Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education

• Susan L. Gibbons was named university librarian at Yale, effective July 1. She is currently vice provost and dean of libraries at the University of Rochester.  Gibbons is a 1992 graduate of the University of Delaware. She holds master’s degrees in library science  and history from Indiana University, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, and an educational doctorate from the University of Rochester.

• Lisa Mazzocco was appointed chief investment officer at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She has been serving as chief investment officer for the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association. Mazzocco holds an MBA from California State Polytechnic Institute in Pomona.

• Phyllis Worthy Dawkins was promoted to senior vice president and provost at Dillard University in New Orleans, effective in May. She currently is serving as associate provost. Dr. Dawkins is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.