Mary Beth Walter, assistant vice president of finance and administration, director of human resources, and deputy Title IX coordinator at Wittenberg University, was recently selected to serve as an at-large member of the Midwest Region Board of Directors of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2023.
Walter has served on the Ohio CUPA-HR Board in various positions including as president-elect in 2019-20, president in 2020-21, and past president from 2021 to the present. She has also served as a presenter and panel member for a variety of topics at the Ohio CUPA-HR spring and fall annual conferences.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to serve others in this capacity and to be a positive influence to those who have chosen this increasingly demanding career path,” Walter said. “The opportunity will also allow me to not only share my 30-plus years of experience with HR folks at all levels in higher ed, but also to personally and professionally grow in my career. I am grateful that some of my CUPA colleagues encouraged me to apply due to my extensive and diverse HR background and experience in different industries. I am honored to be part of the CUPA organization and am ready to take on my first role with the Midwest Region board.”
CUPA-HR serves higher education by providing the knowledge, resources, advocacy, and connections to achieve organizational and workforce excellence. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, and serving over 31,000 HR professionals and other campus leaders at more than 2,000-member institutions and organizations around the country and abroad, the association offers learning and professional development programs, higher education workforce data, extensive online resources, and just-in-time regulatory and legislative information.
The group monitors trends, explores emerging workforce issues, conducts research and promotes strategic discussions among colleges and universities while providing opportunities for members to connect with one another and to develop professionally by hosting conferences and webinars, publishing tools and resources, and offering online communities for collaboration.
