TADA25: Supporting Your Data and Analytics Journey With NACUBO Resources

Angela Fogel is the Associate Director of Finance & Administration at Yale University, where she oversees the financial operations and strategic planning for the University Library. She leads initiatives to modernize financial reporting, foster collaboration across departments, and integrate advanced analytics tools to streamline decision-making processes. Her work includes enterprise system implementation, self-service business intelligence, and leveraging data insights to align financial strategy with institutional goals. Angela’s career spans the public, private, and academic sectors, including her tenure as Director of Management & Budgets for the City of Norwalk, Connecticut. There she elevated financial literacy for city leadership and improved budget transparency. 

Angela began her career in financial advisory services at Ernst & Young, LLP where she developed her skills in strategic planning, valuation, and comparative performance benchmarking. A graduate of the University of Southern California (MBA), Sacred Heart University (MS in Computer Science), and the University of Toledo (BA in Economics), Angela brings a unique blend of technical expertise and data driven leadership.

Christy Wentz is a passionate analyst, statistician and data scientist based in Central NY currently working as a Business Intelligence Analyst at Hamilton College. Her professional journey is anchored in a deep love for data, where she unravels complex problems using machine learning and statistical analyses. Christy holds an MPA, MSDS, and a BS in Facilities Management with additional volunteer experiences in fire, emergency communication, search and rescue, and youth programs. Driven by a thirst for knowledge, Christy aspires to be a subject matter expert in data governance/literacy and machine learning analytics. She is additionally mastering Python, Snowflake SQL, AWS Analytics, and simultaneously exploring how AI can help employees do more of what they love.  Beyond the numbers, Christy is an avid enthusiast of fiber arts, including knitting, crocheting, weaving, and embroidery. When not tangled in yarn or data, you'll find Christy immersed in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and dystopian narratives through books, movies, shows, podcasts, or games. Christy is also a proud ambassador at Jervis Public Library, fostering a community where learning and sharing thrive. Many nights and some weekends you will often find Christy rolling dice and strategizing in tabletop games or teaching ESL and digital literacy in her community.

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.

Jackie Agustin is manager of analytics and research at NACUBO. She works on analytics and research initiatives and collaborates with NACUBO members to bring forth spaces to discuss data and analytics in higher education.

Agustin has a master's degree in public affairs from the Watson Institute at Brown University and earned her bachelor’s degree from Brown University.

Lindsay K. Wayt, Ph.D., is senior director of analytics at NACUBO. She works on initiatives and programming that support NACUBO’s efforts to help colleges and universities integrate the use of analytics to achieve institutional goals. This includes collaborating with NACUBO members and key stakeholders from other organizations to propel the use of data-informed decision-making in higher education. She has experience conducting higher education research, studying topics such as the use of data and analytics in higher education, tuition discounting, and higher education leadership. Wayt completed her doctoral work focused on educational leadership and higher education.