Current Position and Past Experience
Zephyr L. Ethier, EdD, is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management at Antioch University, where she has served since 2017. With a leadership approach grounded in systems thinking, data-informed decision-making and human-centered design, Dr. Ethier brings over a decade of experience in enrollment strategy, operations and institutional advancement. Before joining Antioch, she served for six years at Marlboro College in roles spanning Admissions and Institutional Advancement.

Dr. Ethier’s current work centers on integrating artificial intelligence into mission-aligned enrollment management practices, with a focus on ethical frameworks, equity and improving the student experience. She leads initiatives that apply AI and advanced analytics to enhance institutional effectiveness while safeguarding human values and wellbeing.

A certified Conversations Worth Having and Strategic Conversations trainer and practitioner and a Certified EQ Consultant with Six Seconds, Dr. Ethier combines emotional intelligence, inclusive dialogue and systems leadership to create transformative, values-driven change in higher education.

Education, Honors and Achievements
Dr. Ethier holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Southern New Hampshire University, where her dissertation, Lessons From Her Story: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of a Woman’s Leadership Identity Evolution in Higher Education, explored women’s experiences of leadership identity formation. She also holds an MBA in Project Management from Marlboro College, where she received the President’s Award for Academic Excellence, a BA in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Washington, and an AA from North Seattle College.

Personal Details and Community Involvement
Zephyr is a certified Conversations Worth Having and Strategic Conversations trainer and practitioner by the Center for Appreciative Inquiry and a Certified EQ Practitioner by Six Seconds.