The Institute is designed to address hazing as an environmental and cultural problem in communities by featuring top-notch faculty and hands-on participation. Using the principles of prevention-focused strategies, some of the best minds in the field facilitate a four-day intensive curriculum aimed at empowering participants to demonstrate a shared understanding of the issue, and the ability to act upon their willingness to communicate and work together to lead real change in the eradication of hazing practices within campus communities.

• Kim Novak, Campus Safety & Student Risk Management Consultant and HPO Board of Directors
• Adam Goldstein, PhD, Associate Dean of Students, Florida State University
• Tim Marchell, PhD, MPH, Director of Mental Health Initiatives, Cornell University
• Lauri Sidelko, Assistant Director for the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention, University of Maine
• Linda Langford, ScD, Associate Center Director for Violence Prevention Initiatives, Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
• Gina Lee-Olukoya, PhD, Associate Dean of Students, University of Illinois, HPO Board of Directors, Institute Director
• Dan Wrona, CEO and Project Leader for RISE Partnerships Inc., Programming Chair for HPO, Risk Management Committee Chair for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
• Keith Ellis, Associate Director of Greek Life, University of South Carolina, lead author of the University of Kentucky's successful application for the 2011 Zeta Tau Alpha Award for Innovation in Hazing Prevention and Education
• Ashley Stone, Admissions Representative, Wichita State University, Institute Intern
• Justin Shukas- Graduate Assistant, University of Florida, Institute Intern

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Kim Novak Faculty Chair and Institute namesake is an independent consultant for Campus Safety, Student Risk Management and Student Organization Development. She is recognized as a national expert in student-focused risk management, hazing prevention, and campus safety. She has been invited to speak at national conferences and on college campus around the country and served as faculty for several nationally sponsored professional institutes including the including HPO’s hazing intervention institute which was renamed in her honor in 2010 as the Kimberly Novak Hazing Prevention Institute. Kim currently serves as a Center Fellow for the U.S. Department of Education Higher Education Center for Alcohol Other Drug and Violence Prevention. She also serves on the Board of Director for HazingPrevention.Org, the advisory Board for the Vermont Legal Issues in Higher Ed Law Conference, and on the Board for SCOPE, School and College Organization for Prevention Educators. In 2006 she served as the primary editor for the National Association of College and University Attorney’s Compendium on Student-Focused Risk Management a top selling resource on pro-active risk management.

Prior to embarking on her consulting career full-time, Kim served as the Director for Student and Campus Community Development at Arizona State University, Downtown Phoenix campus. Kim was a key player in the opening of the campus in 2004. She also worked at Texas A&M for 8 successful years. Kim approaches her work with college students with the heart of an advocate and is committed to the advancement of communities of care on college campuses across the country.

Lauri Sidelko is Assistant Director for the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention at the University of Maine, providing alcohol, tobacco, other drug and hazing education programs for campus athletes, fraternities and sororities, first-year students, marching band and club sports. She first got involved in hazing prevention through her work as the Greek Life director at UMaine and as a research associate for the National Hazing Study in 2007. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in higher education, focusing on hazing prevention and consequences in college and university settings. Lauri has been instrumental in the creation of the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention and served as the on-site coordinator and research presenter for the 2009 National Hazing Symposium. She is a frequent presenter on the topic of hazing prevention efforts and co-occurring issues such as alcohol, group think and bystander intervention.

Adam Goldstein, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean of Students at The Florida State University where he works with the Dean of Student’s offices of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Greek Life, Withdrawal Services, and provides support for students experiencing medical and mental health crises. When the Florida Legislature passed the country’s toughest hazing law in 2005, Adam led an interdisciplinary community initiative to improve the university’s hazing education efforts and reduce the potential for harm caused by hazing. The group created http://hazing.fsu.edu, an interactive web site and FSU’s central location for hazing information, education, and reporting. FSU’s hazing initiative targets high risk populations with resources specific to each community, provides information to parents about how to talk with students about hazing, and developed an on-line reporting function that allows for a quicker and more coordinated response to incidents that occur in the community. In 2010, Florida State University received the first annual $10,000 award for Innovation in Campus Hazing Prevention and Education offered by Zeta Tau Alpha and HazingPrevention.org. Adam served on the faculty of the first Interdisciplinary Institute for Hazing Intervention in 2008, as co-lead facilitator in 2009 and 2010.

