Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Positions at Colleges and Universities

Amanda Vasquez-Vicario has been named vice president for enrollment management at the University of Texas at El Paso. She joined the university staff 15 years ago and most recently was assistant vice president for enrollment services.

Dr. Vasquez-Vicario holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso. She earned a Ph.D. in educational administration from New Mexico State University.

Jeanine Mingé is the new associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. With 16 years of administrative experience, Dr. Mingé most recently served as the associate provost for community engagement and impact and the executive director of the Office of the Arts at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Dr. Minge is a graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She holds a master’s degree from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of South Florida.

Ingrid O. McMillan was appointed director of the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium at South Carolina State University. She was the director of history, art, and culture at Penn Center, Inc., on St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

McMillan earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from South Carolina State University. She holds an MBA in management from Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Marsha Bewersdorf is the new vice president of administration and finance at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. She was the associate vice president for finance at Union College in Schenectady, New York.

Bewersdorf holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA in accounting from Wichita State University in Kansas.

L. Hazel Jack has been named vice president for university outreach and chief of staff to the president at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Jack, who joined Colgate in 2017, will continue oversight of the Colgate Office of University Communications and Events.

Jack earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing and advertising promotions at Pace University in New York. She holds an MBA in marketing management and a master’s degree in higher education administration from Baruch College of the City University of New York. Jack is currently a doctoral candidate in higher education at Syracuse University.

Jennifer Stedelin has been named deputy chief information officer and first associate vice chancellor for administrative and academic technologies at Washington University in St. Louis. She was vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Pennsylvania State University.

Stedelin earned both a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Abbigail Tumpey is the new vice president for institute communications at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She joins Georgia Tech from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she spent more than 21 years in strategic communications and marketing roles supporting public health.

Tumpey holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a master of public health degree from the University of South Florida.

Monica Lewis has been appointed assistant vice president of strategic communications in the Office of University Communications at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She previously served as director of communications for the City of Baltimore and the Office of the City Council President.

Lewis earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the School of Communications at Howard University. In addition, she holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Jennifer Hollingshead was appointed vice president for marketing and communications at the University of Oklahoma, effective August 21. She has been serving as vice chancellor of marketing and communications at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Hollingshead earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism and sociology from the University of Missouri. She holds an MBA from Columbia College in Missouri.

Kim Spang will be the next vice president for institutional advancement at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. She was vice president for advancement at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, where she had served on the staff since 2003.

Spang is a graduate of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.