Dr. Cindy Kane is a higher education leader with over 25 years of experience advancing collaborative transformation initiatives in both public and private institutions. Dr. Kane most recently served as Assistant Provost for Strategic Initiatives at Bridgewater State University (MA), where she spearheaded divisional initiatives focused on academic innovation and equity-minded transformational change to advance student success. She successfully guided divisional strategic planning, provided leadership for a number of priority faculty development areas, and established collaborative structures that strengthened leadership, communication, and professional learning across campus units. Most recently, she has served as one of the liaisons leading Foundations of Excellence and one of the campus leads within the first cohort of Transforming the Foundational Postsecondary Experience.