Appointing board directors as CEOs was once a “break glass in case of emergency” strategy reserved for scandal, illness, or sudden resignation. While it remains a minority path compared with traditional internal promotions, it is no longer an anomaly.
New data from Spencer Stuart highlights the shift. Of the 168 new S&P 1500 chief executives appointed in 2025, the highest annual total since 2010, 19 were drawn from their own company boards, the most since 2020. Spencer Stuart classifies directors as outsiders because they lack day-to-day operating responsibility. Even so, more boards are turning to them.
The increase comes amid elevated churn. CEO departures in the S&P 500 reached roughly 13% in 2025, according to governance trackers, leaving boards to manage performance pressure and succession gaps simultaneously. Internal candidates, such as chief operating officers and division heads, still account for the majority of appointments. But in moments of strategic reset, boards sometimes look beyond executives associated with the existing plan. Meanwhile, several high-profile external hires have reinforced the risks of expensive searches that promise reinvention but deliver disruption.
The insider-outsider advantage
Against that backdrop, directors offer what board advisers describe as an insider-outsider balance. They understand the company’s strategy, capital allocation framework, and risk profile. Yet they are not embedded in a single operating silo. That distance can make it easier to reset priorities without discarding the broader plan.
Recent moves show how the model is playing out across sectors. At Constellation Brands, Nicholas Fink was named chief executive in February 2026 after serving on the board since 2021. Match Group elevated director Spencer Rascoff to chief executive in 2025 to accelerate product and artificial intelligence initiatives.
Other examples reinforce the pattern. Bed Bath & Beyond appointed Marcus Lemonis, its executive chairman, as permanent chief executive in January 2026 following the company’s emergence from bankruptcy. Science Applications International Corp. named James Regan permanent chief executive in February 2026, after he had served on the board since 2023.
These appointments do not signal a collapse in succession planning. Internal promotions remain the dominant route to the corner office. Instead, boards are broadening the pipeline and building optionality into leadership plans amid elevated executive churn.
The shift also reflects who now occupies board seats. A growing share of directors are active or recently retired chief executives with significant operating experience. That evolution has created a viable bench within the boardroom itself. Directors can be evaluated over years of strategy sessions and crisis deliberations before they are ever tapped to run the company. Governance advisers describe the approach as succession by design.
What it means for C-suite contenders
For aspiring chief executives, the competitive landscape has changed.
The bar for readiness is higher. Internal candidates are no longer competing only against peers down the hall. They may also be measured against directors who have already run public companies and have established credibility with investors. In volatile periods, that experience can appear lower risk.
Timelines are also compressing. If boards are informally cultivating potential successors in their own ranks, internal candidates must signal enterprise-level leadership earlier. Waiting for a formal succession process may be too late. Executives who want the top job need visibility in board discussions, exposure to enterprise risk, and a clearly articulated long-term strategy.
There is an opportunity in the shift as well. Boards that elevate directors are often looking for leaders who combine operational depth with governance sophistication. C-suite executives who engage proactively with directors, serve on external boards, and broaden their scope beyond a single function can strengthen their case. The more an executive already operates like a chief executive, the harder it is for a board to choose someone else—even one of its own.
Many business owners and managers continue reporting on difficulties they’ve had integrating Gen Z employees into their companies, describing them variously as entitled, aloof, loath to take directions, and insufficiently skilled for their jobs. Now a New York University’s Stern School of Business professor goes even farther with that critique in a white paper published this month, claiming just 2 percent of the cohort born between 1995 and 2009 share the values employers seek from workers they hire.
The “Hiring Managers vs. Gen Z Priorities” paper, co-authored by journalist and MBA program professor Suzy Welch, examines a study that used the Values Bridge personality assessment tool Welch helped to develop. It started by analyzing data from the over 7,500 Gen Zers among the 45,000 people who have used the platform to date. Welch then compared the values that those younger people cited with the most frequently mentioned priorities of 2,100 knowledge industry hiring managers, who were surveyed separately but as part of same study. That revealed a near total mismatch in what Gen Zers and participating HR professionals considered important in the workplace.
“Only 2 (percent) of Gen Z rank all three hiring-preferred values (of managers) in their top five,” the paper said, warning of looming real-world business consequences. “For leading firms, this gap translates into an arms race to identify and secure the few candidates who align. For others, it requires more strategic adaptation, designing teams and roles that maximize partial fits while minimizing mismatch risk.”
The survey of hiring managers determined that their top three priorities were Achievement, or professional success; Scope, or learning and action; and Workcentrism, denoting comfort with hard work. The leading values of Gen Zers, by contrast, were described as Eudemonia, or well-being and self-care; Non-sibi, or helping others; and Voice, which represents authenticity and expression.
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Many previous polls have found Gen Zers to be far more concerned with learning, mentoring, work-life balance, and mental health priorities than traditional career goals like ascending executive ranks and earning more money. But the new study’s results not only indicate that values gap is far wider than previously believed, but is often on shaky ground even when sharing did occur.
“Even where overlap exists, Gen Z often tries to dial these values down: 61 (percent) report Achievement is higher in their real life than they want in their ideal life,” it said. “The values gap between Gen Z and hiring managers creates two starkly different realities for employers.”
‘The attitudes are not.’
Given the rather dire implications of those findings for for Gen Z — especially in a virtually flat labor market that continues to tighten as businesses automate many jobs with artificial intelligence — it isn’t surprising Welch’s results have generated strong reactions that reveal stark contrasts. She said as much in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, where she quoted a human resources executive reacting to the results with the lament, “The bodies are out there. The attitudes are not.”
It’s for that reason that Welch foresees larger companies with big budgets competing with each other for the rare Gen Zers whose values entirely match their own. The rest, she predicts, will sift through the remainder for candidates with as many shared priorities as possible, then make their adherence to those through a virtual “values contract” a condition of their employment.
Unsurprisingly, many of Welch’s own MBA students were as dismayed by the findings as hiring managers, but for different reasons. Some of those younger people, she wrote, wondered how they’d ever land jobs in the current labor market if their age cohort has been labeled unemployable to boot.
Others, by contrast, argued that with Gen Z already representing a large percentage of the workforce — which will only grow larger with time — businesses also need to adapt to the values of younger workers to keep pace with the times.
“Maybe they’re right,” Welch said in her op-ed while explaining why she continues sharing the data with disconcerted Gen Zers. “And maybe business will change someday — when Generation Z is in charge. But right now, the marketplace faces a values disconnect between generations that could reshape the future of work… Values, after all, are choices. Like all choices, they have consequences.”
