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Shawn Berry
Analytic & Tool Support Specialist, Institutional Effectiveness

Shawn joined 91����Ƶ in January 2024, bringing over 11 years of experience as an elementary and middle school educator with a specialization in Mathematics. Having grown up in a military family, she has lived in various locations but considers Alaska and Nebraska as her primary roots. She holds a BA in Music, a BS in Elementary Education, and an MA in Mathematics Education. Shawn is passionate about leveraging data to help others identify patterns and make informed decisions. She enjoys using tools like Excel and Tableau to analyze and make sense of both numeric and non-numeric data.

Heather Chapman
Senior Director of Data & Analytics, Student Success Analytics

Heather Chapman is the Senior Director for Data & Analytics at 91����Ƶ (91����Ƶ). She can read a spreadsheet, scatterplot, or line chart and loves finding ways to make complicated data problems easy for everyone to understand. She has a passion for creating visualizations that tell a good story to people who are afraid of or uncomfortable with all that data. Her team is responsible for providing operational reports, creating visualizations that explore student success, and predictive modeling at 91����Ƶ. Heather is also responsible for teaching visualization best practices across her institution and for helping with the integration of new data sources into 91����Ƶ’s data warehouse. Prior to joining 91����Ƶ, Heather earned a Ph.D. in Experimental and Applied Psychological Sciences, with an emphasis in statistics from Utah State University.

Daniel Jensen
Data Training & Communication Manager, Student Success Analytics

Daniel Jensen, Ed.D, is currently the Data Training and Communication Manager out of the Office of Student Success Analytics at 91����Ƶ where he supports faculty and staff with on demand data literacy courses, data tool and dashboard training resources, and live training events. His recently completed dissertation focused on perceptions of predictive analytics and early alert systems. With over a decade of experience in higher education, Daniel has helped faculty, staff and students develop data literacy skills, enhance academic advising practices, create effective assessment strategies, and implement strategic planning initiatives to improve student outcomes and institutional effectiveness.

Kenneth D. Johnson
Assistant Director, Student Support Systems & Career Readiness

Kenneth D. Johnson is the Assistant Director for Student, Support Systems & Career Readiness at 91����Ƶ, where he leads initiatives to enhance student retention, persistence, and career readiness through data-driven strategies and holistic support services. Previously, he served as a Multicultural Retention Counselor in Weber State’s Centers for Cultural Belonging and Engagement, supporting underrepresented students in achieving academic success. He also held the role of Director at Moore Career College, overseeing institutional operations and student services. Kenneth earned a Bachelor’s in Organizational Management from Ashford University and a Master’s in Higher Education Administration from 91����Ƶ. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Student Affairs Administration and Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Outside of work, he enjoys sports, movies, and spending time with his wife and family.

Gail Niklason
Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness

Gail has been with 91����Ƶ for 26+ years in a variety of roles; for the last 13 years in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. Gail has recently taken on the role of Accreditation Liaison Officer for the institution and is having great fun learning the ins and outs of that responsibility.

Andrew Pritchett
Associate Data Analyst, Student Success Analytics

Andrew Pritchett is an Associate Data Analyst in the Office of Student Success Analytics, where he develops dashboards, conducts ad-hoc analyses, and integrates data from various sources to meet analytics needs. Recently, he took charge of the Now Data (Student Interaction) initiative, building a data pipeline to the warehouse and automating processes using modern coding techniques. Andrew is also engaged in projects on stop-out analysis and student belonging. Outside of work, he enjoys climbing, golfing, skiing, and working on motorcycles. He graduated cum laude from Utah Valley University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science before joining 91����Ƶ.

Garin Savage
Retention & Special Projects Coordinator, Student Access & Success Strategic Initiatives

Garin completed his undergraduate work in aerospace engineering at Utah State University before earning master's degrees in education from Boise State University and 91����Ƶ. He has been employed by Weber State since 2019 and currently works to help SAS departments in their efforts to leverage data to improve their services. Garin believes that data most often leads to change when contextualized in a narrative and has worked to help departments close the loop by reflecting on what story their data tells. In his spare time, he enjoys reading books, playing music on one of several instruments, and spending time with his wife and two kids.

Chaz Steimel
Director, Budget & Institutional Research

Chaz Steimel has been employed at 91����Ƶ for over nine years. Serving initially as an Institutional Analyst and now as the Director of the Budget and Institutional Research office, Chaz helps the university report, understand, and leverage various student retention, persistence and graduation measures. Chaz has assisted in developing several campus reports and dashboards detailing 91����Ƶ student success. Most recently, Chaz has helped train Juan Chavez as the 91����Ƶ IPEDS Keyholder who is now responsible for curating and reporting the campus's student cohorts for retention and graduation rates for both internal and external audiences.