There are several standing committees that are responsible for driving specific areas of the UNICON membership experience. The committees cover a wide range of areas from Finance to Marketing and Communications. Please click each committee link to learn more.
What We Do:
The Benchmarking Committee commissions periodic surveys of member schools. These surveys include metrics, trends and strategic insights into the University-based Executive Education industry that can enable members to improve the quality of their work in the field of non-degree executive education.
Goals and Objectives:
For the coming year:
• Publish the 2025 UNICON Membership Benchmark Survey
• Create pulse surveys on an as-needed basis to track emerging issues and trends to assess how they impact the non-degree executive education industry
• Continue collaborative efforts with strategic partners to track trends in corporate learning
Benchmarking Committee Guidelines 7-19-24
Committee Members:
Nicholas Hamilton-Archer (Co-chair, 2025-2026), Terry Wolfe (Co-chair, 2025-2026), Cüneyt Evirgen (Off-Board Co-Chair 2025-2026), Fatos Aksel, Luiz Buccos Silveira, Pamela Knight, David Kutas, Yazmin Norwood, Stuart Wells
What We Do:
The Communications Committee supports the internal and external communications priorities of the Organization, including web-based communications, social media and public relations. The committee also collects data on membership engagement and reports insights and findings to other UNICON Committees and leadership to inform decision-making and planning.
Goals and Objectives:
Communications Committee Guidelines_8-08-25
Committee Members:
Marta Pimentel (Co-Chair 2025-2026), Nathalie Nawrocki (Co-Chair 2025-2026), Kate Feeney Anderson, Fareeha Muzaffar
What We Do:
The Conference Committee maintains a pipeline of potential host schools and supports them in the planning and execution of relevant and high-quality conferences.
Goals and Objectives:
Conference Committee Guidelines
Committee Members:
Jon Kaupla (Co-chair, 2025-2026), Shaun Rozyn, (Co-chair 2025-2026), Mohammed Abdel Salam, Marcelo Altoe, Bryan Benjamin, Faith Dalzel, Anna Dunand, Eman Nasr, Jessica Silva, Michelle Vaillancourt, Pam Williams
What We Do:
The Finance Committee provides budget oversight and direction and oversees the organization’s financial and accounting practices.
The committee is responsible for developing the financial strategy for UNICON, monitoring financial transactions, various financial reports, and the annual audit. The committee also monitors our investments and makes investment recommendations to the board.
The committee is comprised of the board chair, board vice chair, and the executive director.
Goals and Objectives:
Finance Committee Guidelines_08-08-25
Committee Members:
Shalini Bhatia (Chair 2025-2026), Aldemir Drummond (Vice-Chair 2025-2026), Melanie Weaver Barnett
What We Do:
We aim at representing the multiple facets and different perspectives of global university-based executive education through our membership base. As the membership committee, we strive to ensure that UNICON continually maximizes membership value by advising the UNICON board on membership strategy, enriching the existing community with new active members through the cultivatation of a pipeline of new member
schools, and making recommendations regarding new and ongoing membership.
Goals and Objectives:
For the coming year we want to nurture our existing members and keep engagement levels high. We are also looking to strengthen our international membership base.
We will review applications for membership and make recommendations to the board according to our guidelines.
Membership Committee Guidelines 08-16-23
Committee Members:
Katarina Hägg (Co-chair 2025-2026), Dennis Lanham (Co-chair, 2025-2026), Della Wong, (Off-board Co-chair 2025-2026), Katarzyna Kozicz Fonseca, Matthew Gibb, Kellie McCaffrey, Kristen Robillard, Stephanie Stawicki, Patricia Ivette Treviño
What We Do:
Cutting-edge research is one of UNICON’s cornerstone activities, guided and coordinated by the Research Committee.
UNICON-sponsored research seeks to deepen the understanding of the role and of innovative practices in executive education, while generating practical knowledge for members and other practitioners.
Members benefit from UNICON research, as it can expand their knowledge of the field, while keeping them informed of recent developments.
Goals and Objectives:
Research Committee Guidelines 7-22-24
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Eric Bergemann (Co-chair 2025-2026), Alan Chen (Co-chair 2025-2026), Lisa Rohrer (Off Board Co-Chair 2025-26), Sheryl Axline, Sara Gao, Julie Hawthorne, Ani Kharajian, Meg Regan
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UNICON is a global consortium of business‐school‐based executive education organizations.