Kimberly Novak

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Ms. Novak is recognized as a national expert in student risk management, AODV prevention, and student organization development. She has been invited to speak at national conferences and on college campuses around the country on a variety of topics including; effective self-governance, critical decision-making strategies, current issues in higher education law and policy, campus safety efforts that engage students, as well as proactive risk management. She has served as faculty for several nationally sponsored professional institutes, including the National Interdisciplinary Hazing Intervention Institute which she co-chairs. 

Kim has also served as a member of the U.S. Department of Education Higher Education Center for Alcohol Other Drug and Violence Prevention Review Group. She has been honored with recognition for service by the Association of Student Judicial Affairs and for her presentation skills at the Stetson College of Law Higher Educational Law Conference as well as by numerous higher education groups and campus organizations.

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.  Her primary responsibilities involved the oversight and development of administration and supervision of a team that led Student Conduct Programs, High Risk Behavior Education, Student Affairs Risk Management, Student Advocacy Services, Crisis Intervention and Response as well as Campus Safety for the new urban campus.  In her role as Director, Kim was responsible for the development of the annual Campus Crime Report as well as the development and maintenance of a successful partnership with City of Phoenix Police. She was also the Assistant Director for Student Affairs Risk Management at Arizona State University, Tempe Campus where she led the design and implementation of a comprehensive and proactive risk management model for The Division of Student Affairs. Prior to joining the ASU community, Kim worked for nine years at Texas A&M University where she served as Program Coordinator for Risk Management and Organizational Development.

She has a B.A. in English and a Masters of Public Administration from Southwest Missouri State University. Kim is actively involved in several national organizations and is currently working on the edits for a second edition of the Student Risk Management Compendium she co-edited for NACUA in 2006. Kim offers a high energy, interactive presentation style aimed at providing participants the opportunity to enhance their knowledge in both practical and theoretical perspectives.