In the wake of Welch’s op-ed, critics have stepped up to take issue with the study’s findings. Most, it appears, aren’t even Gen Zers.
Some detractors have clearly viewed her tough love promotion of the study’s conclusion through the historical lens of her marriage to the late General Electric CEO Jack Welch. His relentless cost-cutting, and ruthless selloff of virtually any less than maximally profitable business units won him cheers from investors at the time. But they’ve more recently provoked jeers after companies that adopted the same strategy, notably Boeing, flirted with financial and industrial ruin from their embrace of his focus on immediate profits above everything else.
Moreover, Welch co-authored the 2005 best-seller Winning with her husband about his successful, no-holds-barred management style, an association some of those critics alleged colored her unflattering findings on Gen Z.
‘Because a boomer said so’
Other observers doubt the credibility of the findings themselves, and question both the study’s objectives and methodology. Some of those commentators have dismissed the results as another gratuitous hit on Gen Z’s beleaguered workplace reputation by older generations with more established positions in business.
Yet another group, meanwhile, flatly challenged the assumption that Gen Z’s values aren’t as legitimate as those of hiring managers or their companies.
“Is this woman really dragging a generation for valuing things like self-expression and altruism?” asked caprazzi in a thread on social media platform Reddit responding to Welch’s op-ed. “Our society and culture [are] diseased, we need a doctor over here.”
“Gen X leader here,” responded Austin1975. “These generation hit pieces don’t deserve anyone’s time. ‘Young people don’t wanna work’ gibberish has been around since the 90s. Today’s articles are purely for money now and full of rage bait and links to propaganda.”
Other redditors also pointed out Welch’s own Baby Boomer cohort doesn’t exactly command the love and respect of younger generations is it sets to retire — often with envious fortunes. That’s particularly true of people still decades away from retirement, and currently facing the high prices, tight labor markets, and rising national debt levels that have spiked under Boomer control of business and government.
“Corporations exist to serve people not the other way around no?” asked the floridly named fartdonkey420, casting doubt about Boomers’ credibility to negatively judge Gen Z priorities. “Why should an entire generation modify their value systems in servitude to corporations?”
Those diverging reactions suggest Welch’s findings, much like Gen Z’s work ethic, are both open to debate, and likely to draw contrasting conclusions. But the study also demonstrates that while business leaders continue questioning the cohort’s personal and professional values, countless other observers are ready to defend them against what at times may seem like relentless scorn.
Morgan Stanley isn’t the only firm that sees a way to gain possibly trillions more in AUM via workplace clients.
Its Wall Street rival Citi is looking in much the same direction. In announcing a new head of Citi’s Wealth at Work division, wealth head Andy Sieg estimated that the firm’s clients have $5 trillion under management at other institutions.
According to a memo from Sieg released Wednesday, longtime Citi exec Kris Bitterly is slated to become head of the firm’s Wealth at Work division in September. That line of business has long specialized in helping lawyers and law firms with financial planning and other services, lately extending to asset managers and other professionals.
Sieg suggested in his memo that Wealth at Work will be one of Citi’s main avenues for bringing in assets that current clients might now hold elsewhere.
“Wealth at Work is a critical growth area and one that clearly sets us apart from the competition,” Sieg said in the memo. “This is a proven business with a loyal client base that has traditionally been rooted in banking and lending. It is time for a laser-like focus on winning our clients’ investment assets.”
The statement bears similarities to remarks Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick made on Monday at his firm’s annual U.S. Financials, Payments & Commercial Real Estate Conference in New York. Pick also cited a $5 trillion figure for assets clients hold elsewhere and suggested a way to bring more of that in is through the firm’s Morgan Stanley at Work unit. Morgan Stanley at Work offers a variety of services to employers, including helping them set up retirement plans for employees and overseeing equity compensation policies that pay workers partly in company shares.
“There’s $5 trillion of wealth held by those same people who work at company XYZ whose comp plan we administer,” Pick said.
Jason Diamond, an executive vice president at the recruiting firm Diamond Consultants, said these large firms’ workplace divisions are just one way they have to usher new clients and assets into their wealth management businesses.
“This is helping your advisors via means that they couldn’t necessarily use on their own,” he said. “If you can feed them the CEOs of companies that you have the retirement business for, that’s great.”
What kind of wealth business to have?
Citi also has an advantage in having a well-established retail and commercial bank. Now Sieg and his fellow executives need to decide exactly what sort of wealth business they want to have, Diamond said.
Are they going for something closer to what the now-defunct First Republic Bank offered — specialized banking and advisory services meant mainly for affluent clients? Or, Diamond said, do they want to try to go head-to-head with firms like Merrill, which tend to work with clients of all wealth levels?
The distance between Merrill and Citi remains substantial. Merrill reported record revenue of $5.6 billion on $4 trillion in client assets for the first quarter. Citi reported $1.7 billion in revenue — $181 million of it from Wealth at Work — for the same period.
‘Everybody knew something like this was coming’
Diamond said Sieg’s recent hires and promotions suggest he’s starting to push forward harder in his ambitions and that his plans for the firm will most likely become clearer. Sieg announced last week that Citi had hired Dawn Nordberg from Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management to oversee bank-to-advisor referrals through a new initiative called Integrated Client Engagement.
Diamond said Sieg appears to want to have all the pieces of his management team in place before making a big push to recruit advisors and build AUM.
“It seemed really unlikely that he would resign from being the head of Thundering Herd, and having one of the most prestigious positions on Wall Street, to lead a sleepy wealth management unit at Citi,” Diamond said. “So everybody knew something like this was coming.”
Back to the Merrill well
Sieg’s memo on Wednesday also announced that Keith Glenfield, formerly Northeast Division executive for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, will succeed Bitterly as Citi’s head of investment solutions. Sieg himself came to Citi last year after serving as president of Merrill Wealth Management and has turned to his former employer for other recruits in the past. He, for instance, tapped Don Plaus, the former head of Merrill private wealth, to run Citi’s private bank in North America.
As for Glenfield, Sieg said: “I’ve worked closely with Keith over the years, and I’m delighted he’s decided to bring his formidable leadership skills to Citi Wealth.”
Sieg’s memo says Glenfield was at Merrill for 29 years, where he led the firm’s investment solutions group and personal retirement unit within Global Wealth Management.
“During his tenure, Merrill’s fee-based investment offering expanded to more than $1.5 trillion,” according to the memo.
A spokesperson for Merrill declined to comment.
Bitterly has been at Citi since 2008, following stints at Credit Suisse and JPMorgan. Sieg’s memo credits her for contributing to the firm’s Project Simplify to streamline its business, as well as its offerings in alternative investments.
