Audrey Ellis is the founder and principal consultant of T3 Advisory. With a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus, Dr. Ellis's research focuses on change management and initiative fatigue across higher education, with particular attention to access-oriented and resource-constrained institutions including community colleges, HBCUs, and other minority-serving institutions.

Since founding T3 Advisory, Dr. Ellis has partnered with higher education institutions to deliver strategic guidance, implementation support, and training. Her expertise spans change management, AI literacy, and student-centered process improvement. She co-founded Complete College America’s Council on AI, where she led discussions and develops resources at the intersection of AI and equity. In addition to her dissertation on initiative fatigue, she has authored numerous publications on AI and student success and frequently delivers keynotes and workshops on technology, equity, and education.

Dr. Ellis has partnered with dozens of higher education institutions in a research and consulting capacity, including community colleges, HBCUs, and four-year universities. Her work spans student journey mapping, AI strategy, enrollment optimization, and institutional transformation.

Dr. Ellis leads T3's partnerships with the Gates Foundation, Complete College America, the United Negro College Fund, Growing Inland Achievement, and other national intermediaries and systems. Through this work, she and her team have partnered with HBCUs, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, community colleges, and regional universities on student journey mapping, AI adoption strategy, and institutional transformation.

Dr. Ellis earned her B.A. in Sociology and Education from Tufts University and her M.S. Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.

Dr. Jacci Banegas-Abreu is a higher education leader with nearly two decades of experience advancing student success, college access, and institutional transformation. Her work focuses on designing and strengthening programs, systems, and partnerships that help students navigate postsecondary pathways and help institutions translate strategy into sustainable practice.

Prior to joining T3 Advisory, Dr. Banegas-Abreu served as Director of the Bonner Scholars Program and Associate Director of Student Engagement at the University of Richmond, where she led a comprehensive student development and civic engagement program. She worked across the university and with community partners to strengthen the student experience, improve program operations, and create more intentional structures for student support and engagement.

Dr. Banegas-Abreu spent much of her career at New York University, where she held leadership roles across student success, opportunity programs, enrollment, and transfer initiatives. As Associate Director of NYU’s Community College Transfer Opportunity Program (CCTOP), she led a multi-institutional initiative connecting 14 community colleges with NYU. Her leadership helped strengthen transfer pathways, deepen institutional partnerships, increase student engagement, and improve retention and degree completion outcomes.

Across her career, Dr. Banegas-Abreu has worked at the intersection of student experience, institutional strategy, and implementation. She brings experience leading complex initiatives, developing cross-institutional partnerships, using data to inform program improvement, and bringing stakeholders together to move ideas from strategy to implementation. Her work emphasizes helping institutions better understand the student journey, identify systemic barriers, and build practical solutions that improve access, persistence, and completion.

Dr. Banegas-Abreu earned her Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation from New York University, where her doctoral research examined pathways between community colleges and private four-year institutions. She also holds a master’s degree in Higher Education Student Counseling and a bachelor’s degree in Business with concentrations in Marketing and Organizational Behavior.

Geneva Dampare is a strategic higher education leader with over 15 years of experience driving equitable learner success and organizational systems change through technology initiatives. She specializes in institutional transformation, digital credentials, and leveraging upskilling for learner mobility. Geneva is an expert at delivering impactful solutions and cultivating robust, multi-stakeholder partnerships across non-profits, philanthropies, and higher education institutions.

Prior to joining T3 Advisory, Geneva served as the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). In this capacity, she oversaw the strategic direction and implementation of over 20 programs that promoted innovation and growth across UNCF's network of 37 member Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). She has a proven track record of securing and managing significant grants, including $4M from philanthropic organizations to support technology integration and capacity building. Geneva's work focused heavily on leveraging technology for student success, including leading the course sharing and academic strategy for HBCUv.org, an innovative EdTech start-up platform. She also directed a multi-stakeholder Gates Foundation-funded initiative on AI-enabled digital courseware and facilitated a community of practice in the development of an AI Learning Design Assistant, promoting engagement for under-supported student populations.

