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FutureReady Women in Higher Education
Lead what comes next.
National Leadership Accelerator
A six-month, fully virtual experience for emerging, mid-career, and senior women leaders across colleges and universities. Build leadership capacity, practical AI fluency, and relationships that cross institutional boundaries.
Who it is for
Grow your influence. Strengthen your institution.
Leadership grows when women have room to think, practice, connect, and apply what they learn.
FutureReady Women welcomes leaders in academic affairs, student success, administration, and operations. Institutions can sponsor one or two women, bringing a range of career stages and perspectives into a national learning community.
The journey
Six sessions. Meaningful application.
The experience pairs leadership development with responsible, practical use of AI. Each participant develops a leadership plan and advances an institutional improvement project.
Think · Strategy, systems & judgment
See the system around your work. Explore strategic thinking and AI as a thought partner.
Connect · Relationships & influence
Build meaningful relationships, strengthen influence, and identify the people who can help move your work forward.
Build · Innovation into practice
Turn an idea into an experiment. Explore responsible AI and practical ways to test what is possible.
Navigate · Leading through complexity
Explore change, resistance, and organizational dynamics as you refine your applied work.
Multiply · Impact & your next chapter
Share what you have built, reflect on your impact, and plan how your FutureReady journey continues.
What participants gain
Learning that carries into the work.
Six facilitated leadership sessions
Peer leadership circles and cross-institutional relationships
A leadership development plan and applied improvement project
A certificate upon completion and access to the FutureReady Alumni community
GEENIUS community
Leaders who have learned with GEENIUS.
These women in higher education participated in GEENIUS cohorts focused on leadership, practical AI, and new ways of working. Their perspectives strengthen the cross-institutional community we are building.
Dr. Renee Cunningham-WilliamsWatts Endowed Professor of Social Work & Associate Director of Faculty DevelopmentArizona State University
Dr. Nina CaldwellVice President & Chief Community Care PartnerMaryville University
Kedra TolsonAssociate Vice Chancellor, University CommunicationsWashington University in St. Louis
Dr. Jessica Long-PeaseVice Provost for Student AffairsUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis
Institutional sponsorship
Invest in her leadership.
$3,500 per participant. Institutions may sponsor one or two women.
Begin with a conversation, then confirm sponsorship. GEENIUS follows the commitment with an invoice and participant nomination details. The inaugural national cohort begins April 23, 2027.
Participants use institutionally approved AI tools and keep confidential information out of unapproved systems.
FutureReady Women in Higher Education
Help shape what comes next.
Express your interest, nominate a woman leader, or explore an institutional sponsorship.