Brenda Speight Ricard, PhD, has spent the past twenty-nine years working in higher education administration at Boston College where she currently serves as the associate vice president, operations and planning for university advancement, leading the units supporting the work of the recently completed $1.6 billion Light the World campaign.  In addition, Speight Ricard has served in leadership roles in the office of the vice president for student affairs and in the office of the executive vice president.  Her professional experiences have included significant work in strategic planning, organizational development, and reengineering in higher education.  She has successfully led the development and implementation of a number of key initiatives at Boston College, including shared business service centers designed to improve service and reduce cost.  More recently, she managed, on behalf of university advancement, the design and renovation of the Cadigan Alumni Center.