“Importantly, Kris is a trusted voice to our clients on investments and portfolio implementation,” Sieg said in the memo. “I am confident she is the right person to take this high-growth business to new heights through a sharper and more comprehensive focus on investments.”
Both Bitterly and Glenfield are scheduled to start their new positions in September.
Diamond said he expects to see Citi’s wealth management business to start picking up its pace.
“It makes sense to want to staff up to a certain degree before you are ready for prime time,” he said. “You do not need to be at 100%, but probably 80% before you go out and make all your big splashy advisor hires.”
Saundra Gumerove was a successful New York-based lawyer with a booming career in the banking industry when her daughter was born and everything changed.
But not in the way babies gently rock the world of every new parent.
Her birth was more of a life-altering earthquake—one that shook Gumerove’s personal life and sent shockwaves through her career.
Lauren was born with Sturge-Weber Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder with symptoms that include a large purple-red birthmark on the face, in addition to intellectual disability, migraines, and a host of other conditions.
It was the beginning of “a very tough life”—a whirlwind of hospital visits for seizures and surgeries for glaucoma. The new normal meant late nights at home attempting to catch up on work, and precious little rest.
“I didn’t sleep for many years,” Gumerove recalls. “If Lauren turned over, I was up, worried she was seizing.”
Her anxiety, while warranted, only complicated her career: “When Lauren was in crisis, I was not a good person to be around. I was always terrified she was going to die.” She began therapy to process her new life, which seemed to be in shambles.
Fortunately, Gumerove’s boss saw her struggle and created a job for her close to home in Long Island, N.Y. Still, client meetings were sometimes far away, and she occasionally found herself exiting abruptly to rendezvous with Lauren in the emergency room. Many colleagues didn’t understand. They thought she was receiving special treatment—and resented her for it.
For nearly a decade, Gumerove did what felt like the impossible: juggling work and the added demands of special-needs parenting—as a single mom, no less. At times she was ready to quit, but she had no choice but to soldier on: The two needed the income and the health insurance.
She felt trapped.
Eventually, Gumerove reached her breaking point. She left her job as a corporate lawyer and began working for herself, as an attorney for special-needs clients. Eventually, she was appointed as the president of The Arc New York, a nonprofit that advocates for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Finally, she had found her bliss—and her purpose. Gumerove was able to work from home, take cases she was passionate about, and make her own schedule—around Lauren’s needs.
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‘Work is a wonderful escape’
For many parents of kids with special needs, success just won’t look the same—not for their children, and not for themselves.
Due to the severity of their child’s disability, some parents are unable to work outside the home. Others, however, manage to—and refuse to abandon personal ambition at the altar of parenthood.
But it’s far from easy.
“The school is calling because of bad behavior. The babysitter doesn’t show. How are you going to work?” Gumerove says, speaking of the plight of special-needs parents who attempt to maintain a professional life.
Some hold down a job in spite of it all but find themselves hampered from moving ahead in their career, their child’s needs a veritable albatross around their neck.
Sally Hiraldo was working as a manager at a rental furniture store in the Bronx when her daughter, Delilah, was born with a cleft palate. The condition required countless doctor’s appointments and seven surgeries.
Thirteen years later, Hiraldo completed her master’s degree—in human resources. She serves as a cleft community advisory council member for Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft-focused nonprofit. And she’s still working at the same furniture store, in the same position. The reason, she tells Fortune: “I feel like I can’t take my [daughter’s] medical problems to another job.”
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Success looks different for each special-needs family, says Lisa Nowinski—clinical director at the Lurie Center for Autism at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.
“For some parents, this might look like finding a new, more flexible job, working part-time, or deciding to stay home,” she says. “In families with more than one parent or caregiver, continually re-evaluating and renegotiating the distribution of work, life, and child care responsibilities is critically important.”
Nearly 20% of U.S. children—approximately 14.1 million—have one or more chronic health conditions, be they physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Behind each child is a parent or parents, many of whom are employed—or used to be. A 2021 study published in the journal Pediatrics found that among U.S. special needs families, 15% had at least one adult caregiver who stopped work or cut hours because of their child’s condition.
Unsurprisingly, more than 75% of caregivers are women.
Each American household with a special needs child suffers an annual income loss of around $18,000, the study found. And the aggregate impact is stark. Lost wages from caregiving special-needs parents who’ve forfeited their careers range between $14.4 billion and $19.2 billion a year among those who worked full time, and between $9 billion and $13.9 billion for those who worked part time.
Parents of special-needs children “face tremendous challenges, not only caring and advocating for their child, but also juggling work and life demands, relationships, and their own mental health needs,” Nowinski says.
But for those who can, “work is a wonderful escape,” Gumerove maintains. “It’s a distraction that can take you out of the immediate environment you’re in.”
“Having a life apart from your child is something really difficult for parents to consider,” she says. “But I think you need it to be healthy.”
Some find the flexibility they require in a new career inspired by their child, Nowinski says: “Many parents find new purpose and expertise in the very areas they have worked hard to manage with their own child.”
‘Moonshots for Unicorns’
Geri Landman knows the financial impact of special-needs parenthood all too well. A successful San Francisco Bay Area pediatrician, she cut her work week from five days to two and a half after her daughter, Lucy, was diagnosed with PGAP3—a rare genetic disorder that causes weak muscles, unsteady gait, intellectual disability, and epilepsy.
Her employer has been understanding about the family’s plight. Still, Landman says she’s found that there are “hard and fast rules that even when you pull the ‘special needs mom card,’” you can’t break.
Case in point: On Wednesdays, Landman needs to get Lucy to physical therapy and her other kids to school, meaning that she can’t make it to work until 8:15 a.m. But she’s required to show up at 8 a.m.
“I can’t physically be in two places at once,” she says. “Luckily, it takes a few minutes to room a patient,” she explains, so Landman can arrive a few minutes after 8 a.m. without inconveniencing anyone.
Working part-time has “definitely put a financial stress on our family,” the pediatrician says. There are Lucy’s medical costs to shoulder and California’s sky-high cost of living.
But less time in the clinic gives Landman more time to tend to Moonshots for Unicorns, a nonprofit she and her husband founded after Lucy was diagnosed. The foundation seeks to identify a cure or treatment for Lucy’s disorder and others like it.
And at her “day job,” Lucy’s plight has provided her with ample inspiration. Landman now focuses her efforts on treating children with special needs.
Being the mother of a child with special needs “has certainly changed my career goals and focus,” she admits.
“Is it holding me back from having the career I previously envisioned? Yes. But I now have a career I’m even more passionate about.”
How employers can help
Employers can make a difference in the lives—and careers—of special-needs parents.
