Lindsie Bell Joins MSCHE as Senior Director for Events

Lindsie Bell will join the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) as Senior Director for Events in June 2023. She will lead the Events Unit and work closely with the Executive Leadership Team to oversee all of the Commission’s events in support of mission and strategic priorities.

“Lindsie’s addition to the Commission further strengthens our exceptional MSCHE events team and brings leadership experience with higher education events and nonprofit operations management,” said President Heather F. Perfetti. “Under Lindsie’s leadership, we anticipate building on the exceptional events that have proven to be responsive to our constituents, including 30 virtual events and an Annual Conference that reaches nearly 1,400 individuals.”

Before joining the Commission, Lindsie served as Chief Operating Officer at the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains leading regional operations, programming, staff training, data management, compliance and quality assurance, facility and building maintenance, and member growth for four communities. Previously, she led events as Operations and Events Manager for the South Dakota State University Student Union and worked in economic development on a special project for Lake Area Technical Community College (SD).

Lindsie holds a Master of Education with an emphasis in Counseling and Human Resources and Bachelor of Science in Pre-Law/Sociology/Criminal Justice from South Dakota State University.