Program - AT&T Foundation (2001–2002), Rutgers-Johnson & Johnson Knowledge Networking Group (2001–2004), Rutgers-AT&T organizational partnership (1993–2001), and the Kellogg Foundation (2000–2003) Mid-Atlantic Regional Academic Leadership Development Institute. Ruben also served as a member of the U.S. Department of Education Rule-Making Committee on Accreditation Standards (2007). He has been a Malcolm Baldrige Examiner and a member of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology Education and Healthcare Baldrige Pilot Advisory and Evaluation Team. He has served as a Middle States Commission on Higher Education Accreditation Examiner (1994–97), Special Consultant to Canadian Royal Commission on Conditions of Foreign Service, Examiner and Judge for the New Jersey Performance Excellence Awards, and in various other advisory roles. Between the years of 2013 and 2019, Ruben represented Rutgers as Liaison to the Big Ten Academic Leadership Programs with which Rutgers had become affiliated in 2013. He also served as Director, Leadership Development Program partnership developed between the Offices of the President of Botswana and Rutgers in 2018-2020. In 2022 he was appointed as a Fellow, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. In 2020, Ruben was named Senior University Fellow, Communication and Organizational Leadership, and subsequently was named Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Ruben also serves as a professional consultant and advisor within Rutgers and to many colleges and universities in the United States and internationally. Family and personal life Ruben and his wife, Jann, married in 1967, and reside in Hillsborough, New Jersey. Selected Publications Ruben, B. D., (2022). Implementing sustainable change in higher education; Principles and practices of collaborative leadership. Stylus. Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti, R. A. (2021). A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools, second edition, Stylus. Ruben, B., & Gigliotti, R. (2019). Leadership, communication, and social influence: A theory of resonance, activation, and cultivation. Emerald. Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti, R. A. (2017). A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools. Stylus. Gigliotti, R. A., Goldthwaite, C., Ruben, B. D. (2017). Leadership: Communication and social influence in personal and professional contexts. Kendall Hunt. Ruben, B.D. (2016). The excellence in higher education guide: A framework for the design, assessment, and continuous improvement of institutions, departments and program, eighth edition, Stylus. Calcado, A. M., Gracias, V., Ruben, B. D., St. Pierre, J, Strom, B.L. (Jan