NetworkNews is a newsletter that features articles on women’s advancement within higher education and highlights the work of the state networks that comprise the ACE Women’s Network. 
 
Network News Editorial Board
Pamela Kalbfleisch, Chair 
Margaret Drugovich 
Debbie Sydow  | 
ACE Staff
Gailda Davis 
Sook-Yi Yong  | 
 
Spring 2018
In this edition, we will highlight the ACE 
Moving the Needle initiative and session topics from the 2018 ACE 
Women’s Network State Chairs’ Leadership Conference. 
Commentary from the Editor
Pamela J. Kalbfleisch
Professor of Communication and Psychology, University of North Dakota
Letter from the Chair
Margaret L. Drugovich, President, Hartwick College (NY)
Chair, ACE Women’s Network Executive Council
Moving the Needle: A Recap of Discussions at ACE2018 
Gailda Pitre Davis, Director, American Council on Education
From the network:
Revitalizing an ACE Women’s Network
Lisa
 Guion Jones, Professor of Higher Education and Associate Provost for 
Strategy and Special Assistant to the President, University of Central 
Florida
Lifting the Next Generation of Women Leaders 
Elizabeth Davis, President, Furman University (SC) 
To Move the Needle, Consider Governing Boards 
Susan
 Whealler Johnston, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating 
Officer, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Women Leaders: Of Pipelines and Possibilities
Lucy Apthorp Leske, Senior Partner, Witt/Kieffer
Advisor, Teacher, Role Model: The Importance of Mentors in Cultivating the Next Generation of Women Leaders
- Moving the Needle: Lifting As We Climb through Strategic Alliances
Thomas L. Keon, Chancellor, Purdue University Northwest
 
- The Difference a Sponsor Can Make
Ann Marie Klotz, Vice President of Student Affairs, Radford University (VA) and Teri Bump, Vice President, University Relations, American Campus Communities 
- North Dakota WHEN Launches Next Step Mentorship Program
Kara
 Gravley-Stack, State Coordinator for NDWHEN and Deputy Title IX 
Coordinator – Campus Diversity Initiatives, North Dakota State 
University