Trevon Smith, HR generalist at Drake, is one of 12 College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) members selected to participate in the 2022–2023 CUPA-HR Wildfire Program, a 12-month leadership development experience designed for early-career higher education human resources professionals.

Participants were selected based on their HR strengths and areas for development identified on the program application as well as their interest in and commitment to the program. Throughout the year-long experience, Trevon and the other program participants will have the opportunity to develop their professional skills through tailored learning experiences including mentorship, learning events and courses, and the completion of a year-end project highlighting the insights they gain throughout the year.

“We are very excited to begin working with our ninth Wildfire cohort,” says CUPA-HR President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Brantley. “This program is an outstanding leadership development opportunity for these early-career professionals, and it’s also a great opportunity for our higher ed HR leaders to give back and help prepare the next generation of higher ed leaders.”

CUPA-HR’s Wildfire program is led by outstanding current and past CUPA-HR national board leaders and national office staff and made possible in part thanks to support from HigherEdJobs.

About CUPA-HR
CUPA-HR is higher ed HR. We serve higher education by providing the knowledge, resources, advocacy and connections to achieve organizational and workforce excellence. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, and serving over 33,000 HR professionals and other campus leaders at nearly 2,000 member institutions and organizations around the country and abroad, the association offers learning and professional development programs, higher education salary and benefits data, extensive online resources and just-in-time regulatory and legislative information.

— Maureen De Armond, Human Resources