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Chief Academic Officer
Tawnya brings two decades of senior academic and chief learning officer leadership from the University of Florida, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — institutions where she advanced quality teaching, student engagement, and learning outcomes at scale. Now as Co-Founder and CAO of AdvancAI, she translates that academic fluency into AI-forward transformation — helping campus leaders rethink what education can be, and ensuring every student has the opportunity to learn, contribute, and change the trajectory of their future.
Education's power is irreplaceably human, and its promise is to change lives. Tawnya's work ensures AI strengthens both — for every institution, and every student it's entrusted to serve.
Chief Business Officer
Alex brings two decades of dean, vice provost, and senior executive leadership from the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University — institutions where he drove strategy, enrollment growth, program development, and student learning and career placement outcomes at scale. Now as Co-Founder and CBO of AdvancAI, he channels that experience into something larger — helping institutions become the kind of places that change the arc of students' lives, sending graduates into careers they're prepared for, proud of, and that strengthen the communities they enter.
Higher education's promise travels far beyond graduation — through careers built, impact created, and communities shaped. Alex's work is about ensuring AI helps institutions live up to that promise — for every student they're entrusted to serve.