Jesse F. Kane (he/him) – With a broad range of experiences in higher education spanning over 20 years, Jesse Kane has been instrumental in designing and implementing programs that foster and promote student success, particularly for students of color. Much of his work has focused on the impact of engagement opportunities on persistence, retention, and graduation. He has worked with institutional partners in utilizing high-impact practices to help improve student outcomes. Mr. Kane has both presented and trained in the areas of student leadership development, diversity and cultural competency, minority male identity development, effective mentoring programs, and leveraging learning communities for academic success, among others.

He currently serves as the Senior Vice President for Student Success and Enrollment Management at Medgar Evers College, a senior college within the City University of New York. Additionally, he has held many other senior-level administrative positions at several institutions, including serving as an Education Policy Analyst with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, a state-wide higher education coordinating body. His experiences afford him a depth of understanding of higher education at the campus, state, and national levels. Mr. Kane’s passion for working with college students is best expressed through his professional motto of: “Students are never an interruption to our work…they are the reasons for it!”

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