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CBORd
Ithaca, New York
Tony Lista is the new general manager for the
Student Advantage program. He brings
extensive experience from both the corporate
and the higher education worlds. He will
oversee the strategic planning and the daily
operations of the Student Advantage program.

April Konvalinka

Old dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
April Hicks Konvalinka is the new executive
director for housing and residence life. She
previously served 13 years at Arkansas State
University in Jonesboro as the associate
director of residence life for facilities. Prior to
her service at Arkansas State, she served as an
area coordinator for first-year programs at
Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and
Maryville College in Tennessee. She has a
demonstrated track record in residence life,
student development, teaching, and facilities
development that spans 17 years. In 2011, she
was the recipient of the ACUHO-I
International Foundation of Excellence Award.
She has served as the committee chair for the
ACUHO-I Talking Stick Advisory Board and
chair of the ACUHO-I Housing Facilities &
Services committee. In addition, she has
served on the ACUHO-I/APPA Housing
Facilities Conference Planning Committee as
well as the ACUHO-I Conference &
Exposition Committee. She has certifications
and training from the ACUHO-I Professional
Standards Institute, Training for Intervention
Procedures (TIPS) Alcohol Certification, and a
certification as a StrengthsQuest Educator.

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lewis Savage is the new assistant director for
residential operations for housing and residence
life.
Vi Huynh is the new area complex director for
the honors facilities, Best Hall and Downing Hall.

Julie Skolnicki

EdR
Memphis, Tennessee
Julie Skolnicki is the new senior vice president
of university partnerships. She brings 15 years
of experience working on college and
university projects, and she will continue in
this area by supporting EdR's public-private
partnerships.

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Gregory Whitmore is the new manager of
housing operations. He had previously been the
housing assignments specialist at Boston
College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and
residential life coordinator at Johnson & Wales
University in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Neudy Nuñez is the new assistant director for
academic initiatives. She was a former area
coordinator for residence life and housing at
Nova Southeastern University in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. Nuñez joins the residence
education team to lead the living-learning
communities program as well as other academic
initiatives.
Jenna Blair is a new residence hall director for
the University Village apartment community.

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois

Jasmyne Rogers is a new residence hall director
for the Nusbaum apartment community and
first-year residents in Rogers Hall.

Brittany "Beebs" Burton is a new residence
director.

Damian Waite is a new residence hall director
for the Powhatan apartment community.

Rexann Whorton is a new residence director.

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