NACUBO Student Success Hub Toolkit Series

Kari Christiansen is the vice president of administrative services/chief financial officer at Central Lakes College, having served in this position since 2002. Her entire career, beginning in 1989, has been in higher education finance at two Minnesota community/technical colleges, serving as business manager/director of business services and most recently as VP of administrative services/CFO.

Christiansen has her B.S. in accounting from Valparaiso University and her M.A. in management from the College of St. Scholastica. She is actively involved at Central Lakes College and the Minnesota State System, serving on various finance and facility workgroups, taskforces, and advisory committees. She strongly advocates for students and values engagement and transparency in her work.

Peter S. Elliott is vice president for administrative services at South Florida State College (SFSC). Elliott, who is a certified public accountant (CPA), earned his bachelor’s of science in accounting and master’s of accounting from Florida State University. He earned his associate’s in arts from Santa Fe College. Prior to coming to SFSC, he was vice president for administration and chief financial officer at Polk State College for 14 years. Previously, he worked at Broward College as associate vice president of financial operations, director of financial operations, and adjunct instructor in accounting. For 11 years, he served as an auditor with the state of Florida’s office of the auditor general.

Scott Stenmark has served North Park University as the vice president for finance and administration and CFO since 2017. In this position, Stenmark is responsible for finance, human resources, risk management, auxiliary service,s and physical plant activities at the university. Prior to joining North Park, Stenmark was the chief financial officer for BMO Global Asset Management U.S.; senior manager of financial planning and analysis for the U.S. Personal & Commercial segment of BMO Financial Group; and director of financial planning and analysis at Belden Inc. He also held numerous financial positions for Kraft Foods. Stenmark serves on the Board and Investment Committee of Covenant Trust Company and the Board of Trustees for Swedish Hospital. 

Stenmark received his bachelor's in accounting from North Park University and his MBA from DePaul University.

Terri Dautcher has 20+ years of leadership experience in for-profit and non-profit service sector organizations, followed by 8 years as a full-time faculty member at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.

For the past 4 years she has worked as a practice consultant to colleges and universities. Terri has supported and coached leadership teams across a wide range of operational and structural transformations. She is a systems thinker who offers practical approaches to navigating the complexities of people and organizational processes. Terri has extensive experience designing and delivering programs in organizational change management, diversity, equity and inclusion, student recruitment and retention, and implementation of margin driven strategic and operational plans.

At Plymouth State, Terri was a faculty leader, chairing a range of faculty governance committees and serving as Faculty Speaker. Within the College of Business, where she taught courses in marketing and entrepreneurship, Terri played a material role in the development of new majors and the redesign and adoption of equity-driven advising models.

Terri Dautcher has a BA from Dickinson College and an MBA from Temple University. She has also completed extensive graduate course work in organizational dynamics, finance, and risk management.

Jim Hundrieser, Ph.D., is the inaugural and former vice president for consulting and business development at NACUBO. At NACUBO, he matched higher education institutions with new strategies to focus on growing revenue, building capacity, providing pragmatic solutions, conducting operational assessments, and increasing student success and completion. Hundrieser led NACUBO’s grant focused on strategically financing equitable student outcomes. Hundrieser had a 30+ year career in higher education, previously serving in leadership roles at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Plymouth State University, Lynn University, and Marymount Manhattan College.

Kelli S. Rainey, Ed.D., serves as the senior director for grants management at NACUBO.  In her current role, she is leading a multi-foundation, multi-campus project to develop frameworks, tools, and models that will change how higher education institutions strategically and sustainably finance equitable student outcomes. With more than two decades in higher education, Rainey has an extensive background in institutional effectiveness, data analytics, and student development. Most recently, she provided strategic leadership as a senior-level university administrator and focused on strategies and initiatives to support student retention and completion, service delivery, and organizational effectiveness. Rainey holds a doctorate in higher education and organizational change and a graduate certificate in institutional research.