Diane L. Nyhammer is Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL.  Previously, she was the Executive Dean of Humanities, Distance Education, and Professional Development at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, IL. She has also worked as an Assistant Director for Academic Affairs at the Illinois Board of Higher Education, Assistant Director of Accreditation Services at the Higher Learning Commission, and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Colorado Mountain College. She continues to serve as a peer reviewer and as an Assessment Academy mentor for the Higher Learning Commission. Nyhammer’s community service includes serving on the boards of the Mid-America Horse Show Association, the Burpee Museum of Natural History, the American Association of Learning in Higher Education, and the OSF St. Anthony Hospital advisory board. Nyhammer has a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Loyola University and a Master’s in English from Northern Illinois University.