Geneva has also held impactful roles at other prominent organizations in the education sector, including U.S. News & World Report, the University of Maryland Smith School of Business, American University, and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Geneva holds a Master of Science with distinction in Organizational Development (MSOD) from American University and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Africana Studies from Oberlin College. As an accomplished organizational development practitioner, she is committed to fostering inclusive cultures and continuous growth.

Marisol Garza, Ph.D., is a practitioner-scholar with more than twenty years of experience in higher education, blending research, strategy, and practice to build equitable systems that center student voice. A first-generation Latina whose educational journey began at a community college, Marisol is guided by a lifelong commitment to access, belonging, and transformation.

Her career began as a work-study student at Lone Star College and evolved through leadership roles in academic advising, student engagement, and institutional development. At the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), she worked to establish the Center’s professional development division and led initiatives that helped colleges use data-informed storytelling to understand the student experience. She also contributed to Higher Endeavor, a Gates Foundation–funded project supporting guided pathways and institutional transformation.

As an Institutional Support Consultant with Trellis Company, Marisol provided technical assistance to minority-serving institutions across multiple states, leading enrollment assessments, communication mapping, and strategic planning to strengthen institutional capacity. At Houston Community College, she was the first Program Manager for Advising, leading a system-wide guided pathways implementation for 70,000+ students and designing professional development and training for more than 130 advisors each semester.

Marisol’s work sits at the intersection of leadership, research, and equity. She has published and presented nationally on Latinx student engagement, transfer equity, and organizational change. Her approach combines data analysis with relational practice to translate complex information into actionable strategies that foster sustainable improvement.

She holds an A.A. from Lone Star College–CyFair, a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Houston, an M.Ed. in Counseling and Guidance from Texas State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy from The University of Texas at Austin. Marisol also holds certifications in leadership psychology from Cornell University and in career and education advising from Indiana University.

Daniel C. Gannon, LPD, is a higher education and workforce development leader who partners with institutions to strategize, design, and optimize portfolios that drive meaningful learning and institutional outcomes. He has deep experience designing academic strategies aligned to workforce demand, student experience, and institutional priorities. His work centers on the effective integration of academic outcomes, labor-market signals, and emerging technologies to advance institutional goals, enhance student experience, and strengthen learning systems.

Dr. Gannon has spent his career partnering with colleges, universities, and system leaders to deliver strategic guidance, implementation support, and facilitated sensemaking around academic strategy, workforce alignment, and responsible AI integration. Before joining T3 Advisory, He served as Senior Director of Academic Portfolio Management at Western Governors University, where he built and led the university’s centralized portfolio strategy function. In this role, he designed frameworks stewarding multimillion-dollar investments serving more than 200,000 learners annually. His work helped establish standardized governance practices and improve alignment between credentials, workforce demand, and economic mobility outcomes.

Earlier in his career, he held Associate and Senior Associate Dean roles at Southern New Hampshire University and Northeastern University, where he led academic innovation, advising strategy, FYE operations, and student success initiatives serving adult and working learners. Across roles, his work has consistently concentrated on access, equity, and the design of scalable systems that support institutional sustainability and diverse learner success. His approach blends strategic analysis, institutional research, and relational facilitation to translate complexity into actionable strategies that foster sustainable improvement.

He holds two B.A. degrees from Keene State College in Theatre and Dance and Political Science. He earned both his M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration and Doctorate in Law and Policy (LPD) from Northeastern University.

Marisa Yates, MA is a strategic research and data analytics leader who partners with institutions to translate complex information into insights that shape decision-making and drive measurable outcomes. She has more than 15 years of experience leveraging large datasets to uncover the drivers behind the numbers, leading large-scale research efforts across an institution, and producing high-quality data for assessment and continuous improvement. Her work centers on turning research into clear narratives and strategic frameworks that inform programs, influence policy, and elevate organizational voice.

Before joining T3 Advisory, Marisa served as a Senior Research Analyst at Western Governors University, where she designed and executed a university-wide skills validation process, combining quantitative and qualitative methods to align curriculum with workforce demand. In this role, she demonstrated a consistent ability to connect rigorous analysis to the practical questions facing institutional leaders.

Earlier in her career, Marisa held research and analytics roles across higher education and the private sector, including the University of West Georgia, Miami Dade College, and Royal Caribbean International. Across these roles, she built a track record of automating reporting, improving data accuracy, and delivering actionable recommendations that refined business and institutional strategy.