First and foremost: “Access to comprehensive and high quality medical insurance and paid parental or family leave are absolutely critical.” In an ideal world, paid family-leave policies would be expanded to include chronic health conditions, Nowinski says.
Other helpful possibilities, according to experts Fortune talked to:
Flexible working hours
Option to work remote
Access to mental health and well-being support
Employee support groups for parents of special-needs children
Company events that are inclusive and accessible to all
A point person, perhaps in HR, who can direct special-needs families to company and community benefits and resources
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No matter your industry, Big Data and analytics are fundamentally changing how businesses operate and make decisions. Throw in a culture of rapid digital transformation, and the expectations for leadership roles are shifting at an unprecedented rate.
It’s no longer sufficient for C-suite executives and senior leaders to simply excel in traditional management skills such as strategic vision and people management. Now, the currency of effective leadership also includes an intimate understanding of data analytics.
Consider just a few of the ways that Big Data and analytics are driving decisions in the modern workplace:
Customer analysis to better understand customer needs, preferences and behaviors.
Predictive models to forecast future trends or performance.
Risk analysis to identify potential threats and opportunities.
A recent survey proves the power of data analytics: 44% of executives consider data crucial for strategic decision-making, while 37% believe it offers deeper insights into their business.
As a C-suite executive, an ability to interpret data-driven insights from these types of analyses can create a competitive advantage for climbing the corporate ladder. But how should you get started with data analytics?
There was a time when the primary expectations for senior leaders were aspects like visionary thinking, strategic planning and people management. While these skills remain vital, the technological revolution has introduced a new dimension to leadership: data literacy.
The arrival of “Big Data” and the learning models that drive it have made data literacy increasingly crucial for executives. Data literacy involves reading, analyzing and communicating insights from vast volumes of data. It requires understanding statistics and techniques like machine learning and natural language processing (NLP).
As a senior leader, your ability to understand and use this data boosts team effectiveness and positions you as a forward-thinking executive. Consider KPIs — the backbone of performance management. By interpreting the data, gain insights into team performance and areas for improvement.
This enables you to make better decisions and have more informed conversations with your team members. Plus, understanding the basics of machine learning helps you identify opportunities for automation or optimization that may have been missed.
Strategies for integrating data analytics into leadership
If data literacy is a new skill that can boost your career, the question becomes: How can you cultivate this skill to help your resume rise up the ranks? For senior leaders interested in harnessing the power of data analytics for career growth, here are some strategies to consider:
Develop a data-driven mindset
Before diving into tools and techniques, developing a data-driven mindset is crucial. Start by asking data-based questions in meetings, challenging assumptions with empirical evidence, and encouraging your team to do the same. This helps to foster a culture of data-driven decision-making and sets the tone for deeper exploration later on.
Proactively seek out opportunities to learn
Data analytics is a broad field — from basic spreadsheet software to sophisticated machine learning algorithms. Identify which skills you need to learn to use data effectively, then look for sources such as online courses or internal training to build those competencies.
Collaborate with data experts
Don’t isolate yourself; instead, make it a point to collaborate with your organization’s data scientists (if you have any), analysts or other data professionals. They can provide insights that are not immediately apparent and guide you through the complexities of data interpretation.
Plus, by adding a roster of skilled data advisors to your network, you can benefit from their expertise and experience.
Implement data-driven projects in your current role
Once you’re comfortable with the basics, initiate a data-driven project within your team or department.
It could be anything from improving customer experience based on feedback data to optimizing supply chain logistics. Such projects provide practical experience and showcase your leadership in adapting to the new data-centric business environment.
Track and showcase your success
Nothing speaks louder than results. As you implement data-driven initiatives, track the outcomes meticulously. Be prepared to showcase these successes in performance reviews or when seeking a promotion, as they make a compelling case for your leadership capabilities in a data-driven era.
If you’re going to compete, data analytics is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity for senior leaders aspiring for career advancement. Mastering this skill set enhances your decision-making and differentiates you in the eyes of stakeholders and hiring committees.
To stay ahead of the pack, you need to understand and interpret data trends proficiently. The more comfortable and confident you are with data-driven insights, the more likely you can capitalize on opportunities before others do.
Lead with data, not just instincts: Enrich your leadership instincts with empirical data for a more balanced and credible decision-making approach.
Collaborate with data experts: Build a network of data professionals within your organization to enhance your data literacy and garner insights.
Implement data-driven projects: Showcase your newfound skills by leading a data-centric project within your team or department.
Track and showcase success: Measure the outcomes of your data-driven initiatives and be prepared to present them in performance reviews or job interviews.
Make data analytics a leadership trait: Adopt data literacy as a core leadership trait, on par with qualities like strategic thinking and empathy.
Start today by learning the basics of data analytics and how to use it in your decision-making process. And while you grow in your understanding and skill level, never forget to show the value of data-driven initiatives in your organization. Doing so will help you become a more influential leader that the world needs today.
Valerie Kinloch, dean of the School of Education at the U. of Pittsburgh, has been named president of Johnson C. Smith U.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Michael Bernstein,former provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and interim president of Stony Brook University, has been named interim president of the College of New Jersey.
Deborah Casey,vice president for student affairs at Green River College, in Washington, has been named president of Wor-Wic Community College, in Maryland.
Christopher Davis,a member of the Board of Trustees for LeMoyne-Owen College, has been named interim president. He replaces Vernell A. Bennett-Fairs, who has resigned.
Kristine Dillon, a senior adviser for higher education at Huron Consulting and a former member of the Board of Trustees at Whittier College, has been named interim president of Whittier College.
Amanuel Gebru,vice president for instruction at Moorpark College, has been named president of Los Angeles City College.
Kayla Hale,vice president for university advancement and alumni engagement at the University of Tulsa, has been named president of the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma.
Tony Hawkins,provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, continuing education, and work-force development at Frederick Community College, in Maryland, has been named president of the State University of New York Broome Community College.
Stacia Haynie, a professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and former executive vice president and provost at Louisiana State University, has been named the sole finalist for president of Midwestern State University.
Valerie Kinloch,dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named president of Johnson C. Smith University.
Julie Kornfeld,vice provost for academic programs at Columbia University, will become president of Kenyon College, in Ohio, in October.
Lester Edgardo Sandres Rápalo,provost and vice president for academic affairs at the City University of New York Bronx Community College, has been named president of Rockland Community College.
Mary Evans Sias,a member of the Board of Regents for Texas Southern University, has been named interim president of the university.
Resignations Ty Stone,president of Cleveland State Community College, has resigned after a year in the role.
