About NCHEMS

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) is a private nonprofit (501)(c)(3) organization whose mission is to improve strategic decision making in higher education for states and institutions in the United States and abroad. More info

Contact Us

NCHEMS
3035 Center Green Drive
Suite 150
Boulder, CO 80301-2251
info@nchems.org
(303) 497-0301 (General Information)
(303) 497-0338 (FAX)

NCHEMS is located at The State Higher Education Policy Center (SHEPC).

Staff

Cindy Babiak
Executive Assistant and Travel Planner
cindy@nchems.org
(303) 497-0345
  Marianne Boeke
Research Associate
marianne@nchems.org
(303) 497-0357
John Clark
Data Analyst
john@nchems.org
(303) 497-0308
  Matt Crellin
Research Associate
matt@nchems.org
(303) 497-0330
Peter Ewell
Vice President
peter@nchems.org
(303) 497-0371
  Dennis Jones
President
dennis@nchems.org
(303) 497-0301
Patrick Kelly
Senior Associate
Director of NCHEMS National Information Center
patrick@nchems.org
(303) 497-0307
  Linda Leyba
Director of Computing
linda@nchems.org
(303) 497-0314
Aims McGuinness
Senior Associate
aims@nchems.org
(303) 497-0350
  Karen Paulson
Senior Associate
karen@nchems.org
(303) 497-0354
Clara Roberts
Publications Manager
Director of Administration
clara@nchems.org
(303) 497-0390
  Martha Swaggart
Accountant
martha@nchems.org
(303) 497-0349
Liz Weeks
Document Specialist
liz@nchems.org
(303) 497-0321
  Stacey Zis
Research Associate
stacey@nchems.org
(303) 497-0370
     

Senior Consultants

Ken Mortimer
Senior Consultant
14227 192nd Avenue, NE
Woodinville, WA 98077
Phone: (425) 702-5724
kmortimer5@gmail.com

 

Charles R. Thomas
Senior Consultant
1100 North Lake Shore Drive 16B
Chicago, IL 60611-1084
Phone: (312) 951-1876
crt@northwestern.edu


Board of Directors

Julie Bell
Education Program Director
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

 

Patrick Callan
Chair, NCHEMS Board of Directors
Director, Higher Education Policy Institute

Peter Ewell*
President, NCHEMS Management Services (NMSI)

Earl Hale

Dennis Jones*
President, NCHEMS

 

Peter Smith
Senior Vice President
Kaplan Higher Education

Alan Wagner
School of Education
University of Albany, SUNY

 

Blenda Wilson
BJW Consulting

Christine Johnson
NMSI Board Member*
Chancellor, Community Colleges of Spokane

   


NCHEMS - A tradition of service since 1969
Through its more than forty years of service to higher education, NCHEMS has been committed to bridging the gap between research and practice by placing the latest concepts and tools in the hands of higher education policy makers and administrators. Since its founding, NCHEMS has received widespread acclaim for developing practical responses to the strategic issues facing leaders of higher education institutions and agencies. With project support from multiple foundations, NCHEMS develops information and policy tools targeted at policy makers and institutional leaders that can help them set strategic directions and evaluate their effectiveness. NCHEMS also delivers research-based expertise, practical experience, information, and a range of management tools that can help institutions and higher education systems and states improve both their efficiency and their effectiveness. A particular hallmark of what we do is identifying and analyzing data drawn from multiple sources to help solve specific policy and strategic problems.

NCHEMS places these resources in the hands of stakeholders through a variety of means:

Responsiveness to higher education's practical needs is a natural product of what we do: the greatest strength of NCHEMS remains its ongoing working contact with higher education practitioners around significant problems.