Midway University President and AIKCU Board Chair John P. Marsden, Campbellsville University President Joseph Hopkins, and AIKCU President Mason Dyer represented Kentucky’s private colleges at the 2023 Fall Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

The event was hosted by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and took place Oct. 18-20.

The conference gave NAICU board members, members of the NAICU State Executives, and NAICU Policy Committee members the opportunity to discuss in depth the issues facing independent higher education.

President Marsden serves on the NAICU Tax Policy Committee, while President Hopkins and President Dyer were recently appointed to NAICU’s Policy Analysis Committee and Public Relations Committee. University of Pikeville President Burton J. Webb serves on the NAICU Board of Directors.