Retirements Carol Christ,chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley since 2017, plans to retire next year.
Marc Nigliazzo,president of Texas A&M University-Central Texas, will retire on August 31.
Kevin Satterlee, president of Idaho State University, will retire at the end of this calendar year.
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CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments J. Scott Angle,senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida, has been named interim provost.
Prabu David,vice provost for faculty and academic staff development, interim vice provost for teaching and learning innovation, and dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Ana Hunt, interim provost and former interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, has been named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Leamor Kahanov,provost and vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer at Stockton University, has been named senior vice president and provost at Alvernia University.
Joan Saab,a professor of art history and executive vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Rochester, has been named executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Richmond.
Pamela E. Scott-Johnson,provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Monmouth University, has been named provost at Spelman College.
Resignations Alicia Bertone,provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has stepped down.
Retirements Chuck Taber,provost and executive vice president at Kansas State University, will retire at the end of the 2023 fall semester.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Nicole Albo-Lopez, interim vice chancellor for educational programs and institutional effectiveness for the Los Angeles Community College District, has been named to the post permanently.
Shantay Bolton,executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named executive vice president for administration and finance and chief business officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dedric Carter,vice chancellor and chief commercialization officer and a professor of practice in the McKelvey School of Engineering and Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named vice chancellor for innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development and chief innovation officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Joel Curran,vice president for public affairs and communications at the University of Notre Dame, has been named senior vice president and chief communications officer at the University of Southern California.
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, director of the Institute for Policy Research and a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University, has been named senior adviser to the president for academic excellence and associate provost at the University of Florida.
Geraldine Sullivan,associate vice president for human resources in the School of Medicine at Yale University, has been named chief human resources officer at the University of Richmond.
Resignations Phyllis Carter,associate vice chancellor and chief financial officer for the Contra Costa Community College District, in California, has resigned after being placed on administrative leave.
DEANS Appointments Bruce W. Berdanier, dean of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University, has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences at Purdue University Northwest.
Cathy J. Bradley, associate dean of research at the Colorado School of Public Health and deputy director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, has been named dean of the School of Public Health.
Stephanie B. Caulder
Stephanie B. Caulder,dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Radford University, in Virginia, has been named founding dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Steven Dubinett,who has served as the interim dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles since 2021, has been named to the post permanently.
Melissa Falk,dean of admission and financial aid at Muhlenberg College, has been named associate vice president and dean of admission at the University of Richmond.
Roland Faller,executive associate dean in the College of Engineering at the University of California at Davis, has been named dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University.
Mary Margaret Frank,senior associate dean of faculty development at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, has been named dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
José García-León,dean of academic affairs and assessment at the Juilliard School, in New York, has been named dean of the School of Music at Yale University.
Bertie Greer,associate dean of the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University, has been named dean of the Manning School of Business at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Marcus Hayes,a professor and chair of the department of theater and dance at Austin Peay State University, in Tennessee, has been named dean of the new Creative School at DePauw University, in Indiana.
Michelle Jackson,associate dean of academic affairs at Broward College, has been named dean of liberal arts at Wake Tech Community College.
Ashish K. Jhawill return to his post as dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University after serving as White House COVID-19 response coordinator.
Barbara Jones, associate dean of health affairs in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work and chair of the department of health social work in the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named dean of the School of Social Work at Boston University.
Deanna Kennedy,associate dean of academics in the School of Business at the University of Washington at Bothell, has been named dean of the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University.
Anuj Mehrotra, dean of the School of Business at George Washington University, has been named chair and dean of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Sam Panarella, a professor of law and executive director of the Max Baucus Institute at the University of Montana, has been named dean of the School of Law at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Ah-Hyung (Alissa) Park, a professor of climate change and chair of the department of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia University, has been named dean of the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Christopher Schuh,a professor of materials science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University.
Monika Williams Shealey,senior vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rowan University, has been named dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Temple University.
Cameron B. Wesson,a professor of anthropology and special adviser to the president at Franklin & Marshall College, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at La Salle University.
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Heather Woofter,director of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Derrick Brooms,associate department head of Africana studies and a professor of Africana studies and sociology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, has been named executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College.
Brittini Brown,associate vice president for student affairs at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, has been named associate vice provost for student engagement and dean of students at the Johns Hopkins University.
Leah P. Hollis,a faculty member in the department of advanced studies, leadership, and policy at Morgan State University, has been named associate dean of access, equity, and inclusion in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University.
Anthony Abraham Jack,a sociologist and assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, has been named an associate professor of higher-education leadership in the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University and faculty director of its Newbury Center.
Tiffany Mfume,associate vice president for student success and retention at Morgan State University, has been named associate vice provost for student success and retention initiatives at the Johns Hopkins University.
Jacqueline M. Reese,associate director of student-access services at Emory University, has been named ombuds at Bowdoin College.
Retirements Alice Griffin, director of curriculum review and program assessment at the University of Arkansas, retired on June 30 after almost 20 years at the university.
Jodi Koste,university archivist and senior curator for health sciences in the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, has retired.
DEATHS David M. Bartley,a former president of Holyoke Community College, in Massachusetts, died on June 13. He was 88.
David Calleo,a professor emeritus of European and Eurasian studies at the Johns Hopkins University, died on June 15. He was 88. Calleo also taught at Brown and Yale Universities.
John B. Goodenough, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, died on June 25. He was 100. Goodenough is known for the development of the lithium-ion battery and received the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Harry M. Markowitz,a professor of finance in the Rady School of Management at the University of California at San Diego, died on June 22. He was 95. Markowitz received the 1990 Nobel Prize in economic science, shared with Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe, while he was a professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York.
Henry Petroski,a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, died on June 14. He was 81.
Catherine Pope, associate vice chancellor for strategic operations and planning at the University of Pittsburgh and the university’s first full-time Title IX coordinator, died of colon cancer on May 23. She was 49.
Salvador Hector Ochoa, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at San Diego State U., has been named president of Texas A&M U. at San Antonio.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Rodney D. Bennett,a former president of the University of Southern Mississippi, has been named the priority candidate for the next chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Amy Bosley,vice president for institutional planning, development, and chief of staff at Valencia College, in Florida, has been named president of Northwest Vista College, in Texas.
Elizabeth R. Cantwell,senior vice president for research and innovation at the University of Arizona, has been named president of Utah State University.
Torie Jackson,interim president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg, has been named to the post permanently.
Todd G. Lamb, a former lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, has been named president of the University of Central Oklahoma.
Ming-Tung (Mike) Lee, has been named president of Sonoma State University, in California, after serving as interim president since August.