She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Miami and an M.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she focused on methodology, clinical methods, and cognitive psychology.

Kate has over 14 years of experience in higher education leadership, specializing in guided pathways strategy, equity-centered institutional transformation, and strategic planning. A cultural anthropologist by training, she brings a systems-thinking approach to complex organizational change, combining project management rigor with facilitation expertise to help institutions execute large-scale student success initiatives.

Kate's higher education career includes eight years of direct experience implementing state-mandated policy in Washington State's community and technical college system. As Executive Director of Guided Pathways at Seattle Central College, she managed a $1.6 million portfolio to execute Washington State Legislature's HB 2158 (2019), successfully integrating multiple transformational projects into long-term college operations. These initiatives included English and math directed self-placement, Black solidarity decision-making processes, comprehensive program mapping, and pathway website redesigns. She also played a major role in aligning the college's federal Title III grant with pathways implementation goals. Prior to this role, Kate served as Associate Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, where she managed 100+ union employees across 19 departments while launching the college's initial guided pathways work.

Since founding Learn Consulting in 2024, Kate has expanded her impact at the systems level. She serves as both coach and consultant for the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, where she is building and executing statewide learning communities for AI and guided pathways implementation. Her focus is developing administrator capacity for leading student success initiatives and transformational change across Washington's 34 community and technical colleges. Her consulting work extends nationally through partnerships with organizations including Complete College America, where she provides planning and implementation support and strategic guidance to state systems and institutions.

Kate's approach combines her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification with her background in cultural anthropology and ethnographic research. She has designed and taught curriculum on race, class, gender, globalization, and environmentalism, and brings this equity lens to all her consulting work. Her methodology emphasizes building effective interdepartmental teams, establishing clear priorities and work structures, and executing change through proven project management tools and techniques.

Kate holds a Master's degree in Cultural Anthropology and a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology. She is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and maintains extensive facilitation training.

David has over 15 years of experience as a higher education researcher and strategic consultant dedicated to improving and creating more equitable educational outcomes and economic mobility.

While at EAB, the global research and technology firm, he led teams that produced in-depth studies on academic advising, student success change management, academic program evaluation, and overcoming barriers to equitable outcomes. He was responsible for serving over 300 chief academic officers and over 200 community college presidents in the firm's research membership programs.

He also led the consulting team for the Moon Shot for Equity, an initiative that convenes community colleges and four-year institutions to eliminate equity gaps in graduation rates across entire regions of the United States. In both his research and consulting capacities at EAB, he led dozens of interactive workshops for college and university leaders including provosts, presidents, deans, and department chairs.

At the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, David served as the Director of Research and Knowledge Management. He oversaw the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence in 2022 and 2023, including the site visits to the ten finalist institutions and supported the Prize jury with documentation of the strengths and weaknesses of each institution. David's research team produced studies on rural community college excellence and equity in STEM programs. Finally, David led the research and cohort management efforts for the joint Aspen-Community College Research Center Unlocking Opportunity Network, a coalition of ten community colleges dedicated to moving more students into high-value academic programs that contribute to economic mobility and talent development.

David’s career in higher education began when he staffed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Academic Plan Steering Committee in the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. He holds a Bachelor’s in Political Science and Spanish from UNC Chapel Hill.

Spencer Barney is a research and analytics leader specializing in higher education market strategy, workforce economics, and institutional research. His work centers on helping colleges and universities better understand labor market trends, student demand, and emerging economic opportunities to support sustainable growth and strategic decision-making.

At Western Governors University, Spencer led research initiatives supporting more than 120 academic programs serving over 200,000 students nationwide. His work integrates labor market intelligence, economic analysis, demographic research, and competitive benchmarking to evaluate program opportunities and inform institutional strategy. He has developed forecasting models, workforce pathway frameworks, and executive reporting systems used to guide academic investment and operational planning.

Spencer’s background includes extensive experience translating complex quantitative and qualitative research into accessible insights for executive leaders and cross-functional stakeholders. His areas of expertise include market analysis, workforce strategy, business intelligence, and economic trend evaluation, particularly as they relate to higher education transformation and workforce alignment.

