as the company continues to grow.
Karlee Nuttelman
Karlee has worked with fraternities and sororities in various capacities at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Indiana University, the University of Dayton, Sigma Kappa Sorority National Headquarters, and Delta Tau Delta International Headquarters. She is a member of and regularly volunteers for Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Focusing on prevention and eLearning efforts, she brings enhanced capacity to the RISE team and the new projects we deliver for our clients.
Paul Mintner
Paul has worked at the University of Iowa since 2012, currently serving as the Associate Director for Leadership & Service Programs in the Center for Student Involvement & Leadership. His work provides leadership development opportunities and civic engagement programming for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students through both curricular and co-curricular experiences.
He brings expertise in leadership development, competency models, instructional design, and organization development to the RISE team. Paul has done outstanding work developing campus-wide leadership development and service learning initiatives, and integrating them across multiple departments.
Paul is a part of RISE’s instructional design team, with specific focus on leadership competencies, program design, and educational strategy.
STACY KRAUS MCDONALD
Stacy is a former student affairs practitioner with over 15 years of experience of creating impact with university fraternity/sorority communities, most recently at the University of Pennsylvania.
Her experience has been complimented by serving as the Director of Chapter Services for Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority and serving as a volunteer in various capacities for her sorority (Sigma Kappa), the National Panhellenic Conference, and the Northeast Greek Leadership Association’s Board of Directors.
Stacy serves on RISE’s consulting team as an analyst on program review, assessment, and strategy projects.
Whitney Swesey
Whitney is a past campus-based fraternity/sorority professional who now works in training and development at a growing startup technology company.
Having overseen dramatic increases in membership at three institutions, she knows how to strengthen recruitment systems. Whitney also brings new perspective on educational strategy to the fraternity/sorority world through her professional experience developing organization-wide training and development initiatives.
Whitney contributes her expertise to RISE through the instructional design team, the consulting team, and as a trainer for multiple programs.