Conference Keynotes 
 Dr. William Sedlacek is a Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. He earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Iowa State University and a Ph. D. from Kansas State University.
He is senior author of Racism in American education: A model for change (with Brooks), and a measure of racial attitudes, The Situational Attitude Scale (SAS). He authored Beyond the big test: Noncognitive assessment in higher education and has published extensively in professional journals on a wide range of topics including racism, sexism, college admissions, advising, and employee selection.
He has served as editor of Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. Also, he has consulted with more than 300 different organizations, colleges, and universities on interracial and intercultural issues, and has served as an expert witness in race and sex discrimination cases.
His latest book is "Beyond the big test: Noncognitive assessment in higher education".
 Jeniffer Herrera-Andújar, an adult learner from New York City, earned her GED in 2003. She then transitioned to Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and in 2008 earned her BA in Sociology with a minor in Psychology. She worked for the NYC Mayor's Office of Adult Education (MOAE) as the Adult Learner Leadership Coordinator where she assisted the MOAE and CUNY Office of Academic Affairs in establishing and planning an adult learner leadership network.
Jeniffer is now part of the FUTURE NOW team at Bronx Community College (BCC). She is the Leadership Coordinator for IMPACT (Improving My Progress At College Today), a student-led organization that provides leadership and support to GED graduates and college students.
She is currently enrolled in CUNY's School of Professional Studies at the Graduate Center for her M.S. in Business Management and Leadership.
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