Two New Women Deans

Cheryl Healton was appointed dean of global public health and the inaugural director of the Global Institute of Public Health at New York University. She was president and CEO of the Legacy Foundation and an associate dean and professor of public health at Columbia University.

Dr. Healton is a graduate of New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. She holds a master of public health degree from New York University and a doctor of public health degree from Columbia University.

Lynda Ransdell is the new dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Development at Montana State University. Since 2004, Dr. Ransdell has served on the kinesiology department faculty at Boise State University in Idaho.

Dean Ransdell is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. She earned a master’s degree at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and a doctorate in exercise and wellness education from Arizona State University.