LaShundria Allen has been appointed executive administrative assistant for the University of Arkansas Police Department. She has over a decade of experience in administrative operations. Since 2015, she has been the assistant to the chief of police at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Allen received her bachelor’s degree in general studies from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Suzanne Glassburn has been named vice president and secretary of the university at Harvard University. She comes to her new role from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she most recently served as vice president and secretary of the corporation. Earlier in her tenure with MIT, she was a member of the Office of the General Counsel.
Glassburn holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Shilpa Patwardhan has been named assistant dean and executive director of the Peabody Leadership Institute at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. With over two decades of experience in learning technology, she previously served as senior head of learning innovation at CFA Institute. She is also the founder of revLDesign, a learning design consultancy.
Patwardhan is a graduate of Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture in Indiana. She holds a master of education degree from Harvard University.
Orielle E. Hope has been appointed assistant vice chancellor of human resources operations at North Carolina A&T State University. She comes to NCAT from Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she was director of human resources and benefits.
Hope earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Winston-Salem State University and her master’s degree in human resources from North Carolina A&T State University.
Leslie Martin has been promoted to assistant dean for administration for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University in Indiana. She has held progressive leadership roles at Purdue for the past 12 years. Most recently, she was the College of Veterinary Medicine’s director of financial affairs.
A graduate of the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas, Martin received her MBA from Purdue Global.
Lisa Stone has been promoted from interim vice chancellor to permanent vice chancellor for marketing and communications at the University of Mississippi. She has been a staff member at Ole Miss for over three decades. Before her interim appointment in September 2024, she was serving as the university’s director of strategic communications.
Stone holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Loyola University in New Orleans and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Mississippi.
Laura Syer has been named vice president for budget, financial planning, and analysis at New York University. Since 2012, she has held increasingly senior positions in budgeting, planning, and administration at Cornell University. Most recently, she served as vice president of budget and planning.
Syer is a graduate of Ohio University, where she majored in health and human services with a minor in business. She holds a master’s degree in sport administration from what is now Canisius University in Buffalo, New York, and an MBA from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
Wendy Sledd has been appointed chief of marketing and communications at Central Texas College. With over four decades of professional experience, she most recently served as executive director of communications for the Waco Independent School District in Texas. Earlier, she led the communications department for Copperas Cove Independent School District.
Sledd holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from East Central University in Oklahoma.
Jennifer R. Flowers has been named director of athletics at Winona State University in Minnesota. Upon assuming her role on June 18, she will become the first woman to hold the position. For the past three years, she has served as director of athletics at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Flowers is an alumna of Winona State University, where she majored in elementary education with an emphasis in middle school mathematics. She holds a master’s degree in education, recreation, parks, and leisure studies from the University of Minnesota.
Tiffany Wright has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. For the past two years, she has served as the university’s deputy general counsel. Prior to joining the Johns Hopkins administration, she was associate counsel for racial justice and equity in the Office of the White House Counsel.
Wright earned her juris doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center.
Lisa Goddard McGuirk has been appointed athletic director for Fort Hayes State University in Kansas. She has served as director of athletics at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania since 2014. Before Gannon, she was director of athletics, wellness, and recreation at Cedar Crest College, a liberal arts institution for women in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Dr. McGuirk is a graduate of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she majored in sociology. She holds a master’s degree in education and a doctorate in organizational learning and leadership from Gannon University.
Stacy Gato has been appointed vice president of enrollment management at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. Prior to her new role, she was vice president for strategic enrollment management at Saint Leo University in Florida. Earlier, she was vice president for enrollment management at Averett University in Danville, Virginia.
Gato holds a bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph’s College and a master’s degree from Goodwin University in Hartford, Connecticut.