He earned his BS in Psychology from Brigham Young University, and his MBA from the University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business with an emphasis in Business Analytics.

Dr. Jarrett Carter is a learning design executive with more than 13 years of experience building academic programs, faculty ecosystems, and digital learning environments that have reached learners in over 180 countries. As Founder and Principal Consultant of Collaboratix, LLC, he partners with colleges, universities, and mission-driven organizations to design and strengthen learning systems — connecting instructional quality, technology strategy, and student outcomes into a coherent whole.

Jarrett's design work has operated at scale. As Associate Vice President for Integrative Learning Design at the University of Maryland Global Campus, he oversaw the learning design infrastructure for more than 1,000 courses serving 90,000 students worldwide. His work there encompassed curriculum quality, faculty development, edtech governance, and alternative credential development — including industry partnerships with Amazon, AWS, and SHRM that produced bootcamps and apprenticeships aligned to workforce demand.

At the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business, Jarrett led a team that designed and launched executive learning programs reaching more than 200,000 professionals globally. Earlier in his career, he contributed to foundational innovations at UMGC including the University System of Maryland's first MOOC and early competency-based pilots, and delivered faculty development programs across three continents. His international work includes the Akilah Institute in Kigali, Rwanda— the country's first all-women's college— where he partnered with the Chief Academic Officer to design and launch a new blended learning model and build faculty capacity to bring it to life. He is a Certified Leadership Coach, and brings that lens to the faculty and staff development work that makes learning transformation durable. Jarrett regularly speaks at conferences, on podcasts, and sits on national boards.

Jarrett holds an Ed.D. in Educational Technology from the University of Florida, an M.A. in Educational Technology from Adelphi University, and a B.A. in Mass Communications from St. John's University.

Stephanie Boyle is an administrative professional with a background in building and running remote-first operations for small businesses. As founder and CEO of byFriday, a fully remote operations and administrative services agency, she has spent the past five years designing systems, processes, and support structures that help small business owners reclaim their time from client and vendor communications to financial tracking, recruiting coordination, and day-to-day operational management.

Stephanie's approach centers on practical, iterative problem-solving: identifying where a business's administrative load is creating friction and building lightweight, sustainable systems to resolve it. Her work spans a range of operational functions, including employee onboarding and handbook development, recruiting and candidate tracking, billing and collections support, access and security management for distributed teams, and content and communications planning. She has supported clients across industries including consulting, creative services, and education.

Prior to founding byFriday, Stephanie worked at Arbella Insurance Group. She holds a B.A. in Communications from Bridgewater State University.

Lori Lindenberg is a higher education executive with more than a decade of experience leading institutional research, data strategy, strategic planning, and budget optimization across community college and university systems. Her work is driven by a commitment to expanding access, strengthening public institutions, and building data-informed cultures that enable transformative student and organizational outcomes.

Lori currently serves as Senior Associate Vice President of Institutional Research, Planning, and Budget at Scottsdale Community College, where she leads analytics, grants, and fiscal teams while overseeing strategic and operational planning. As a member of the President’s Cabinet and chair of the Strategic Planning and Resource Allocation Committee (SPARC), she is guiding the college through a multi-year budget reallocation, mission and vision development, and a comprehensive strategic plan refresh.

Previously, Lori served as Senior Director of Data Strategy and Asset Orchestration in Arizona State University’s Provost Office, where she led enterprise-wide data initiatives, data governance programs, and the ASU Datacademy professional training platform. She also served as District Director of Enterprise Analytics & Strategy for the Maricopa Community Colleges District, where she led a team to build the organization’s first ever enterprise dashboards, developed compelling and action-driving data products, and scaled modern data infrastructure serving more than 100,000 students and 10,000 employees. Earlier in her career, Lori held leadership and analytic roles at Phoenix College and the University of North Dakota, advancing enrollment forecasting, incentive-based budgeting, and institutional research capabilities.

Lori is a frequent national presenter at higher education conferences and her work advancing institutional analytics was a part of the project that earned Maricopa’s Innovation of the Year Award in 2022. She serves on the Complete College America AI Council and is the co-founder of Kea Consultants, where she supports colleges and universities in strengthening analytics, planning, and decision-making systems.

