A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities

Dawn Sousa-Hearn has been appointed director of disability and access services at Boston University. Her background in academia includes service as director of student accessibility and resources at the University of Texas at Tyler and associate director of disability services at Louisiana State University. Earlier, she was a clinical psychologist in the U.S. Air Force.

Sousa-Hearn holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Providence College in Rhode Island and a master’s degree in psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology.

Taelore Marsh has been named archivist of the Irma Marsh McClaurin Black Feminist Archive at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. She previously served as a research assistant and processing archivist with Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

Marsh holds a master’s degree in history from North Carolina Central University.

Keegan Nichols has been named vice president of student affairs at the College of DuPage in Illinois. She brings over two decades of experience in higher education leadership to her new role. Most recently, she was vice president for student affairs at Arkansas Tech University.

Dr. Nichols received her master’s degree in college administration from the University of Central Missouri and a doctorate in adult and higher education from Northern Illinois University.

Lisa Mednick Takami has been appointed director of the California Community College Technical Assistance Provider program located at North Orange Continuing Education, a noncredit institution within the North Orange County Community College District. She is the author of Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles (Wiley, 2023).

Dr. Takami received a bachelor’s degree in history and French from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA in international management from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and a doctorate in higher education leadership from California State University, Long Beach.

Molly Faber Schaefer has been appointed vice president of strategic initiatives at Minnesota State College Southeast and executive director of the Minnesota State College Southeast Foundation. With over a decade of strategic planning experience, she previously served as the inaugural director of strategic partnerships and operations at Minnesota Polytechnic & Applied Learning Institute.

Dr. Schaefer is a graduate of Marquette University, where she earned dual bachelor’s degrees in broadcast and electronic communications and criminology and law studies. She holds a master’s degree in multicultural college teaching and learning from the University of Minnesota, as well as an MBA and doctorate in educational leadership from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Linda Maizels has been named the inaugural managing director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism. She comes to Yale from the United States Department of State, where she worked for the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy and was a Franklin Fellow in the Bureau of African Affairs. She is the author of What is Antisemitism? A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2022).

Dr. Maizel holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Apryle Gladney has been promoted to vice chancellor and chief human resources officer at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She has held the role on an interim basis since October. A university staff member for 25 years, she previously served as associate vice chancellor for human resources. Earlier in her tenure, she was the assistant director for human resources for the university’s medical school.

Gladney holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on marketing and human resource management from Saint Louis University.

Elizabeth Moore has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration at Alverno College, a private women’s college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most recently, she served as interim chief financial officer for Johnson Regional Medical Center in Arkansas. Prior to that role, she was vice president and chief financial officer at Richard Hospital and Clinics in Wisconsin.

Moore holds three bachelor’s degrees: one in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, another in healthcare administration from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a third in accounting from Lakeland University in Herman, Wisconsin. She received an MBA from Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Brandi Tatum-Fedrick, assistant vice president for annual/affinity giving and university engagement at Florida A&M University, will now oversee the university’s alumni relations in addition to her current role. Her expanded role will have a new focus on enhancing alumni engagement and building community relationships.

Dr. Tatum-Fedrick is an alumna of Florida A&M University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master of applied social science degree in public administration. She earned her doctorate in education from Florida State University.

Precious Anderson has been promoted to director of transfer and adult student services at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. For the past four years, she has served as the university’s associate registrar of graduation services and transfer articulation. Earlier in her career, she held student services roles at Forsyth Technical Community College and Durham Technical Community College.

Anderson received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Winston-Salem State University.

Stephanie Mullins has been promoted from interim vice president to permanent vice president of finance at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A UAB administrator for over 25 years, she served as the institution’s chief financial officer from 2016 to 2024. She also served as vice president for strategic initiatives.

Mullins holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama.

Molly McNulty has been appointed director of development and external relations for the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. For the past decade, she has served as a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond Abramson on the Arkansas Court of Appeals.

McNulty received her bachelor’s degree from Davidson College in North Carolina. She earned her juris doctorate from the Bowen School of Law and her master of public service degree from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.