Yolanda T. Robinson has been named director of counseling services at Alcorn State University in Mississippi. Her background includes over 15 years of experience in the mental health field, working with children, adolescents, and adults with various mental health and developmental challenges.
Robinson is an alumna of Alcorn State University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in economics.
Belinda Burke has been named chief financial officer and vice president for administration at Sweet Briar College, a women’s liberal arts educational institution in Virginia. She has been serving in the same role at William Peace University in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also has served as chief financial officer of Warren Wilson College in North Carolina and Wesley College in Delaware.
Burke received her bachelor’s degree in finance from Virginia Tech.
Robin Griffin-Kitzerow has been has been promoted to chief of the University of Central Florida Police Department. With over three decades of experience in law enforcement, she has served as the university’s deputy chief of police since 2022. Prior to UCF, she was deputy chief at the Florida Atlantic University Police Department.
Dr. Griffin-Kitzerow received a bachelor’s degree in organizational management and a master’s degree in psychology and mental health counseling from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She holds a second master’s degree in public administration from Barry University in Florida and a doctorate in forensic psychology from Walden University.
Heather Johns has been appointed vice president for communications and marketing at Smith College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts. She comes to her new role from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where she has served as vice president for marketing and communications since 2020.
Johns holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.
Lisa Stoffer has been named associate vice president for foundation relations and sponsored research at Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. For the past three years, she has been director of the Office of Grants and Sponsored Research at Smith College. Earlier, she held a similar role at Amherst College.
A graduate of Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Stoffer holds a master’s degree in Russian and East European studies from the University of Michigan.
Janel Forde has been appointed senior vice chancellor for operations at the University of Colorado Boulder. She most recently served as chief operating officer for the Denver mayor’s office. Earlier in her career, she was a partner in the Chicago office of Boston Consulting Group.
Forde received her bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Amy Orders has been appointed associate vice president for public safety at Virginia Tech. Her background includes more than 20 years of experience in safety programming in higher education. Most recently, she served as assistant vice chancellor for emergency preparedness and environmental health at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Orders received a bachelor’s degree in radiologic science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in radiologic science from Midwestern State University in Texas. She earned a second master’s degree in health occupations education and a doctorate in educational leadership, policy, and human development from North Carolina State University.