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Thomas P. Hustoles is a member in the Kalamazoo and Lansing, Michigan offices of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, and the immediate past Chair of its Labor and Employment Law Group. For the past 29 years he has represented universities, community colleges, school districts, municipalities, and private sector employers in the full range of employment matters. He currently serves as outside counsel to numerous colleges and universities in labor and general matters. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (“NACUA”), chaired the Journal of College University Law Editorial Board, co-chaired the NACUA section on Personnel, Tenure, and Retirement Programs, and served on the Michigan State Bar Labor Section Council and has received NACUA’s “Fellow” award. He co-edited two books published by NACUA entitled Legal Issues in Faculty Employment and Regulating Racial Harassment on Campus, co-authored a NACUA pamphlet on How to Conduct a Sexual Harassment Investigation, authored articles for the Journal of College and University Law including Faculty and Staff Dismissals: Developing Contract and Tort Theories, 10 JCUL 479 (1984), authored an article for the Michigan State Bar Journal on age discrimination challenges to early retirement options, authored an article for the CUPA Journal entitled Dealing With Employee Misconduct On and Off Duty: A Practical Framework, Winter 1994, Vol. 45, No. 4, and has edited the Michigan Employment Law Handbook for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America (management labor category) and Who’s Who in American Law (Marquis). He has presented at numerous state, regional, and national higher education conferences. He attended the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit, and received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Detroit; and his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Detroit School of Law.

Kaye Lingle Koonce (Moderator) is General Counsel and Executive Assistant to the President at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina where she has also served on the faculty. Prior to her tenure at Trident she was a special prosecutor for child rape cases in the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Ms. Koonce served from 1999 until January of 2003 as Chair of the S.C. Human Affairs Commission, the state’s EECO referral agency. Ms. Koonce has also served on the NACUA Board of Directors. She is an active Alumnus of the S. C. Executive Institute and regularly serves on the Institute’s faculty. She serves as a pro bono mediator for the S.C. Office of Human Resources. Ms. Koonce received a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her law degree from the University of South Carolina. She frequently speaks on topics including sexual harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, board service, governance and conflict resolution. Since 1998, Ms. Koonce has served as a consultant, trainer and facilitator for several colleges and non-profit boards as well as for the American Community College Trustees at regional and national conferences and workshops.

Jackie McClain is the vice chancellor for human resources at the 23-campus California State University system, the largest university system in the country. As vice chancellor, McClain provides strategic leadership for the CSU's comprehensive human resources programs. She oversees personnel, compensation, employment practices, and employee relations issues for more than 44,000 employees. McClain, who has worked in university human resources for more than two decades, is a prominent national leader in her field. She served as president of the College and University Personnel Association from 1999-2000 and has won numerous awards for her publications and service. Prior to joining the CSU, she was the executive director of human resources and affirmative action at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. McClain holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a law degree from the University of Kansas-Lawrence.