Elder Alvin (Trip) F. Meredith III,president of the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission, has been named president of Brigham Young University-Idaho.
Salvador Hector Ochoa, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at San Diego State University, has been named president of Texas A&M University at San Antonio.
Stephen Perez,interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Chico, has been named president.
Kimberly Rogers,has been named president of Contra Costa College, after serving as acting president of the California college since June 2022.
J. Luke Wood,vice president for student affairs and campus diversity and chief diversity officer at San Diego State University, has been named president of California State University at Sacramento.
Resignations Venkat Reddy,chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, will step down and return to the faculty after serving for the next year as an adviser for special projects to the University of Colorado president.
Roderick Smothers,president of Philander Smith College, will step down after eight years leading the Arkansas college.
Ivy Taylor, president of Rust College, in Mississippi, left the position after less than three years.
Jack Thomas, president of Central State University, in Ohio, will step down in June. He will join the faculty after a sabbatical.
Retirements Algie Gatewood,president of Alamance Community College, in North Carolina, plans to retire on July 1.
Elsa M. Núñez,president of Eastern Connecticut State University since 2006, will retire.
David Wippman,president of Hamilton College, in New York, will retire next year.
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CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Carol Ash,dean of the School of Health, Wellness, and Public Safety at Central New Mexico Community College, has been named vice president for academic affairs and work-force development at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Lance Nail,dean of the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Alan Sams,has been named as provost and vice president for academic affairs for the Texas A&M University system after serving as interim provost.
Tricia Serio, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Washington.
Resignations Jeffrey Duerk,executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Miami, in Florida, will step down in July.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Joel Costa,senior vice president for investment management at UnitedHealthcare, has been named chief financial officer and vice president for administration at Bethel University, in Minnesota.
Denise J. Jamieson, a professor and chair of the department of gynecology and obstetrics at Emory University’s School of Medicine and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.
Lori Seager,associate vice president for finance at Colorado College, has been named vice president for finance and chief financial officer.
Charles A. (Chuck) Wright III,chief development officer for the hunger-relief organization Philabundance, in Philadelphia, has been named vice president for development and vice chancellor for advancement at Rutgers University at Camden.
Resignations Ruth Johnston,vice chancellor and chief operating officer at New Mexico State University, will step down at the end of June.
DEANS Appointments Badia Ahad,vice provost for faculty affairs and a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, has been named dean of Oxford College of Emory University.
Matthew Ando, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University.
Jeff Borden,vice provost for learning experience at National University, in California, has been named dean of the School of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, in Washington.
Juan Casas,interim dean of graduate studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha, has been named to the post permanently.
Laura Curran,vice provost for faculty affairs at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, has been named dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Connecticut.
Azim Eskandarian,department head and professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Patrick Fox,head of the department of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, has been named dean of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University.
Kenn Gaither,interim dean of the School of Communications at Elon University, in North Carolina, has been named to the post permanently.
Grant Gosselin,director of undergraduate admission at Boston College, has been named dean of undergraduate admission and financial aid.
Cathy Horn, interim dean of the College of Education at the University of Houston, has been named to the post permanently.
Susan Kelly-Weeder,associate dean for graduate programs in the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, has been named dean of the School of Nursing at George Washington University.
Andrew R. Klein,interim chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and executive vice president at Indiana University, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law.
Sheryl Long,dean of graduate and professional studies and director of teacher education and graduate studies in education at Salem College, has been named dean of the School of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at Meredith College. Both colleges are in North Carolina.
Benjamin J. Lough, a professor of social work with an appointment as a professor of business administration in the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the School of Social Work.
Farzin Madjidi,who has served since August 2022 as interim dean of the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, in California, has been named to the post permanently.
Celia Marshik,has been named dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate and professional education at Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York, after serving in the post in an interim capacity since May 2022.
Pamela McCauley,associate dean of academic programs, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, has been named dean of the School of Engineering at Widener University, in Pennsylvania.
Ryan F. Morgan,an associate professor and department head for chemistry, geosciences, and physics at Tarleton State University, in Texas, has been named dean of graduate studies and the School of Business, Math, and Science at Chadron State College, in Nebraska.
Deborah Nelson,chair of the department of English language and literature at the University of Chicago, has been named dean of the Division of Humanities.
Keith Russell,chair of the department of health and human development at Western Washington University, has been named dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Nicole S. Sampson,dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rochester.
Matt Skillen,dean of faculty and associate provost for student learning at Elizabethtown College, in Pennsylvania, has been named assistant provost and dean of faculty at McPherson College, in Kansas.
Patricia Timmons-Goodson,co-chair of the board of the North Carolina Justice Center and a retired associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, has been named dean of the School of Law at North Carolina Central University.
Resignations Jamal J. Rossi,dean of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, will step down after the 2023-24 academic year.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Becky Bangs, director of equal-opportunity investigations and deputy Title IX coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at Oregon State University, has been named executive director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access and Title IX coordinator.
Josh Dunn,chair of the department of political science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, has been named the first executive director of the Institute of American Civics at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Doug Lombardi,an associate professor in the department of human development and quantitative methodology in the College of Education at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been named associate dean for faculty affairs.
Sheena Stewart,director and assistant clinical professor in the department of educational foundations in Auburn University’s College of Education, has been named director of professional development for the university’s Graduate School.
Ryan Zerr,an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Dakota, has been named associate vice president for strategy and implementation.
Resignations Mike Bohn,athletics director at the University of Southern California, has resigned after criticism of his management of the department in addition to complaints over his comments about female colleagues.
DEATHS Sister Candace Introcaso, president of La Roche University, in Pennsylvania, died on May 22. She became president of the university in 2004.
Brian R. Judd,a professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University, died on April 8. He was 92.
Robert E. Lucas Jr.,a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Chicago, died on May 15. He was 85. In 1995, Lucas received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Rosalie M. Mirenda,president emerita of Neumann University, in Pennsylvania, died on May 13. She was 85.
Robert J. Zimmer,chancellor emeritus and former president of the University of Chicago, died on May 23. He was 75. Zimmer led the college from 2006 to 2021, when he transitioned to the role of chancellor.
John Karl Scholz, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the U. of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named president of the U. of Oregon.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments William J. Bisset,vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Marymount University, has been named president of Lourdes University.
Ann E. Cudd,provost and senior vice chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named president of Portland State University.
J. Kyle Dalpe, interim president of Western Nevada College, has been named to the post permanently.
Christopher Dougherty,an associate professor of business and former vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Chestnut Hill College, in Pennsylvania, has been named president of Madonna University, in Michigan.
