Speaker Bios - The Council of Independent Colleges

Shane Dorrill has worked in the University of Alabama’s Office of University Relations for 12 years and
currently serves as assistant director of broadcast media relations. Before coming to UA, he worked as a
news director, producer, anchor, and reporter for several television and radio stations in the Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, area. Dorrill holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and film from the University of
Alabama.
Contact: Shane Dorrill, Assistant Director of Broadcast Media Relations, University of Alabama, Box
870144, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487; (205) 348-8319; sdorrill@ur.ua.edu
Tom Evelyn joined St. Lawrence University as vice president for communications in June 2011. He leads
the university’s communications and marketing efforts, overseeing the office responsible for the website,
digital and print publications, media and public relations, social media, and video and photography.
Before joining St. Lawrence, he served as senior director of news and media relations at Bucknell
University and interim assistant vice president and associate director of news and information at the
University of Central Florida. He worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Florida and Georgia,
covering a variety of topics from government and politics to health and technology. Evelyn has a
bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in communication
from the University of Central Florida, where he guest-lectured in journalism and public relations and
advised advanced reporting students.
Contact: Tom Evelyn, Vice President for Communications, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive,
Canton, NY 13617; (315) 229-5845; C: 315-854-4437; tevelyn@stlawu.edu; Twitter: @tevelyn
Carole Feldman is director of news operations and finance in the Washington bureau of the Associated
Press (AP). She also conceived and is the overall coordinator of the joint AP-Associated Press Media
Editors project, Aging America, which examines the aging of baby boomers and the impact this so-called
“silver tsunami” is having on society. In her current assignment, she works to cover news more efficiently
across all formats and facilitates training for the Washington bureau and the Broadcast News Center. A
35-year-veteran of the AP, she has supervised coverage of a wide range of beats, including the White
House, Congress, national security, the economy, health, science, and medicine, as well as presidential
and congressional elections. Feldman was the news organization’s education writer from 1993 to 1994.
Since 2008, she also has been an associate faculty member of the Washington Center for Internships and
Academic Seminars, most recently teaching a media ethics course. A New York native, Feldman received
a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University in 1975. She completed her undergraduate work,
also in journalism, at Pennsylvania State University, where she graduated in 1974.
Contact: Carole Feldman, Reporter, Associated Press, 1100 13th Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC
20005-4051; (202) 641-9000; cfeldman@ap.org
Tim Goral is editor-in-chief of University Business (UB). He has been a member of Professional Media
Group since 2000, when he joined the staff of District Administration, the publication for K–12
educators, as features editor. Goral became editor of the company’s higher education business
publication, Matrix, in 2001, and he retained his editorial post when Matrix and University Business
magazine merged in early 2002. UB is a widely read publication for higher education leaders (45,000
circulation) at two- and four-year colleges and universities nationwide. UB provides coverage of higher
education technology, news, finance, policy, and profiles across print, digital, and in-person event
platforms, including the annual higher education technology conference, UBTech. In his nearly 20 years
in national trade publication writing and editing, Goral has served in editorial posts for publications in the
food and beverage, hospitality, and outdoor retailing industries. He is the author of A Half-Empty Glassful
of Optimism: The Path to Enlightenment Begins with a Road Trip.
Contact: Tim Goral, Editor-in-Chief, University Business, 488 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851; (203)
663-0126; tgoral@universitybusiness.com
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