Christine Lovely has been named vice chancellor for campus human resources and chief people officer at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has over two decades of leadership experience in human resources across academic and public sectors. Lovely has been serving as vice president and chief human resources officer at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Earlier, she was chief human resources officer at the University of California, Davis.
Lovely holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of California, Berkeley, and a juris doctorate from the UC Davis School of Law.
Lauri S. Dietz has been named executive director of the Center for Faculty Development at Loyola University Chicago. She comes to her new role from Northwestern University, where she was director of pedagogy and assessment at the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching. She has also served in similar roles at Stanford University in California and DePaul University in Chicago.
Dr. Dietz is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she majored in English. She holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Notre Dame.
Christine Márquez-Hudson is the president and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation. For the past seven years, she has served as the university’s vice president of university advancement. Her 30-year career includes service as CEO of the Denver Foundation and CEO and executive director of Mi Casa Resource Center.
Márquez-Hudson received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles and her master’s degree in nonprofit management from Regis University in Denver.
Stacy Walsh was promoted to chief marketing and communications officer at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. She most recently served as the university’s associate vice president of marketing and communications. With over 20 years of professional experience, she has held key marketing leadership positions with the United Way of Central Florida and the YMCA of West Central Florida.
Walsh is a graduate of Florida Southern College.
Kayla Saunders was appointed director of business development and fundraising at New River Community and Technical College in Beaver, West Virginia. Her appointment marks a return to the college, where she previously served as an advancement and recruitment specialist. In her new role, she will lead the institution’s efforts to strengthen partnerships, expand fundraising initiatives, and enhance community engagement.
Saunders earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from Concord University in Athens, West Virginia.
Louisa Blenman has been appointed executive director of international programs at Florida State University. She has worked for FSU International Programs since 2004 and served as associate director since 2018. Previously, she spent a decade working in study abroad in London after completing an internship at the Fulbright Commission.
Blenman is a graduate of the Mississippi University for Women, where she majored in physical sciences. She holds a master’s degree in higher education and an MBA from Florida State University.
Elyssa Kelley has been named assistant vice president of campaigns and planning at Mount Holyoke College, a women’s liberal arts institution in South Hadley, Massachusetts. With an extensive background in fundraising, she most recently served as assistant vice president of development at the Connecticut Children’s Foundation. Before that, she was director of development for women and family philanthropy at the University of Connecticut.
Kelley received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Connecticut and her master’s of public administration in social policy from American University in Washington, D.C.