All Entries in the "Leadership" Category
Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, Chooses Irma Becerra as Its Next President
Irma Becerra was born in Cuba and was raised in Puerto Rico. For the past four years, she has served as provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida. Earlier she served on the faculty of Florida International University in Miami for nearly 30 years.
Lily McNair Will Be the First Woman President of Tuskegee University in Alabama
Dr. McNair has been serving as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Wagner College on Staten Island in New York City. Before becoming provost in 2011, Dr. McNair was associate provost for research and a professor of psychology at Spelman College in Atlanta.
Sheila Gestring Promoted to the Presidency of the University of South Dakota
Sheila Gestring currently serves as vice president of finance and chief financial officer at the University of South Dakota. She joined the finance staff at the university in 2006 and was named chief financial officer in 2010. She recently led a successful $250 million fundraising campaign.
Teresa Leyba-Ruiz Appointed President of Glendale Community College in Arizona
Dr. Ruiz has been serving as interim president for the past 18 months. Earlier, she served in a number of other posts at the college including interim dean of instruction, associate vice president for academic and student affairs, and vice president of student affairs.
The First Woman to Lead the West Plains Campus of Missouri State University
Dr. Lawler was an adjunct faculty member at Missouri State University from 1984 to 2002. She joined the staff at Ozarks Technical Community College in 1997 and rose to the rank of provost and vice chancellor for academic and student affairs.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists for President of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota
St. Cloud State University, located 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis, enrolls nearly 14,000 undergraduate students and almost 2,000 graduate students. Women are 54 percent of the undergraduate student body.
Sonya Stephens Appointed the Nineteenth President of Mount Holyoke College
In 2016, the board of trustees of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, appointed Sonya Stephens to the post of acting president. She was scheduled to serve for three years in that role. But now, the board has appointed Dr. Stephens as the permanent president of the highly rated liberal arts college for women.
The First Woman President of Utah Valley University in Orem
Dr. Tuminez currently serves as regional director for corporate, external and legal affairs in Southeast Asia for Microsoft Corporation. She is the former dean of research and assistant dean of executive education for the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Kim Hunter Reed Named the Next Commissioner of Higher Education in Louisiana
Dr. Reed currently serves as executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Previously, she was under secretary of education for postsecondary diversity and inclusion in the Obama administration. Earlier in her career, Dr. Reed was chief of staff for the Louisiana Board of Regents and executive vice president of the University of Louisiana System.
Sandra J. Doran Appointed to Lead Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Most recently, Doran has served as national program director of the New England Board of Higher Education and as entrepreneur-in-residence at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Earlier, she was chief of staff, vice president, and general counsel at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists for President of the University of South Dakota
Kelli R. McCormack Brown is the the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville and Sheila Gestring is vice president of finance and chief financial officer at the University of South Dakota.
The Next President of Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Fergus Falls
Dr. Brimhall has been on the staff at the college for nearly two decades. Since 2014, she has served as vice president of academic affairs and chief academic officer. Earlier, Dr. Brimhall has dean of enrollment management, interim provost, and associate vice president of academic and student affairs.
Louise Pagotto Appointed Chancellor of Kapi’olani Community College in Honolulu
Dr. Pagotto has been on the staff at Kapi’olani Community College since 1989, serving most recently as interim chancellor. Earlier, she was vice chancellor for academic affairs for 12 years.
National Science Foundation’s Joan Ferrini-Mundy to Lead the University of Maine
Joan Ferrini-Mundy is the chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation. Before joining the National Science Foundation in 2007, Dr. Ferrini-Munday was a professor of mathematics and teacher education for 12 years at Michigan State University. Earlier, she taught for 16 years at the University of New Hampshire.
The Next President of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts
Dr. Nelson is currently the director of the Sustainability Institute and deputy chief Sustainability Officer at the University of New Hampshire. Before going to the University of New Hampshire, she served on the faculty at Tufts University in Massachusetts for 25 years.
Karrie Dixon Is the New Leader of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina
Dr. Dixon has been a senior administrator for the University of North Carolina System since 2008. Most recently, she has served as vice president for academic and student affairs overseeing the 17 campuses of the university system.
