Helen Bowman has been named executive vice president at Boston University, where she will serve as the institution’s chief administrative, operational, and business officer. Bowman previously spent 15 years as executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Before that, she was vice president for finance and treasurer at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Bowman also has more than a decade of industry experience in finance.
Bowman holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and business and an MBA in finance, strategic planning, and accounting from the University of Pittsburgh.
Kate Battiato has been selected to serve as interim university staff secretary at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Battiato has extensive experience leading complex initiatives across state government, higher education, and the nonprofit sector. Most recently, she was vice president of media and community impact at LeadingAge Wisconsin. She also has prior experience at the university, where she previously served as career development coordinator for the La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Battiato earned both her bachelor’s degree in political science and her master of public affairs degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cathy Predmore is the new executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University. She has been serving as the center’s interim director while concurrently managing responsibilities as head of marketing and communications. Prior to joining the Wexner Center, Predmore was senior vice president at Fahlgren Mortine, where she spearheaded communications programs for U.S.-based museums, arts and science institutions, and universities.
Predmore holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Adrian Thomas has joined Colby College in Waterville, Maine, as associate dean and director of the Pugh Center, the college’s hub for multicultural programs. Thomas comes to her new role from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, where she was assistant dean for diversity and inclusion. Earlier in her career, she held student support roles at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and Indiana University Kokomo.
Thomas is a graduate of Cleveland State University, where she majored in business. She holds a master’s degree in psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University and a master’s degree in educational psychology from Purdue University.
Mallory Tuttle was appointed director of the Virginia Tech Newport News Center and coastal Virginia regional initiatives. Tuttle had been serving as the center’s associate director. Before joining Virginia Tech in 2019, she worked in business development with Franklin Southampton Economic Development Inc. She has also managed entrepreneurship programming and taught business courses at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
A graduate of Ferrum College in Virginia, Tuttle holds a master’s degree in hospitality and tourism management from Virginia Tech.
Lisa Grove has been named associate vice chancellor for Vanderbilt University-San Francisco. Grove has more than two decades of leadership experience that spans cultural institutions, strategic planning, fundraising, and organizational development. She comes to her new role from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, where she was chief program and strategy officer. Previously, she was vice president of strategic initiatives for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
Grove is an honors graduate of Stanford University in California, where she majored in American studies. She holds a master’s degree in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and an MBA in strategic management from Imperial College Business School in London.