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Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D.

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Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D.
President, Stevenson University
Stevenson, Maryland

Kevin J. Manning has completed his tenth year as president of Stevenson University. He was selected for the position after an extensive national search that involved the Board, students, faculty and staff of Maryland's third-largest independent university. The institution changed its name to Stevenson University in June 2008.

Dr. Manning has more than 40 years of experience in higher education. Before coming to Stevenson, he was Vice President for Development and College Relations at Immaculata University in Pennsylvania. Prior to Immaculata University, Dr. Manning held key administrative positions at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

EDUCATION

MARYLAND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

• Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, Board of Directors, 2009 - Present
• Maryland Campus Compact, Executive Board, 2009 - Present
• Owings Mills Corporate Roundtable, Board of Directors, 2008 - Present
• Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, Board of Directors, 2007 - Present
• Greater Baltimore Committee, Board of Directors, 2007 - Present
• United Way of Central Maryland, Board of Directors, 2007 - Present
• Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2004 - Present
• Council of Independent Colleges, Presidential Forum Group, 2001 - Present
• Indpendent College Fund of Maryland (ICFM), Board of Directors, 2000 - Present
• Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA), 2000 - Present
  • Executive Committee, Secretary/Treasurer, 2001 - 2003
  • Executive Committee, Member-at-Large, 2008 - 2010
  • Budget Committee member and Capital Projects Committee Chair, 2005 - 2008
  • Chair, Task Force on Public Policy, 2002-2003

PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES

• Baltimore County Executive's Advisory Board of Higher Education, Chair, 2004 - 2007
• Baltimore Regional Transportation Board, Vision 2030 Oversight Committee, 2001 - 2003
• Greater Baltimore Committee President's Advisory Council, 2003 - 2007
• Greater Baltimore Committee Technology Policy Workgroup, Vice Chair, 2002 - 2008
• Greater Baltimore Committee, Education Committee Chair, 2008 - 2011
• Greater Baltimore Committee, Transportation Financing and Governance Task Force, 2008 - 2010
• Independent College Fund of Maryland (ICFM), Executive Committee, 2004 - 2007
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Safety Advisory Board, 2009 - 2011
• Leadership Maryland, Class of 2005 - 2006
• United Way of Central Maryland, Co-Chair, 2009 Campaign

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS (2000 - 2011)

• Successfully guided Villa Julie College through change to university status and new name
• Developed and implemented first College Strategic Plan
• Secured continued consecutive years of record enrollment since his arrival
• Introduced Career Architecture^SM, a career strategic plan program for students, for which he was recognized as a Maryland Innovator of the Year by The Daily Record in September 2003
• Maintained quality programs while offering one of the lowest private college tuitions in the country ("Best Value" designation, U.S. News & World Report 8/07 and 8/08, "School to Watch" 8/09)
• Coordinated development of the first faculty governance plan, a Faculty Council
• Established formal External Relations and Marketing "image" campaign for the University
• Expanded the adult and weekend program into the School of Graduate and Professional Studies
• Introduced the area's first accelerated programs and launched a Master's Degree in Forensic Studies, Stevenson University's first online program
• Expanded the Board of Trustees and created the President's Advisory Council
• Developed a second campus in Owings Mills, transforming the University from a commuter school to a residential one for up to 1,500 students. Opened a new School of Business and Leadership in Fall 2008.
• Developed and achieved a campaign goal for the first formal capital campaign strategy for the University
• Presented the talk, "Visionary Leadership in the 21st Century," at The Oxford Roundtable, July 2006
• Received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year^® 2007 Award in Education in Maryland
• Introduced the Baltimore Speaker Series to the region with seven renowned speakers annually
• Authored chapter "Doing More with Less: Transforming a Program through Technology" in President to President: Views on Technology in Higher Education, 2010; and "Leadership and Change" in Presidential Perspectives: Economic Prosperity in the Next Decade, 2010
• Appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), 2011
• Named a 2011 Influential Marylander by The Daily Record

PERSONAL

Dr. Manning and his wife, Sara, reside in the Hunt Valley area and have three children and two grandchildren.