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Global design experts

UDI Global Fellows and Experts-in-Residence include university and foundation administrators, senior scholars, policy-makers and partner industry executives motivated by grand challenges and pressing trends in higher education.

Additionally, UDI brings unique value to the university design journey by leveraging more than 20+ years of innovation experience and associated experts within the living laboratory of Arizona State University.

UDI Global Fellows

Ashish Vaidya

President and CEO, Growing Inland Achievement

Former President, Northern Kentucky University

Philip Cotton

Vice Chancellor of the University of Global health Equity in Rwanda

Global Fellow, University Design Institute at Arizona State University

Ihron Rensburg

Senior Advisor to the Principal, Visiting Professor and Life Fellow, King’s College London

Chairperson: UNESCO South Africa National Commission

Honorary Professor, Nelson Mandela University

Sir Malcolm Grant

Former Chancellor, University of York

Former President and Provost, University College London

Jeff Selingo

Former Editor, Chronicle of Higher Education

Special Advisor to the President

Author

Brian MacCraith

Former President, Dublin City University

Reynaldo B. Vea, Ph.D.

Chairman & CEO, iPeople Inc.

Former President, Mapua University

Former Dean of Engineering, University of the Philippines

Global Experts in Residence

Meredith Woo

Senior Fellow, University Design Institute

Professor of Practice, School of Politics and Global Studies, ASU

Mark Searle

Provost Emeritus and University Professor, School of Community Resources & Development (CRD)

Lev Gonick

Chief Information Officer, ASU

Jeff Goss

Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director, Global Outreach and Extended Education, ASU

David Rosowsky

Senior Advisor to the President, Arizona State University

Senior Fellow, University Design Institute

Derrick Anderson

Senior Vice President, American Council on Education

Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, ASU

Tamara Christensen

Executive Consultant, Facilitator and Author

Founder, Idea Farm

Bryan Brayboy

Dean, Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy

Planetary Health Expert

Rick Shangraw

Sr. Fellow, University Design Institute, ASU

President of Cintana Education

ASU Experts in Residence

Kim Merritt

Vice President, ASU Learning Enterprise

Grace O’Sullivan

Vice President, ASU Knowledge Enterprise

Julia Rosen

Vice President, ASU Global Academic Initiatives

Paola Garcia Hidalgo

Senior Director, Mexico Affairs, ASU

Sean Hobson

Chief Design Officer, EdPlus @ ASU

Duke Reiter

Senior Advisor to the President

Executive Director, University City Exchange, ASU

Ryan Shaw

Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives

Senior University Advisor