Amy C. Foerster is a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, where she co-chairs the firm's Higher Education Practice Group and also is a member of the Trial and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Amy provides litigation, counseling and investigative services to colleges, universities and schools across the country, leveraging her broad higher education experience to provide practical advice in the myriad complex matters facing institutions of higher education. She has provided extensive advice to colleges, universities and K-12 schools in areas such as Title IX and the Clery Act, employee and student misconduct, fundraising and major gift agreements, federal and state regulatory compliance, governing board activities and shared governance. From 2013-2019, Amy was general counsel and chief of staff at Bucknell University. In this role, she was responsible for all legal affairs of the university, served as parliamentarian for the board of trustees, and oversaw the institution’s risk management program. As chief of staff, she worked closely with the university’s president to advance Bucknell’s mission and strategic vision. Before joining Bucknell’s leadership team, Amy was a litigation partner at Saul Ewing LLP, where she co-chaired the firm’s higher education group. She previously served as a senior deputy attorney general with the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, and was an assistant counsel with the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Office of Chief Counsel, where she was primary counsel to the Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education. Amy received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Saint Mary's University of Winona, Minnesota, and her J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. Amy served as an at-large member of the Board of Directors of NACUA from 2013-2016 and was a 2012 recipient of NACUA's First Decade Award.

Pamela Heatlie is the Director of the Office for Institutional Equity at the University of Michigan - Dearborn.  She previously served as an Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Senior Director of the Office for Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  Her work focuses on creating a welcoming, respectful and inclusive campus environment.  Pam's particular areas of expertise include civil rights law and related investigations, DEI initiatives, and legal and compliance issues related to affirmative action.  She has also taught the course “Title IX and Higher Education” at the University of Michigan Law School.

Prior to becoming an administrator, Pam worked for fifteen years as in-house legal counsel to public universities.  Her legal practice was wide-ranging, with a particular emphasis on employment law and student-related legal issues.  She also taught “Legal Issues in Higher Education” at the University of Vermont and Eastern Michigan University.

Pam received her BA with highest distinction from Wayne State University and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.

Joshua W. B. Richards is a partner in the Philadelphia office of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, where he is the Vice-Chair of the firm’s Higher Education Practice. Josh helps colleges and universities address legal issues through counseling, litigation, appeals and strategic responses to government enforcement, providing advice to his clients on a wide range of matters involving Title IX and the Clery Act, employment disputes, student conduct, faculty relations, board governance, financial exigency, data security, accreditation, minors on campus, and civil tort claims, including student death and abuse matters.

Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Josh served as a Litigation Associate at Dechert LLP and was a Law Clerk for The Honorable Norma L. Shapiro, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Josh is a Trustee of Peirce College in Philadelphia, PA. He currently serves on the Committee on Program for the NACUA Annual Conference and in the past served two years as a member of the NACUANOTES Editorial Board. He has attended twelve NACUA programs, speaking at three and he also served as a speaker for a NACUA webinar as well as a NACUA briefing.

Josh received his B.A. from Middlebury College and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.