Christopher Heigle,vice president for student affairs at Arkansas Northeastern College, has been named president.
Patrick Jacobson-Schulte, interim president of Briar Cliff University since July 2022, has been named to the post permanently.
William Kennedy,vice president for admissions and athletics at Midway University, in Kentucky, has been named president of Andrew College, in Georgia.
Cheryl A. McConnell, interim president of Saint Joseph’s University, in Pennsylvania, has been named to the post permanently. She will become the first woman to serve as permanent president of the university.
James Moorehas been named president of West Virginia Wesleyan College after serving as interim president since February 2022.
Andreia Nebel,vice president for academic affairs at Clarkson College, in Nebraska, has been named president of the college.
Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer,vice president for the Boulder County Campus and interim vice president for the Larimer County Campus of Front Range Community College, in Colorado, has been named chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast.
Stuart Rayfield, vice chancellor for leadership and institutional development at the University System of Georgia, has been named president of Columbus State University.
Laura A. Rosenbury,dean of the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, has been named president of Barnard College.
John Karl Scholz,provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named president of the University of Oregon.
Aondover Tarhule,vice president for academic affairs and provost at Illinois State University, has been named interim president.
John Wesley Taylor V,an associate director of education at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, has been chosen as the next president of Andrews University.
Safa Zaki, dean of the faculty and a professor of psychology at Williams College, has been named president of Bowdoin College. She will be the first woman to lead the institution.
Resignations Gregory T. Busch, president of Mesalands Community College, in New Mexico, has resigned.
Raymond E. Crossman,president of Adler University since 2003, plans to step down at the end of the next academic year.
Thomas Hudson,president of Jackson State University, in Mississippi, has resigned after being placed on administrative leave.
William Shiell,president of Northern Seminary since 2016, has resigned. John Bowling, former president of Olivet Nazarene University, has been named acting president.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Amir Dabirian,vice president for information technology and chief information officer at California State University at Fullerton, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the university.
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Joseph R. Franco, interim provost at Pace University, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
KerryAnn O’Meara,a professor of higher education and special assistant to the provost for strategic initiatives at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been named vice president for academic affairs, provost, and dean of Teachers College, Columbia University.
Resignations Pardis Mahdavi,provost and executive vice president of the University of Montana at Missoula, will step down at the end of the semester.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Larry Brandolph,interim vice president for information technology at Temple University, has been named to the post permanently.
Endia DeCordova,vice chancellor for advancement at Rutgers University at Camden, has been named vice president for institutional advancement at Morgan State University and executive director of the Morgan State University Foundation Inc.
Wilson Garone,vice president and chief financial officer at Seattle University, has been named vice president for finance and administration at Santa Clara University, in California.
Kevin Hoeft, a former director of education-policy development in the Florida Department of Education, has been named vice president for enrollment management at New College of Florida.
Jake Lemon,president and chief executive of the UConn Foundation at the University of Connecticut, has been named vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement at the University of Kentucky.
Courtney McKenna, associate vice president for organizational development at Wentworth Institute of Technology, has been named vice president for student affairs.
D’Andra Mull,vice president for student life at the University of Florida, has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Thiadora Pina, a clinical professor and director of the externship program in the Santa Clara University School of Law, has been named the school’s first senior director for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Ellen Reynolds, interim vice president for student affairs at the University of Rhode Island, has been named to the post permanently.
Benjamin E. Rohdin,interim vice president for enrollment management and student success and associate vice president for enrollment management and student success at New Jersey City University, has been named vice president for enrollment management at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York.
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La’Leatha Spillers,chief advancement officer for the YWCA West Central Michigan, has been named vice president for marketing and communications at Calvin University.
Kumble Subbaswamy,departing chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been named interim senior vice president for academic and student affairs and equity for the University of Massachusetts system.
Kathryn Svinarich,associate provost and dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts at Kettering University, has been named chief of staff.
Eric Young,director of undergraduate admissions at Walsh University, has been named vice president for enrollment at Malone University, in Ohio.
Retirements Ellen Taylor, vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington State University at Pullman, plans to retire in December.
DEANS Appointments Kristina K. Bethea Odejimi,dean of students at Bowdoin College, has been named dean of students and associate vice president for belonging, engagement, and community at Emory University.
James Buss,dean of the Honors College at Northern Kentucky University, has been named dean of the Honors College at Ball State University.
Darryl Butt,dean of the College of Mines and Earth Sciences and director of the Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials Energy Frontier Research Center at the University of Utah, has been named dean of the university’s Graduate School.
Kelly Chandler-Olcott, interim dean of the School of Education at Syracuse University, has been named to the post permanently.
David De Cremer, a professor of management and organization in the Business School at the National University of Singapore, has been named dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.
Elaine Gagliardi, interim dean of the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana since June 2022, has been named to the post permanently.
John W. Miller Jr.,dean of curriculum and senior diversity officer at St. Norbert College, has been named dean of the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science at the University of Louisville.
Behzad Mortazavi,chair and professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University.
Brittany Schaffer,head of artist and label partnerships in Nashville for Spotify, has been named the first female dean of the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University, in Tennessee.
Edward Thomas Jr., interim dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics at Auburn University, has been named to the post permanently.
Fabrice Veron, interim dean of University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, has been named dean of the college.
Dlynn Armstrong Williams,head of the department of political science and international affairs at the University of North Georgia, has been named dean of the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences at Austin Peay State University.
Resignations Ed Kelley,dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma since 2016, plans to resign.
Retirements Linda Petrosino,dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance at Ithaca College, plans to retire.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Gloria DiFulvio,undergraduate program director for the public-health-sciences major in the School of Public Health and Health Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been named associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs.
Johnson Eapen, associate vice president for human resources at Franklin and Marshall College, has been named associate vice president for human resources at Alvernia University.
Rodmon King,dean of institutional equity and inclusion at Connecticut College, has been named assistant dean for diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the School of Public Health and Health Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Taylor Ogden,director of development at the Orchard School in Indianapolis, has been named director of development at Franklin College.
Jordan Pascucci,associate dean of evaluation and selection at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named vice dean and director of admissions.
Dina Refki,director of the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society at the University at Albany, has been named executive director of the Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy at the State University of New York.
Kristina Wong Davis,former vice provost for enrollment management at Purdue University, has been named vice provost for enrollment management at Carnegie Mellon University.
Corey Zink, executive director of academic advising and assessment in the Division of Student Affairs at Idaho State University, has been named associate vice president for enrollment management.
Resignations Roderick Perry,director of athletics at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, will step down.
ORGANIZATIONS Appointments Frank Dooley, chancellor of Purdue Global, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Council on Education.