Nancy Fey-Yensan Appointed Provost at Keene State College in New Hampshire
For the past seven years, Dr. Fey-Yensan has served as the dean of the College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Previously, she was the associate dean of the College of Human Science and Services at the University of Rhode Island.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists for Provost at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Betty Lou Leaver served as provost at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California from 2013 to 2017 and Anupma Prakash is a professor of geophysics at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
The Next President of the University of Louisville Will Be Neeli Bendapudi
For the past two years, Dr. Bendapudi has been executive vice chancellor and provost at the flagship campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Earlier, Dr. Bendapudi was the dean and H.D. Price Professor of Business at the University of Kansas School of Business.
Linda Oubré Selected as the Fifteenth President of Whittier College in California
For the past six years, Dr. Oubré has served as dean of the College of Business at San Francisco State University. Earlier, Dr. Oubré was executive director of corporate relations and business development, and chief diversity officer for the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.
Kathryn Foster Appointed President of The College of New Jersey
Since 2012, Dr. Foster has served as president of the University of Maine at Farmington. Earlier, she served on the faculty of the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York System for 18 years. She will begin her new job on July 1.
Stephanie Adams Will Lead the American Society for Engineering Education
Stephanie Adams is dean of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She will serve one year as president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education beginning in June and will become president of the organization in June 2019.
The First Woman President of California State University, Bakersfield
Dr. Lynnette Zelezny currently serves as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fresno State University in California. She has served in that role since 2014. Dr. Zelezny joined the psychology department faculty at Fresno State in 1988.
The Next President of St. Cloud Technical and Community College in Minnesota
Since 2014, Dr. Annesa Cheek has been serving as vice president of school and community partnerships at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. She has been on the staff at the college since 2006 serving in a number of roles.
Amy Wildermuth Will Be the Next Leader of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Professor Wildermuth currently serves as associate vice president for faculty and academic affairs at the University of Utah. Earlier, she was the university’s chief sustainability officer and a professor in the university’s College of Law. She was a clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jerald Jones Woolfolk Appointed President of Lincoln University in Missouri
Dr. Woolfolk currently serves as vice president for student affairs and enrollment at the State University of New York Oswego. Earlier, she was vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Mississippi Valley State University.
Nashville State Community College Names Shanna Jackson as Its Next President
Dr. Jackson has been serving since 2016 as associate vice president at the Williamson campus of Columbia State Community College.
Maud S. Mandel Will Be the Eighteenth President of Williams College in Massachusetts
Dr. Mandel currently serves as dean of the college and as a professor of Judaic studies and history at Brown University in Providence, Rhode island. She joined the faculty at Brown in 2001 and was promoted to full professor in 2014. She will become preident of Williams College on July 1.
Two African American Women Appointed to Provost Positions at Pennsylvania Colleges
Monica Parrish Trent has been selected to be the next provost at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pennsylvania, and Sarah Willie-LeBreton, a professor of sociology at Swarthmore College in suburban Philadelphia, will be the next provost of the highly rated liberal arts institution.
Marisa Kelly Appointed the Eleventh President of Suffolk University in Boston
Dr. Kelly has been serving as interim president for the past 20 months. In 2014, she was named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the university. Earlier, she was provost and vice president for educational affairs at Ithaca College in New York.
The First Woman President of Peirce College in Philadelphia
Mary Ellen Caro has been serving as vice president of enrollment management at Thomas Edison State University in Trenton, New Jersey. She has served on the staff there since 2004. When Dr. Caro takes office, she will be the first woman to serve as president in the 153-year history of Peirce College.
Jan Murphy Appointed Provost at Illinois State University
Dr. Murphy joined the faculty at Illinois State University in 1986 as an assistant professor of family and consumer science. She was promoted to full professor in 1995. She served as associate provost for 10 years and has been chair of the department of family and consumer sciences.
Jane Wood to Be the Tenth President of Bluffton University in Ohio
Dr. Jane Wood currently serves as vice president for academic affairs and dean of Mount Marty College, a Benedictine liberal arts educational institution in Yankton, South Dakota. She will become the tenth president of Bluffton University on July 1.
Christine Siegel Appointed Provost at Fairfield University in Connecticut
Since January 2017, Christine Siegel has served as interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. She joined the faculty at Fairfield University in 2005 as an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions.
The Next Dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University in Ohio
Dr. Christina Bloebaum currently serves as the Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University. She will begin her new job as dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State on August 1.
