Sixteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities

Lorraine Goffe has been named vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer at Pennsylvania State University. She most recently served as vice president for human resources at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Goffe holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri, and an MBA from National University.

Julie Smith has been named assistant vice chancellor for external affairs, partnerships, and economic development at North Carolina State University. She currently serves as assistant to the chancellor for external affairs at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Smith is a summa cum laude graduate of North Carolina State University where she majored in political science with a minor in environmental science. She was valedictorian of her graduating class. She earned a law degree at the University of Virginia.

Pam Jackson has been named interim vice president for external relations at Colorado Sate University. She has served as assistant vice president and director of internal communications in the Division of External Relations at the university since 2015.

Dr. Jackson holds a master’s degree in technical communication and a Ph.D. in economics both from Colorado State University.

Christina Paxson, president of Brown University, has been named deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s board of directors for 2019. She has been a member of the Boston Fed’s board of directors since 2016.

Dr. Paxson is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. She holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. both in economics from Columbia University.

Carol Kondrach has been named deputy chief information officer at Princeton University in New Jersey. She was the associate vice president for information technology at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Kondrach holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from La Salle University in Philadelphia.

Karen Bowling has been named director of the new Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of North Florida. She was president of Thrive Consulting LLC in Jacksonville, Florida.

Bowling holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from the University of North Florida.

Trishana Bowden has been appointed vice president for university advancement and alumni relations at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She will also serve as president of the George Mason University Foundation. She was vice president of advancement at Goucher College in Baltimore.

Bowden holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communication/media studies from Towson University in Maryland.

Karen Chance Mercurius has been named associate vice president for alumni and constituent relations at the University of Rochester in New York. She currently serves as the director of alumni relations at Harvard Law School.

Dr. Chance Mercurius holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and Africana studies and a master’s degree in organizational dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned a master’s degree in human development and a Ph.D. in organizational development and change both from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.

Shaniqua Crawford has been named Title IX coordinator at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. She previously served as deputy Title IX coordinator investigator at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Crawford holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and history from Georgia Southern University and a law degree from Ohio Northern University.

Sheneui Weber has been named vice chancellor of workforce and economic development for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. She was the chief operating officer for advancement and economic development for the Long Beach Community College District.

Weber holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pacific Union College in Angwin, California, and a master’s degree in telecommunications and film from San Diego State University.

Joanne Ritter-Teitel has been named chief nursing officer of the University Hospital of Brooklyn and associate dean of clinical practice in the College of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. She was vice president and first chief nursing officer at Orange Region Medical Center in Middletown, New York.

Dr. Ritter-Teitel holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Columbia University, a master’s degree from New York University, and a Ph.D. in nursing administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ann McCorvey has been named vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Davidson College in North Carolina. She currently serves as deputy executive vice president and treasurer at George Washington University.

McCorvey holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA both in accounting from the University of West Florida.

Lisa Brommer has been named associate vice president for human resources at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She was interim director of human resources at Colorado College.

Brommer holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sioux Falls and a master’s degree in administrative studies/human resources from the University of South Dakota.

Farnaz Khadem has been named vice president for university communications at Stanford University. She is currently the chief communications officer at the California Institute of Technology.

Khadem holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree both in journalism from Northwestern University.

Joffery Gaymon has been named vice president for enrollment at Auburn University in Alabama. She was vice president for enrollment and student affairs at the University of West Florida.

Dr. Gaymon holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in public administration from Georgia College and State University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from Northwestern University.

Heather Parks has been named project specialist for scholarships, development, and external relations in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas. She has worked in the student service group in the Bumpers College Dean’s Office as an administrative assistant since January 2016.

Parks holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Arkansas. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in sociology.

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