Mary Krahn Jensen is a results-and-relationship oriented leader with more than 20
years of
experience in higher education, driving process improvement, program development,
business
intelligence solutions, and culture change. She is the Vice President for Enrollment
and Strategic
Growth at EMU, having served the previous six years as Associate Provost for the EMU
at
Lancaster site. She previously served as associate dean in academic affairs at Bethel
University,
St. Paul, Minnesota, and in student life leadership and counseling positions at John
Brown
University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Mary’s leadership is marked by her passion and commitment to cultivating environments
in
which all people can thrive. In her enrollment management role, she is focused on
thinking
deeply and well about how to create and promote a sense of belonging from a prospective
student’s first interaction with EMU. A native of Minnesota, she earned the EdD in
Organization
Development from the University of St. Thomas. She is the mother of two adult sons
and lives in
Harrisonburg, VA.