Stephanie Caban

Stephanie Caban is a seasoned higher education administrator, faculty member, and visionary leader with a keen sense for strategy and forward thinking. She has thirteen years of industry experience in strategic institutional planning, problem resolution, team management, project management, budgeting, event planning, and special projects in public and private higher education sectors. Her commitment to continuous improvement fuels her initiatives related to transforming organizational environments and shaping of new visions.

Stephanie serves as Program Chair for the Management degree program and Chief Diversity Officer for The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business. Previous roles at the university include Chief of Staff for the Office of the Deans, Associate Faculty (adjunct professor), Baldrige Ambassador Club Faculty Advisor, and cofounder of the Executive Advisory Board and Student Advisory Board for The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business. Additionally, she serves as a CAEL Certified Prior Learning Assessor, Sexual Misconduct Board Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advocacy Council member at Post University, and most recently, a member of the United Way Greater Waterbury Steering Committee and Emerging Leaders Program. 

Born and raised in Waterbury, CT, she still resides in the state with her husband and adopted cat Chloe. Stephanie is a proud first-generation student with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Leadership from Post University. In January 2022, she began her doctoral journey pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration at Capella University. 

Ashley Turner

A huge advocate for EdTech and DEI, Ashley Turner is currently a Senior Academic Technologist at Swarthmore College where she trains faculty, staff, and students on learning technology software and shows them how to use them in more meaningful ways. At
Swarthmore, Ashley leads initiatives around blended, active, and online learning. She also served as Chair of Swarthmore College’s Staff Advisory Council and is a part of the leadership team for their Women of Color (WoC) Employee Resource Group. She also served as a member of the Young Professional Advisory Committee for EDUCAUSE. With 10 years of design and learning development experience, Ashley strives to help people learn better through the use of technology.

Not only is Ashley passionate about EdTech, but she is also on a mission to help diversify the tech industry by getting more women of color involved in the field. She is the recipient of the 2019 Technically Philly Award for Impact Leader of the Year where she was recognized for her work as founder of Philly Tech Sistas, a nonprofit that aims to help women of color get more involved in the technology field by providing technical and professional development workshops.