Amy Humke
Mundelein,IL
Summary
Data scientist with over 12 years of experience in higher education, analytics, business intelligence, and data science. Adept at creating actionable insights from data, developing predictive models, and collaborating with subject matter experts to guide strategic decisions. Proven track record of leveraging multiple data sources to create meaningful dashboards and reports that simplify complex information.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Analytics Manager, Enrollment
Western Governors University
09.2022 - Current
- Lead and manage Enrollment department-supported initiatives and projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
- Extract, clean, and analyze large data sets using SQL and advanced statistical methods
- Develop and deploy complex reports and dashboards in Tableau to support data-informed decision-making
- Conduct root cause analysis on key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide actionable insights
- Mentor and guide less experienced team members in technical processes and analytics best practices.
Senior Research Analyst
Western Governors University
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Extracted and manipulated large data sets using SQL and advanced statistical methods, developing database objects and performing unit testing to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Developed and deployed complex reports and dashboards in Tableau, providing actionable insights and supporting data-driven decision-making.
Director of Institutional Research
McHenry County College
12.2012 - 05.2022
- Led a team of 3.5 FTE analysts to handle college initiative evaluation, program evaluations, compliance reporting, and ad hoc reporting
- Analyzed results of varied college initiatives using SPSS and R (including logistic regression, regression, ANOVA, t-tests, correlation tests, chi-square, decision trees) to evaluate effectiveness of initiatives and determine future areas for focus
- Designed and created dashboards in Power BI that support internal college departments including academics, admissions, enrollment, advising, human resources, financial aid, and finance (40+)
- Created reports that persuasively convey data to non-technical individuals, creating an engaging story that both conveys importance and meaning
- Collaborated with all areas in the college (President’s cabinet, academics, advising, finance, financial aid, human resources, recruitment, registration, facilities) to develop metrics and connect each area to information specific to operational needs using varied reporting options (dashboard, automatically distributed Web Intelligence reports)
- Presented data analysis findings and recommendations to president’s cabinet and the college board
- Collaborated with IT to ensure data is appropriately structured for reporting and analysis
- Created and maintained Key Performance Indicators for the college enabling the Board to quickly identify areas the institution should focus on to achieve its mission of student success.
Education
Ph.D. - Psychology
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NEMaster of Arts - Social Psychology
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NEMasters of Legal Studies - Law And Psychology
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NEBachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IABachelor of Arts - Music
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IASkills
- Python Programming
- Advanced SQL Programming
- Machine Learning
- Databricks
- Data Visualization (Tableau/Power BI)
- Advanced analytics
Data Impact Projects
Western Governors University:
- Developed the Prospect Enrollment Propensity Score model, increasing the balanced accuracy metric to 82%, enhancing enrollment prediction accuracy.
- Designed and optimized the Self-Service Enrollment dashboard using control charts to easily inform stakeholders when metrics are out of range and in need of intervention.
- Created a dashboard to analyze the impact of the Transcript Brokerage initiative which concluded students using the brokerage service had an 8.22% increase in conversion compared to those that did not (average improvement of 56% over the comparison group)
McHenry County College
- Created an enrollment forecast model that averaged +/-3% accuracy over 2 years
- Developed predictive model to identify students at risk of not being retained in the next term resulting in a 3% increase in retention for students in the treatment group.
- Provided analyses piloting and adopting a developmental/introductory English co-requisite model, leading to a 4% increase in the success rate of the developmental course and after a one-year adjustment period, no substantial impact on the overall success rate for the college level course
- Daily Enrollment dashboard provided an early indicator of an enrollment dip for Summer 2019 leading to early marketing and outreach efforts to increase enrollments, minimizing the credit enrollment decrease from 10% to 2%
Certification
Tableau Certified Data Analyst (5/2023-5/2025)
Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (3/2022-3/2024)
Membership & Awards
- Illinois Association of Institutional Research, President, 10/2020 - 10/2021
- Illinois Association of Institutional Research, Vice-President, 10/2019 - 10/2020
- Illinois Association of Institutional Research, Secretary, 10/2015 - 10/2017
- Association of Institutional Research, Member, 2012 - 2022
- National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Grant, 2007
Timeline
Analytics Manager, Enrollment
Western Governors University
09.2022 - Current
Senior Research Analyst
Western Governors University
05.2022 - 09.2022
Director of Institutional Research
McHenry County College
12.2012 - 05.2022
Ph.D. - Psychology
University of Nebraska
Master of Arts - Social Psychology
University of Nebraska
Masters of Legal Studies - Law And Psychology
University of Nebraska
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Iowa
Bachelor of Arts - Music
University of Iowa