Six Women Appointed to Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities

Reena Khosla is special assistant to the provost for data strategy at Washington State University. Khosla most recently served as director of enterprise data warehouse in the Office of Data, Assessment, and Institutional Research at Kansas State University. Earlier, she spent 19 years working in various data management and business intelligence roles with Colorado State University.

Khosla earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Kasturba Gandhi College in India and a master’s degree in computer science from Virginia Tech.

Afiya Browne is director of the MultiCultural Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Browne has worked for the center for nearly a decade providing strategic leadership and developing programs such as the Holistic Safety Plan. For the past two years, she has served as the center’s interim director.

Browne received her bachelor’s degree in sociology and Black studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Irvine.

Cheryl Balchunas is the executive director of the Howard Community College Educational Foundation. With over two decades of fundraising experience, Balchunas’ background spans higher education and healthcare philanthropy. Most recently, she was the inaugural chief development officer for the Do Good Campus at the University of Maryland. Earlier, she was senior director of development for the Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Science at Children’s National Hospital.

Balchunas earned her bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, and her master’s degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Emma Reynolds Reabold has been named executive director of strategic initiatives at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. Currently, Reabold serves as vice president for development and campus services at South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. Earlier in her career, she worked in student affairs and advising roles with the University of South Carolina and Clemson University.

Reabold holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English from Presbyterian College and a master’s degree in counselor education from Clemson University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy at the University of South Carolina.

Dilcie D. Perez was promoted from deputy vice chancellor to vice chancellor of strategic enrollment management and student success for the California State University System. Prior to being named deputy vice chancellor, Dr. Perez was the system’s associate vice chancellor for student affairs. She has also held educational leadership roles with the Cerritos Community College District, the MiraCosta Community College District, and California State University, San Marcos.

Dr. Perez holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, San Marcos, a master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University, and a doctorate in educational leadership from San Diego State University.

Heather Adkins is a new curator and archivist with the Alabama State Black Archives, Research Center, and Museum at Alabama A&M University. Adkins previously led the special collections department at Huntsville-Madison County Public Library in Alabama for seven years. Earlier, she worked for the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville.

Adkins received her bachelor’s degree in history from Tennessee Tech University and her master’s degree in public history with an emphasis in archives management from Middle Tennessee State University.

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