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 learners—and their communities—depend 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