John Sauter, Associate Dean for Advising & Administration, Niagara University
Dr. John Sauter is the Associate Dean for Advising & Administration, the College of Arts & Sciences at Niagara University. He began his career as an AmeriCorps Vista at UMaine Orono, and earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University at Buffalo, where he researched faculty multicultural competence and practices. He currently serves on NACADA's Diversity Equity & Inclusion Education Advisory Board, a mentor for the Emerging Leaders Program, and is a moderator for the Social Justice Advising Community's Coffee Chat. Previously he served as a Cluster Representative for NACADA’s Advising Communities Division, chair of the Technology in Advising Community Chair, and other committees. John presents and teaches regularly on topics related to the intersection of advising, technology, social justice, and urban sketching and contributed to the second edition of Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs: Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion (2nd edition), and Advisor Training and Development (3rd edition).
Christina Bowles, Coordinator, Student Success Coaches, Missouri State University
Christina Bowles started her student success journey as an Academic Advisor to Undeclared Students in 2011. In April 2022, she started her new position as a Coordinator of Succes Coaching at Missouri State University. In this role, she supports First-Generation students through coaching, teaching a designated section of our First Year Seminar course, and supporting a team of graduate student Success Coaches.
In NACADA, she has served as Region 7 Chair, Undecided and Exploratory Students Advising Community Chair, Social Justice Advising Community Steering Committee, Annual Conference Planning Committee, and Region 7 Conference Committee Co-Chair. She has also been an ELP Mentor, and a Region Representative to the Membership Recruitment and Retention Committee.