Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Christianne Hardy, special assistant to the president at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has been named interim director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth. She has been on the staff at the university since 2000.

Dr. Hardy holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University in New Jersey.

Andrea Bordeau, global safety and security manager for Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has been appointed the inaugural president of Pulse: International Health and Safety Professionals in Higher Education. Pulse, which became fully incorporated in April, includes professionals focused on international health, safety and security in academic travel.

Bordeau is a graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, where she majored in anthropology. She completed graduate studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Aileen Warren, assistant vice chancellor and director of human resources for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will serve in the same capacity at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, leading strategic employment initiatives for both campuses. She has been on the medical center’s staff since 2014.

Warren holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Cheryl Scott was appointed executive director of the Bakersfield College Foundation, effective July 6. Since 2005, Scott has been the vice president for Kern Economic Development Corporation. For the last three and a half years, she’s also served as the executive director of the Kern Economic Development Foundation.

Scott holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State University, Bakersfield.

Jyotsna Shrivastava has been appointed as an extension associate in fish health at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s fish diagnostic laboratory in Lonoke. In this position, she will provide vital laboratory support for fish inspections following Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service approved protocols and field support for research. Dr. Shrivastava has served as a research and teaching associate at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

Dr. Shrivastava earned a doctoral degree in aquaculture/fish biology from the University of Antwerp and a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in microbiology from Rani Durgavati University in India.

Anne Flaherty was appointed vice president for student affairs at Eastern Illinois University. She most recently worked as a consultant in the Division of Student Affairs at Washington University in St. Louis and also served as that university’s associate chancellor for student support.

Dr. Flaherty earned a master’s degree in higher education administration and an educational doctorate at the University of Kansas.

Beth Clarke was named vice president for enrollment at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. She has been serving as senior executive director of admissions strategy and counseling at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. Prior to Sweet Briar, Clarke filled multiple roles at Virginia Wesleyan University including assistant vice president for enrollment, associate dean of admission, director of development, and director of alumni relations.

Clarke holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Virginia Wesleyan University. She earned a master’s degree in educational policy, planning, and leadership from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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