Presenter Bio - Anne Reed
Anne Reed is the founding Director of the Office of Micro-Credentials at the University at Buffalo (UB), where she leads institution-wide strategy, design, and implementation of a robust micro-credential initiative. Since establishing the office, she has built a scalable, governance-driven framework for proposing, reviewing, and launching micro-credentials, supporting a growing portfolio of over 100 offerings. Her work focuses on the advancement of credentialing models that emphasize meaningful learning, transparent recognition, and rigorous quality standards.
With more than a decade of experience in higher education, Anne has held leadership roles that span academic affairs, lifelong learning, and system-level innovation. Prior to her current role, she led the development of fully online degree programs in the Graduate School of Education at UB and contributed to system-wide digital badging and professional development initiatives through Open SUNY.
Anne has held advisory and leadership roles on national committees and boards, delivered keynote presentations at academic and professional conferences, and consulted with universities on micro-credential strategy both nationally and internationally. She has also authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and practitioner-focused publications, including the recently published white paper Creating Assessments for Micro-Credentials in Higher Education Organizations. Her scholarship and applied research center on participant-driven models for professional learning, as well as collaboratively developed, educator-informed frameworks for micro-credential design, instruction, and assessment.
In addition to her scholarly contributions, Anne has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on several state and federal grants. Notably, she was Co-PI on the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator project, A Universal Framework of Micro-Credentials for Nation-Wide Employment, advancing multi-stakeholder-informed design of scalable credentialing systems across sectors.
A first-generation college student, Reed brings a strong commitment to access, flexibility, and learner-centered design to her work, grounding her leadership in expanding opportunity and shaping the future of credentialing in higher education.
