Colette Williams
University of Memphis
Colette has served as the project Manager for the University of Memphis Process Improvement initiatives for the past 11 years. She has an extensive IT background and has held several leadership positions during her tenure with the university. With her leadership and strong organizational skills, she has facilitated and successfully led over 100 process improvement initiatives for the University of Memphis and worked with more than 600 faculty and staff members across campus to streamline and improve processes. Colette has presented at State and National conferences, including CoHEsion, Ellucian Summit, NCCI (Network for Change and Continuous Innovations) and Strata Information Group (SIG) 2021 conference.
Colette has significant board and conference experience servingas track chair, program chair and on the Board of Directors. As a CoHEsion board member, she has served in several roles, including President, Secretary and Director at Large. Colette served in the role of conference chair/or vice-conference chair for CoHEsion conferences from 2013-2019. She provides guidance for the program committees and oversight in all areas of conference planning and management, which includes hotel contract negotiations, hotel arrangements, budget management, and event planning. Colette also has several years of conference planning and managing experience with the NCCI organization.
Colette has a real passion for the CoHEsion organization, its future growth, and being of service to the membership.
Bob Landuyt
National Louis University
My name is Bob Landuyt and I am currently employed by National Louis University (NLU) as the ERP Technical Lead and DBA Support. I have been with NLU for 11 months. September 8 will be my 1-year anniversary. Previous to this, I was employed by Concordia Administrative Information System (CAIS) from January 2014 through September 2020. My position there was DBA. I earned my baccalaureate degree from Saint Xavier University in 2014. I was introduced to CoHEsion during the 2014 conferences in Chicago and in Austin. It did not take me long to feel comfortable at the conferences. This was the first time I was introduced to a group like this. Previous to my employment at CAIS, I had never attended any conferences. Since then, I have volunteered for every conference held. Unfortunately, I had to resign from the 2020 conference where I unable to fulfill the requirements due to more time constraints while closing my current employment and switching jobs.
On a personnel level, I am married and have 5 children and 4 grandchildren. I was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 2019. My interests include woodworking, sports and playing guitar. I feel honored to be considered for a board member position and, if elected, will take this responsibility very seriously and try to bring all my talents for the good of CoHEsion.