Board of Directors

Teri Cannon is the Founding President of Minerva University, serving as President until April 2022 after nearly 10 years with Minerva. She continues with Minerva as in-house counsel and as a Higher Education Consultant. She is a lawyer and higher education professional with more than 40 years of experience in various academic, leadership, and consulting roles for a wide variety of institutions and accrediting agencies. Teri has consulted with more than 40 educational institutions on issues related to accreditation, student achievement, governance, and organizational change and development. Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission (WCSUC), and was dean of two small California law schools and associate dean at a major public university.

She served as the Educational Consultant to the California Committee of Bar Examiners, which accredits law schools in California, and to the American Bar Association for the approval of paralegal education programs.

She has served on several governing boards and two accrediting commissions, and has written and spoken widely on issues related to accreditation, governance, the changing landscape of higher education, legal ethics, access to legal services, and diversity in the legal profession and the academy. Ms. Cannon holds an undergraduate degree from UCLA and a law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Charlene Hayes joined the Board in October 2020. She is the Owner and Principal Consultant of CM Hayes LLC, a national human capital consulting practice focused on providing a wide range of human resource services primarily to mission-driven, nonprofit organizations, large and small. A certified mediator and leadership coach, Charlene helps leaders manage complex issues within their organizations, develop policies and practices that ensure the acquisition, retention, and development of top talent; and, build the people systems needed to deliver on organizational goals and missions.

Before CM Hayes, LLC, Charlene served The Johns Hopkins University for two years in the role of Senior Executive for Human Capital Strategy. As a senior adviser to the president, she was responsible for a broad range of human capital initiatives, including leadership recruitment and development, executive compensation, and employee relations at senior levels throughout the university. Charlene spent her first 12 years at Johns Hopkins as vice president for Human Resources, the university’s chief human resources officer, and retired from Johns Hopkins on June 30, 2017. She spent approximately eight years before Johns Hopkins in chief human resources officer roles at North Carolina State University and Purdue University. Charlene also served in various other HR positions at Purdue and the University of California at San Diego.

Charlene currently chairs the Governance Committee of the United Way of Central Maryland; serves The Family Tree of Maryland as Vice President of the Board and Chair of the Human Resources Committee; is a member of the Board of the Job Opportunities Task Force, a Baltimore, Maryland organization focused on workforce development; and is Vice President of the Board for Baltimore Corp., a Baltimore social impact organization focused on equity and racial justice in the workplace. A founding member of the American Research Universities—Human Resources Institute, Charlene is an emeritus member of the Institute. She previously co-chaired the National Science Foundation’s Business and

Operations Advisory Council and chaired the Johns Hopkins Homecare Group’s Human Resources Committee. Charlene also served as a member of the local advisory council for YearUp Baltimore.

Charlene earned an A.B. from Cornell University and J.D. from The George Washington University. She and her husband, Floyd W. Hayes, III, have four adult children and five grandchildren.

Paul Mutty joined the Antioch Board in 2014, and served as Board Chair from 2018 to 2022. He retired from Starbucks Coffee Company in 2018. While at Starbucks, Paul served in several capacities, including senior vice president and interim general counsel. He managed a number of functions within the company, including the company’s global legal teams, the ethics and compliance department, global safety and security department, global resilience function, and its international business development team. Paul also spent a number of years helping with the development of Starbucks’ expansion into markets in Asia, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Paul’s experience includes the negotiation and establishment of numerous international joint ventures, complex license arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, and consulting on a variety of commercial, labor, employment, and dispute resolution matters.

Prior to joining Starbucks, Paul was Executive Vice President and General Counsel for SP Investments, Inc., a private investment company, and was a partner in the law firm of Riddell Williams in Seattle. Paul served on the Board of Governors of City University of Seattle, including a term as Vice Chair of the Board. He also served as a trustee of the King County Bar Foundation.

Paul holds a J.D. degree from Tulane University Law School and a BA from the University of Rhode Island. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife Lisa, and has two children, Sam and Nina.

