College Leadership Soaring Into the Future

Anderson's responsibilities include developing educational pathways with K-12 and university partners, enhancing teaching and learning culture, and advancing the use of cutting-edge technologies. Anderson brings over 27 years of experience in higher education and community organizational leadership, focusing on strategic development and expansion of high quality educational programming. As the previous Dean of Health Sciences and Education at NWTC, he led some of the most innovative training programs within the Wisconsin Technical College System. Anderson also worked collaboratively with Hospital Sisters Health Systems and the NEW Community Clinic to launch the NEW Community Dental Clinic on the NWTC Green Bay campus, receiving recognition from the Wisconsin Hospital Association as the Global Vision Community Partnership Award winner in 2014.

Grant is responsible for enhancing and assuring strategic alignment for student support services; retention and recruitment; guided pathways; and large-scale initiatives like Title IX, College Assessment, Response and Education team, and more. During his 22 years with NWTC, Grant has played a pivotal role in enriching the student experience. As the former Dean of Student Development, he led advising, counseling, disability, veteran, and career services. He currently serves as a part-time, holistic student support coach for Achieving the Dream and is a member of NWTC’s Association of Title IX Administrators and Association for Student Conduct Administration. Grant developed the original advising model at NWTC and has overseen nationally recognized early alert and coaching approaches to student success.

In his role, Petersen is charged with driving continuous improvement across the institution. He leads efforts to ensure that high-quality data can be easily accessed to drive better teaching and learning and smarter use of resources. Petersen has spent most of his 18 years at NWTC as a faculty member in the biological sciences and still takes every opportunity he can to teach. As a former Associate Dean, he was responsible for instructional quality in math, social sciences, and natural sciences, and worked to strengthen partnerships with industry, K12, and postsecondary partners across Northeast Wisconsin. As Manager of Student Retention, his work to better utilize data to individualize student support received national attention. Petersen currently serves as a part-time, holistic student support coach for Achieving the Dream.

In her role leading the department of Marketing, Communication & Legislative Advocacy, Plaza serves as Chief Marketing Officer and Public Information Officer for NWTC. Plaza has over 20 years working in marketing roles, most recently as the driving force behind the brand and marketing strategies at NWTC. She has empowered her team to embrace and implement innovative marketing strategies including a complete relaunch of the NWTC brand, implementing a customer relationship management system, leading national media stories, and creating the strategic vision for team growth.

Karl Reischl serves as Senior Director, Information and Instructional Technology (IIT). He brings to the role more than 25 years of experience guiding technology strategy, infrastructure, and instructional innovation in higher education. Reischl is passionate about aligning technology with teaching and learning, and he is currently helping develop NWTC's formal strategy for integrating AI into education.