UW System Navigate and Advising March 2023 Workshop

LaToya White is a Managing Director with EAB’s Student Success Collaborative, overseeing partnerships and driving service strategies across the 400+ colleges and universities served by her team. LaToya leads a team of Strategic Leaders who partner with institutions to optimize their student success efforts. Her team leverages technology to provide data driven insights, support process improvement and workflow efficiencies, and enhance assessment capabilities. Prior to joining EAB, LaToya served as Executive Director at Health Leads Washington DC, a nonprofit focused on helping low-income families address their unmet socioeconomic needs. In this role, she partnered with senior executives at primary care clinics and community health centers to implement social interventions within patient care. LaToya holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s degree from Boston University.

DeAnn Possehl currently serves as the Assistant Provost for Student Success at UW-Parkside and is leading UW-Parkside’s student success efforts. She has over 30 years of higher education experience and previously served as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management. As the Higher Expectations for Racine County Post-Secondary Education and Training Network facilitator, DeAnn facilitates the regional Talent Hub, focused on improving college completion in Racine and Kenosha County, and also serves on the planning team for the M7 Higher Education Regional Alliance Goal 1 (completion) work and the  Wisconsin Complete College America Alliance team.

Dr. Jeremy Page is an educator and student advocate with a passion for fostering success both inside and outside the classroom. He has experience at a variety of campuses from West Coast to East Coast, including community colleges, small private institutions, and mid- to large-size state universities.  These opportunities have included interacting with students, faculty, and staff in student service areas including admissions, orientation, housing and residential life, leadership development, academic support, and retention programs. He currently serves the UW-Milwaukee School of Education as the Assistant Dean of Student Services. This involves overseeing enrollment management operations within the School of Education including marketing, recruitment, scholarships, academic advising, and co-curricular opportunities.  He also serves on the Navigate leadership team for UW-Milwaukee, coordinating and advancing use of the platform to foster student success in alignment with campus goals and the Moon Shot for Equity partnership. 

Matthew Petersen earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Truman State University and a Ph.D. in Human Physiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has taught in the biological sciences for over 15 years and has served in several administrative positions at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), most recently as Manager of Student Retention. He has also engaged passionately in NWTC’s student success and equity agenda for over a decade, with an emphasis on expanding the availability and use of data to promote evidence-based growth and transformation.