Lori is a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University and holds both a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Public Administration from the University of North Dakota.

Reyna M. Flores brings 15 years of experience in student success, academic advising, and equity-focused program development, specializing in college access and persistence strategy. She is an educator, researcher, and equity-driven leader who partners with schools, colleges, and universities to design and implement strategies that strengthen student access, persistence, and completion.

Her higher education career spans student affairs and academic support roles at private and public 4-year institutions. Her experience encompasses recruiting students into one of Texas’s top engineering programs, coordinating retention and academic support services for first-generation, economically disadvantaged, and racially minoritized students, and leading grant-funded initiatives with multi-staff operations and formal assessment components. Her doctoral research at The University of Texas at Austin focused on college persistence among students of Mexican descent from farmworking backgrounds in south Texas, contributing to national conversations on belonging, identity, and educational equity.

Since founding Rosa Pathways, Dr. Flores has expanded her impact by advising school districts and colleges on strengthening college access pipelines, improving persistence strategies, and designing student-centered interventions grounded in asset-based frameworks. Her approach integrates qualitative data, stakeholder engagement, and culturally sustaining practices to translate research into scalable strategies that inform policy and practice across PK-16 systems and higher education institutions.

Dr. Flores is an active leader in national and state-level higher education organizations. She currently serves as Secretary of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) State Board and has held leadership roles with the St. Edward’s University CAMP Alumni Association and the Hispanic Faculty/Staff Association at UT Austin. She has received recognition from the Latino Texas Policy Center (Policy Fellow), TACHE (Graduate Fellow), the Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators (Thomas Moorman Fellow), and has received competitive funding and recognition from NASPA, TACUSPA, AERA, ASHE, and The University of Texas at Austin.

She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Education degree in higher education and student affairs from Texas State University, and a Bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Edward’s University, where she graduated cum laude.

Sean Harris is an operations executive with more than 15 years of experience building systems and developing people to allow organizations to scale. His work centers on translating vision into operational reality, taking ideas and ambitions and building the structures that make them tangible. Sean's approach is grounded in a conviction that operations are ultimately about people, not process. Systems exist to leverage the capabilities of the people using them.

Prior to joining T3 Advisory, Sean spent more than a decade leading operations for small, fast-moving teams across marketing, national field services, and multi-unit retail, with full P&L ownership and responsibility for company-wide strategy. His focus throughout has been implementing systems for lean teams to operate at a scale greater than their headcount. He has built reporting infrastructure to give real-time visibility into revenue and performance, supporting revenue growth of more than $2M annually. Sean rebuilt client onboarding to cut launch timelines in half, and architected AI-powered workflows integrated with large language models to automate billing, reporting, and internal communications. Directing operations across three national markets, he reduced labor costs upwards of 40% through labor utilization and administrative efficiencies, built QA/QC programs to ensure regulatory compliance, and redesigned pay structure that produced a 90% increase in employee retention.

Sean began his career in multi-unit retail, spending nearly a decade managing locations across Southern California while earning his B.S. in Business Economics from Azusa Pacific University. Some of his most rewarding work was serving as operations director for a community development organization, leading teams to Tanzania, Haiti, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico.

Quentin Johnson is a Strategic Partner and Advisor to T3 Advisory, where he works with the leadership team on institutional business development and revenue strategy. He is also founder and principal consultant of Pathway Advisory Collective, LLC, a consulting practice focused on workforce development, leadership development, and program architecture.

Quentin brings over a decade of experience building talent pipeline and leadership programs at the intersection of higher education and workforce strategy. He directed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business's EDE+ program for five consecutive summers, growing the applicant pool by 462 percent and securing student placements at the Federal Reserve, JPMorgan, the World Bank, the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Harvard, Yale, and the Brookings Institution. He has taught Independent Research at Spelman College and serves as Board Treasurer for DeKalb Brilliance Academy.

At T3, Quentin focuses on identifying and qualifying institutional opportunities among colleges, universities, and national intermediaries that stand to benefit from T3's work in AI adoption, student success, and institutional transformation. His approach draws on relationships built over years of workforce and leadership development consulting across historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and community colleges.

Quentin earned his B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Morehouse College and his M.B.A. from American University's Kogod School of Business.