Five UMass Amherst Emerging Leaders Attend HERS Leadership Institute at Mt. Ida Campus

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Five members of the UMass Amherst faculty and staff recently completed the 2022-23 Weekend HERS Leadership Institute, hosted at the UMass Amherst Mt. Ida campus. HERS (Higher Education Resources Services) hosts four immersion weekends each academic year, with 68 emerging women in higher education leaders participating in this most recent event. For several years, the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst has served as a host site for the HERS Leadership Institute.

The following faculty and staff participated in the training:

Mary Ellen Burke

Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate Program Director, Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing

Elizabeth Cracco

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Campus Life and Wellbeing

Shelly Peyton 

Armstrong Professional Development Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Laurel Smith-Doerr

Professor of Sociology and PI UMass ADVANCE

Susan Weldon

Senior Director for Employee Engagement

The HERS Leadership Institute (HLI) is a transformational leadership development program for women in higher education, founded to fill leadership pipelines across the United States with dynamic women capable of ushering their respective institutions into a more inclusive and equitable future.

The HERS Leadership Institute is an inclusive program, welcoming all woman-identifying and non-binary individuals. It is designed for faculty and staff who generally hold mid-to-senior level positions in higher education and have a desire to emerge as more dynamic leaders for themselves and their institutions.

During the institute, participants share their vision of leadership and what they hope to contribute to their respective institutions and are then challenged to develop the skills to actualize their professional vision. Alumnae of the HERS Leadership Institute emerge better skilled and more confident in leading with their unique voice, providing a much-needed infusion of bold new leadership to their respective institutions.