Timothy C. Marchell, Ph.D., M.P.H. is director of Mental Health Initiatives at Cornell University. In this role he leads institutional strategies to address alcohol abuse, hazing, and mental health problems among students. Drawing on his clinical practice as well as his personal experience as a former college athlete and fraternity member, Dr. Marchell has developed innovative anti-hazing strategies, including a comprehensive website (www.hazing.cornell.edu) and interventions for organizations that haze. He is co-author of several publications on the prevention of hazing, alcohol abuse, and sexual violence, and has delivered numerous presentations on these issues for students, coaches, and higher education administrators. Dr. Marchell is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York.

Linda Langford, Sc.D., has been an associate Center director since 1998 at the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention. She initially managed the Center’s evaluation projects and since 2002 has directed the Center’s violence prevention initiatives, including developing a "framework" for violence prevention in higher education settings. Her work focuses on strategic planning, program evaluation, and health communications with special interests in environmental approaches to prevention, practitioner-researcher collaborations, and translating research to practice. She holds a doctorate in behavioral sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health and was an assistant clinical professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston from 1998-2006, teaching a core course in strategic planning for health communications.

Gina Lee-Olukoya, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean of Students at University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign supporting Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, New Student Programs and campus traditions. Gina’s research in the area of hazing involves the study of African American women involved in historically Black Greek lettered organizations, in addition to how African American women utilize their sorority experience to negotiate issues of gender and race. Gina serves as the director of the Novak Institute.

Dan Wrona is the CEO and Project Leader for RISE Partnerships, a company that challenges fraternity and sorority members to step up, take action and use their values to change the world. In the 11 years since he co-founded the company, Dan has trained student leaders on over 150 campuses on the skills and strategies to create positive change in their organizations. He is the creator of “From Hazing to Health,” an educational initiative that transforms hazing from a complicated, confusing discussion about legalese into a simple formula for building stronger, healthier organizations. His program was recognized by the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors with the 2009 Excellence in Educational Programming award. Dan also serves as the Programming Chair for HazingPrevention.Org, and Chair of the Risk Management Standing Committee for Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

Keith Ellis is the Associate Director of Greek Life at the University of South Carolina where he is responsible for the on-going risk reduction education for fraternities and sororities and oversees hazing prevention efforts for the Carolina Greek Community. Prior to his role at South Carolina, Keith organized and chaired the Hazing Prevention Coalition at the University of Kentucky utilizing the information his campus gained from participation in the 2009 and 2010 Novak Institutes. Keith was the lead author on UK’s 2011 award winning application for the Innovation in Campus Hazing Prevention and Education Award offered by Zeta Tau Alpha and HazingPrevention.org. Keith is pursuing is doctoral degree in educational policy evaluation from the University of Kentucky focusing on issues relative to Greek Letter Organizations, hazing and the law. Keith served as a faculty member in training for the 2011 Novak Institute and joins the faculty full time in 2012.

Ashley Stone is an Admissions Representative at Wichita State University, where she is responsible for the recruitment of new students. Ashley currently works with the peer mentoring component for the first-year success courses and serves as the advisor to the Student Ambassador Society. Ashley has received numerous awards for leadership, service and academic excellence at Wichita State University, where she graduated in 2010 with a degree in communication. In addition, Ashley is an active member of Delta Gamma Fraternity.

Justin Shukas is a Graduate Assistant in Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution at the University of Florida. He serves as a Resolution Officer for Student Conduct Code cases as well as an advisor for the Student Ambassadors of Civility and Ethics, a student organization that promotes ethical behavior on campus. Currently, Justin is in his first year of UF’s Student Personnel & Higher Education master’s program. Prior to coming to the University of Florida, he attended Indiana University Bloomington where he held various leadership positions which led to his interest in risk management. He is a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity, served two terms as Interfraternity Vice President of Risk Management, was a member of the Student Organizations Ethics Board, selected as a Robert Shaffer Intern for Risk Management in the Student Activities Office, and interned at Delta Upsilon International Headquarters. Justin’s areas of interest include social responsibility, sexual assault prevention, hazing prevention, Greek life, and campus safety.