Connected Leadership: Aligning Teams to Drive Institutional Success
Presidents often operate within a traditional hub-and-spoke leadership model—but in today’s environment, that’s no longer enough. Sustained institutional trust and effective constituent engagement require leaders who can build and empower cross-divisional teams that work in alignment, not isolation. In this session, McDaniel College President Julia Jasken will unpack how she evolved her leadership approach to foster a "neural network" of collaboration across divisions. Drawing on McDaniel’s lifecycle constituent engagement model, she’ll be joined by two senior leaders—VP Janelle Holmboe and CMO Carrie Phillips—who will share strategies for elevating constituent marketing from service provider to strategic driver of institutional success. Attendees will walk away with practical frameworks for reimagining internal alignment and improving constituent trust through collective leadership.