Our Team

Kris Maul, JD

Co-Founder and Principal

Kris Maul has over a decade of experience working in professional licensure regulatory compliance. He has supported institutions with students in all 50 states and U.S. territories. Kris received his Juris Doctor from Hamline University.

His experience includes:

  • researching, analyzing, and interpreting of professional licensure laws, regulations, rules, and policies

  • creating comprehensive student resources to navigate all stages of professional licensure

  • auditing graduate and undergraduate curriculum for compliance with professional licensure standards

  • advocating for institutions and individual applicants with state licensure boards and agencies

  • presenting about professional licensure to regulators, institutions, and students

  • creation of professional licensure disclosures and disclaimers for higher education institution

Nan Kalke

Nan Kalke, PhD

Co-Founder and Principal

Nan Kalke received her PhD in Organizational Leadership and Policy Development from the University of Minnesota in the higher education track. She has experience working in a not-for-profit, land-grant university at the University of Minnesota and a for-profit, online university at Capella University.

The areas she has worked in include:

  • centralized end-to-end specialized accreditation

  • standardized and content-specific curriculum content analysis

  • self-study writing, gathering evidence, and site visit coordination

  • program and operational management

  • site-based learning

  • principal investigator on university projects with the state of Minnesota

  • comprehensive program evaluations

  • individualized training competency assessments

  • graduate faculty instructor

Bethany Snyder

Bethany Snyder, MPP

Communications Principal

With 20 years of experience in communications, advocacy, and public affairs, Bethany is a seasoned professional and an expert in managing strategic communications and leading successful initiatives. Bethany received her masters in public policy at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

Her expertise includes:

  • managing and designing communications programs

  • implementing social media, traditional communications, and influencers strategies

  • developing content for firm’s communications channels

  • designing digital engagement strategies

  • researching and seizing new market opportunities