Peggy Ruhlin has been recognized as one of America’s most distinguished women in wealth management, and was the recipient of the 2017 Alexandra Armstrong Award for lifetime achievement. Peggy is a Certified Public Accountant with a Personal Financial Specialist accreditation, and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Otterbein and received its Alumni Association’s Special Achievement Award in 2009. She was Otterbein’s commencement speaker in 2022, at which she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. She is a trustee emerita of Otterbein University, having previously served as a trustee (2001-2014), and chair of the Investment Committee.

Peggy is a founder and former Chair of the Board of Directors of Budros, Ruhlin & Roe. She was its Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2019. Under Peggy’s leadership, Budros, Ruhlin & Roe won the 2011 Schwab Impact Awards® Best in Business award.

She was named one of the “20 Most Influential Women to Watch in 2016” by Investment News, one of the Top 25 Women RIAs in 2016 by WealthManagement.com, and one of the Financial Times Top 100 Women Advisers in 2014. Smart Business News selected her as one of the inaugural Columbus Smart 50 CEOs in 2014.

She is the author of Wealth is Women’s Work: How women can make a long-term impact with a career in wealth management, published by Forbes|Advantage in 2023.

Peggy served (2015-2018) on the Board of Directors of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, the Schwab Advisor Services Advisory Board (2014-2016), and the Foundation for Financial Planning.

Rev. April Casperson serves as the Director of Enrollment Management at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. She is an ordained deacon passionate about diversity and inclusion, vocational discernment, and the organizations and systems that recruit, educate and equip leaders for thoughtful, intentional ministry.

Rev. Casperson previously served as Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church and the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

Theresa Harris, President and Founder of TMH Solutions, has more than 30 years of progressively responsible experience in Management and Information Technology. TMH Solutions, LLC is a certified women and minority owned and managed company working to collaborate with her customers and strategic partners to deliver high quality, cost effective solutions.

Prior to establishing TMH Solutions, Theresa was Application Sales Manager for Public Sector for Oracle in the States of Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. During her years in the IT field, she’s proven to be a top performer in sales, sales management and professional services with companies such as: Blackwell Consulting Services of Ohio, LLC, Compuware, Computer Associates, Digital Equipment Corporation, Unisys and Xerox. Theresa has led these companies either through start-up, survival, turnaround and growth modes.

Among her significant previous positions, In 2014 Theresa completed the Executive Program at Dartmouth, Tuck School of Business.

Currently, Mrs. Harris serves as an active Board member with Otterbein University, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Mid-Ohio Food Bank, the COSI Community Board, Advisory Board member with Per Scholas, University of Detroit College of Business Administration Board Advisor, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, a 2016 WELD honoree for Women WELDing the Way 2016, a 2017 SMARTWOMEN honoree for Progressive Entrepreneur, a 2019 honoree for the Groundbreaker Diverse Women in Tech Summit and a Columbus Business First 2019 Diversity in Business Award – Outstanding Diversity Champion.

Previous to this, Theresa held various positions as Board Chair of the Mid-Ohio Food Bank and founder of the Senior African-American Leaders in Technology (The SAALT Group).

Although focused in the information technology field an important aspect of her life is her family. She has been married to Bruno Harris Jr. for 28 years and has a daughter.

Lynn Pasquerella, Ph.D., is one of the country’s most prominent public voices and forceful advocates for the value of liberal education, the importance of access to resources and pathways, and the need for career training for jobs and citizen education for justice.

Pasquerella has served as president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) since 2016. Her most recent book, What We Value: Public Health, Social Justice, and Educating for Democracy, examines urgent issues — moral distress, access to resources, and the conflict over whose voices and lives are privileged — and argues that liberal education is the best preparation for work, citizenship, and life. Pasquerella’s areas of expertise focus on civic engagement, access, accreditation, strategic planning, and advocacy for equity and inclusion in higher education.

Prior to joining AAC&U, Pasquerella served as the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College and held positions as provost at the University of Hartford and vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the graduate school at the University of Rhode Island, where she taught for more than two decades. She is the host of Northeast Public Radio’s The Academic Minute, a radio segment and podcast featuring a different university-based researcher each day. She also serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Public Philosophy Journal.

Pasquerella has won many awards and was named one of America’s top 353 women leaders in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. She earned her doctorate degree in philosophy from Brown University in 1985.