Office & Staff Contact Information Page

Wayne Anderson, President
Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 10

Wayne Anderson is the president of the consortium. He works very closely with member presidents, academic vice presidents and other administrators and faculty groups, overseeing the more than forty programs in which ACS is actively involved, encompassing faculty enhancement, international programs, environmental studies and sustainable development, diversity, interdisciplinary studies, the use of technology (“Blended Learning”), cost containment and many other collaborative efforts.  

Dr. Anderson is a former president of Maryville College and Illinois Wesleyan University who also has held positions at the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, the Association of Governing Boards and the Alabama Independent Colleges. He has taught courses in political science throughout his career, most recently as an adjunct professor of Emory University, teaching American Presidential Campaigns and Elections. He is a former chair of the Board of the Georgia Humanities Council and president of the Association of Consortium Leadership.

Dara Hawkins, Office Manager
Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 10

Dara Hawkins is the Office Manager for the Associated Colleges of the South, where she assists Wayne Anderson in administering grants, preparing reports for the deans and presidents and assisting numerous faculty and staff at member institutions. Dara began working at ACS as a temporary employee in March, 1996. Prior to working at ACS, Dara worked in the corporate real estate and hospitality industries and academic environments.

Elizabeth MacNabb originally joined ACS as a Faculty Fellow at the University of Richmond, where she was director of academic service learning until becoming director of ACS Environmental Programs in 2001. Now based at Southwestern University, she leads the consortium’s initiatives in sustainability and manages the consortium environmental post-doctoral program. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and was a postdoctoral fellow in writing at Illinois State University.

Cindy Reese, Director of Financial Operations
Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 17

Cindy Reese joined ACS in 1998 and oversees all the financial aspects of the consortium’s activities, including planning, budgeting, reporting and meeting with the accountants.  A former CEO, she plays an important  role in managing and evaluating programs and developing new consortial initiatives.

Christiane Williams, Business Analyst
Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 12

Christiane manages the preparation and completion of various technology-related projects and other special projects. She has primary responsibility for the development and maintenance of the ACS website, the ACS central office LAN and workstations. She also maintains the database, the e-mail lists, and handles logistics for meetings and conferences held in Atlanta.