Dana Steward, Ed.D.

Dana Steward brings extensive strategic and tactical experience to her work with Credo’s Moving the Needle program, thanks to her years as a student success practitioner and administrator. She approaches her client work with a balance of focus on people and tasks. This helps her form positive relationships with clients while ensuring they make steady progress toward their student success goals.   

Empowering Institutions for Sustainable Student Success

In moving from on-campus work to consulting, Dana now uses her expertise in student success to help multiple colleges and universities establish systems and processes that produce meaningful results for both the institution and students they serve. Her role at Credo includes helping our Moving the Needle clients implement the Success Intelligence Platform, leading Success Initiative teams, guiding campus leaders in leading persistence campaigns, and coordinating with campus-based project leads and project managers.

Achieving Transformation Through Knowledge and Empathy

Colleagues and clients describe Dana as deeply knowledgeable about student success, yet always willing to learn something new. She is thoughtful in her decision-making, effective at implementing student success strategies, and adept at building the strong relationships that are crucial to delivering on the Moving the Needle program’s promise.