Edna Chun, DM, serves as chief learning officer with HigherEd Talent and teaches in the graduate Human Capital Management program in the Columbia University School of Professional Studies. She has more than two decades of strategic human resource and diversity leadership experience in public higher education. As an internationally recognized expert in leadership development, she frequently advises universities and colleges on diversity strategic planning, total rewards strategy, talent acquisition and retention, change management and organizational development, cultural competence, inclusive pedagogy, and the integration of human resources and diversity practices.
Alvin Evans serves as higher education practice leader with HigherEd Talent. With more than twenty years of executive-level experience in complex local education agencies and doctoral institutions of higher education, he works with organizations seeking to develop strategic and cutting-edge organizational capabilities. His expertise lies in core human resources administrative functions, policy development, organizational design and development, program evaluation, change management, organizational diversity, coaching and mentoring programs, and leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness. His publications focus on leadership, organizational development, and DEI.