Prof. Dr. Retna Apsari, M.Si. has greatly supported Faculty of Vocational Studies, Universitas Airlangga, as a part of the Faculty Board since 2014 when the faculty was founded. She started as Vice Dean of Partnership and collaboration in 2014, then moved to be Vice Dean of Student and Academic Affairs from 2016 till now. As one of the front-runners, Apsari has actively joined Indonesia Vocational Higher Education Forum (as General Secretary) and played one of the important roles in it. Her contribution to the development of Vocational Higher Education could be seen from her focal participation in developing Indonesia Vocational Higher Education since 2015 and 3-2-1 Curriculum of Vocational Higher Education in 2018. Further, she is currently working together with the other members of Indonesia Vocational Higher Education Forum in enhancing the implementation of redesigned vocational higher education curriculum, and implementation of link and match vocational higher education with industry, business and working place of vocational stundents.