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Liz Mosbey is the Accounts Receivable Manager at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, MI. She sits on the Board of Directors and is the past President for the Michigan Association of Student Financial Services Administrators (MASFSA). She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Business Management from Bethel College.

PhD, Environmental Toxicology

Graduated from Grand Valley State University with a BBA in International Business, minor in German.

Leslie Navarro is a visionary higher education leader dedicated to advancing student success, wellness, and belonging at Lake Michigan College. As Director of Student Well-Being & Accessibility, Leslie provides strategic leadership for a wide range of services, including mental health counseling, accessibility support, basic needs programs, life coaching, and crisis management. Under her direction, these services support over 1,700 students annually.

Since joining LMC in 2019, Leslie has played a pivotal role in launching and expanding comprehensive mental health and wellness initiatives, creating the college’s first food pantry and snack shacks, developing student life coaching services, and leading campus-wide accessibility projects. She also founded the college’s Wrap Around Team, which proactively supports students at risk of leaving college.

A national leader in community college mental health, Leslie has served as a dedicated champion and trusted advisor to the Mental Health Improvement through Community Colleges (MHICC) initiative since 2021. She is a founding member of MHICC’s advisory board and has co-presented at national conferences to help advance mental health support for community college students across the country.

Leslie is actively engaged in numerous professional organizations and community boards, and she has authored multiple successful grants supporting mental health and basic needs initiatives. Under her leadership, LMC’s counseling and wellness services have consistently been recognized as leaders among Michigan community colleges, standing out for innovative programming, robust clinical capacity, and comprehensive support offerings for students.

She holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Grand Valley State University, with a minor in Women and Gender Studies.

Master of Science, National Security Strategy; Master of Arts, History; Bachelor of Arts, History / English (minor)

Education:
MA, Valparaiso University, English Studies
BS, Eastern Michigan University, Communication and Theater Arts
AAS, Lake Michigan College, Music

Bio:
Sean is a native of Southwest Michigan and a graduate of Lake Michigan College. He returned to LMC as an adjunct faculty member in 2011 and became a full-time faculty member in 2013. Sean is currently the Chair of English, Communication, and World Languages in addition to his teaching duties. His areas of expertise are first-year writing, co-req remediation, drama as literature, and Native American literature. He regularly presents at regional and national conferences and has served as a subject matter expert for statewide systems reforms in Michigan, Oregon, and Texas. He is a doctoral student at Youngstown State University and was a member of the 2021 class of the Southwest Michigan "40 under 40."

Juris Doctor; Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Bachelor of Arts, U.S. History; Indiana University Northwest

Fund Raising Management Certification from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Lilly School of Philanthropy
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge Database Certified
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT Certified

Dr. Paine has been teaching history at LMC since August 2002. He received a B. A. and M. A. in history from Michigan State University in 1990 and 1993, respectively, and a Ph. D. in American history from the University of Kentucky in 1998. His dissertation was titled, “‘Kentucky will be the last to give up the Union’: Kentucky Politics, 1844-1861,” explaining why Kentucky did not secede and join the Confederate States of America. Before arriving at LMC. Dr. Paine taught at Northern Kentucky University, Lexington Community College (now Bluegrass Community and Technical College), Indiana University Southeast, the University of Kentucky, and Middle Tennessee State University.