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About Us

Our Team

The CAEL team draws great strength from its varied set of backgrounds and skills. But we hold one very important quality in common: dedicated expertise in forging the connections between learning and work that adult learnersand their communitiesdepend on for social mobility and economic equity.

Lori Babyak

Digital Marketing Specialist

Lori Babyak joined CAEL in 2023. As digital marketing specialist, she works within CAEL’s marketing and communications team to manage the strategy and implementation of key digital marketing and communications activities to promote CAEL membership, products and services, and help support organizational membership goals. She also supports CAEL's industry-education coalition partners, EPCE and NACTEL. Babyak ’s diverse range of talents includes managing email marketing strategies, building and optimizing Google Ads campaigns, creating and editing marketing copy, planning and overseeing social media initiatives, organizing webinars, and evaluating the effectiveness of digital marketing campaigns. She also has expertise in website development and management, and she has experience in corporate event management.

With more than 20 years of combined marketing and nonprofit experience, Babyak is a skilled professional with a passion for helping people. She previously served in marketing roles with Parkinson Place, CAN Community Health, and the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center. 

Babyak earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing and a post-baccalaureate degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of South Florida. She resides in Sarasota.

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Board Members

Tom Dawson, Chair

President, Strada Collaborative
Strada Education Foundation

Larry A. Lutz

Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Strada Education Foundation

Daryl Graham

Senior Vice President, HBCU and Engagement
Strada Education Foundation

Rhonda Powell

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Strada Education Foundation

Ruth V. Watkins, Ph.D.

President, Strada Impact
Strada Education Foundation

Advisory Council

Gina Breukelman

Senior Manager, Global Engagement
Boeing

Lewis Brown

Vice President, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition and DEI
Comcast

Tamara Clunis

Vice Chancellor, Instruction and Workforce Initiatives
Central Texas College

Mike D'Ausilio

Managing Director,  Head of Talent - Consumer and Community Banking
J.P. Morgan Chase

Dr. Alan Davis

President and Vice Chancellor
Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Dr. Deborah L. Ford

Chancellor
Indiana University Southeast

Chris Graham, Ed.D.

Executive Vice President, Workforce and Community Education
National University

Dr. Kathi Hiyane-Brown

President
Whatcom Community College

Su Jin Jez

CEO
California Competes

Dr. Christine Johnson

Chancellor (retired)
Community Colleges of Spokane

Mark Kessenich

Chief Executive Officer
Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee (AGC-GM)

Kimo Kippen

President
Aloha Learning Advisors

Karen Kocher

General Manager, Talent and Learning Experiences
Microsoft

Chris Lowery

Commissioner
Indiana Commission for Higher Education

Todd McLees

Managing Director
Innovation Outpost

Annette Parker (Chair)

President
South Central College

David Polk

Director
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Lisa Schumacher

Director of Education Strategies
McDonald's Corporation

Amanda Wagner

Chief Operating Officer
Employ Prince George's, Inc.

Elicia Wilson

Director of Operations
Gitlab Foundation