Kara D. Freeman,senior vice president and chief operating officer of the American Council on Education, has been named president and chief executive of the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Gabriella Gómez,deputy director of policy and finance for U.S. program policy and communications at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been named executive vice president for policy, advocacy, and communications at Strada Education Network.
DEATHS Francisco Ayala,a former professor of biological sciences and philosophy at the University of California at Irvine, died on March 3. He was 88. Ayala resigned from the university in 2018 after multiple sexual-harassment allegations against him.
Larry G. Coleman, a former director of multicultural affairs at the Community College of Baltimore County, died on January 22. He was 76.
William R. Cotter, the longest-serving president of Colby College, died on March 9. He was 87. Cotter was president of the college from 1979 to 2000.
Bernard Dobroski,professor emeritus and former dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, died on February 19. He was 76.
Audrey Eubanks,a former vice president for academic affairs at the University of Mobile, died on February 26.
Donald Snyder,a former president of Lehigh Carbon Community College, died on March 4. He was 71. Snyder led the college from 2000 to 2013.
Daniel Pullin is the next president of Texas Christian U.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Kim E. Armstrong,vice chancellor for student, equity, and community affairs at Arkansas State University-Three Rivers, has been named president of Clovis Community College, in California.
David Doré,president of campuses and executive vice chancellor for student experience and work-force development at Pima Community College, in Arizona, has been named chancellor of the Virginia Community College system.
David Guzick,senior vice president for health affairs at the University of Florida and president of UF Health, has been named president of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport.
Mirta Martin,former president of Fairmont State University, in West Virginia, has been named interim president of Ferrum College, in Virginia.
Calvin McFadden Sr., a former chief of student affairs at Norwalk Community College, in Connecticut, has been named president of Arkansas Baptist College.
Colin Neill, interim chancellor of Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley, has been named to the post permanently.
Art Pimentel,president of Woodland Community College, has been named president of Folsom Lake College, part of the Los Rios Community College District in California.
Daniel Pullin, dean of the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, has been named president of the university.
Karen Riley,provost at Regis University, in Colorado, has been named president of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. She will succeed William Behre, who plans to retire at the end of June.
Robert K. Vischer,interim president of the University of St. Thomas, in Minnesota, has been named to the post permanently.
Resignations David K. Balkin,president of Erie Community College of the State University of New York, has resigned after being suspended by the Board of Trustees.
Mark Biermann,president of Blackburn College, in Illinois, has stepped down due to health concerns.
Ted Raspiller,president of Brightpoint Community College, in Virginia, plans to resign in February.
Elwood Robinson,chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, part of the University of North Carolina system, plans to step down at the end of the semester.
Meredith Jung-En Woo, president of Sweet Briar College, in Virginia, plans to step down at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
Retirements Clarence D. Armbrister, president of Johnson C. Smith University, in North Carolina, plans to retire in June.
Ronnie Green,chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, plans to retire in June.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Laurie Elish-Piper,dean of the College of Education at Northern Illinois University, has been named interim executive vice president and provost.
Katherine L. Gantz, interim provost and dean of faculty at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, has been named vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty.
Patrick Wolfe,dean of the College of Science and a professor of statistics and computer science at Purdue University at West Lafayette, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Robert B. Ahdieh, dean of the School of Law at Texas A&M University, has been named the university’s vice president for professional schools and programs.
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Brandon A. Frye,vice president for student affairs at Stephen F. Austin State University, in Texas, has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at East Carolina University.
Nicole J. Johnson,dean of students and associate vice president for student affairs at Goucher College, in Maryland, has been named vice president for student life at Rhodes College, in Tennessee.
Todd Lineburger, associate vice president and special adviser for strategic-advancement communications at the Rutgers University Foundation, has been named vice president for communications and marketing at Muhlenberg College, in Pennsylvania.
DEANS Appointments Lisa R. Carter,vice provost for libraries and university librarian at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Thomas Dunne,deputy dean of students at Princeton University, has been named dean of students at Harvard University.
Levon Esters,associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion and of faculty affairs at Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute and a professor of agricultural-sciences education, has been named dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education at Pennsylvania State University at University Park.
Catherine Heyman, an associate professor and associate dean of student affairs at Marshall B. Ketchum University’s Southern California College of Optometry, has been named dean of the School of Optometry at High Point University, in North Carolina.
Martha Hurley, chair and a professor in the department of criminal justice and security studies at the University of Dayton, has been named dean of the division of liberal arts, communication, and social sciences at Sinclair Community College, in Ohio.
Mary Loeffelholz, a former dean of the College of Professional Studies and a professor of English at Northeastern University, has been named dean of the School of Continuing Education at Cornell University.
Andy Morgan,associate vice president for student affairs at Indiana State University, has been named associate vice president and dean of students at Illinois State University.
Daniel J. Pack,dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has been named dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University, in Texas.
Steve Prudent,director of high-school partnerships and pathways at Bunker Hill Community College, has been named dean of admissions and early college at Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, in Massachusetts.
Arturo P. Saavedra,chair of the department of dermatology at the University of Virginia and president and interim chief executive of the UVA Physicians Group, has been named dean of the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University and executive vice president for medical affairs for the VCU Health System.
Nate Y. Sharp, head of the department of accounting in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University at College Station, has been named dean of the college.
Anna Westerstahl Stenport, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in New York, has been named dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia.
Danelle Stevens-Watkins,associate vice president for research, diversity, and inclusion and a professor in the department of educational, school, and counseling psychology at the University of Kentucky, has been named acting dean of the College of Education.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Megan Callow,associate teaching professor in the department of English at the University of Washington, has been named the university’s inaugural director of writing.
Chris Emmanuel, deputy director of policy in the Executive Office of the Governor of Florida’s Office of Policy and Budget, has been named director of government relations at the University of Florida.
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Susan Gross,assistant vice president for enrollment management at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in New Jersey, has been named vice provost for enrollment management at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Ryan Hudes, associate dean of strategy, enrollment, and administration in the College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University, in New Jersey, has been named senior associate dean of strategy, planning, and administration in its College of Human Development, Culture, and Media.
Keona Lewis, associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame.
Fredrick Muyia Nafukho,senior associate dean of faculty affairs and a professor of educational administration and human-resources development at Texas A&M University at College Station, has been named vice provost for the Office of Academic Personnel at the University of Washington.
Renee Robinson, interim dean of the College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University, in New Jersey, has been named vice dean of faculty affairs in the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media.
Kent Michael Smith, deputy director of the Madison Museum of Modern Art, in Wisconsin, has been named director of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University.
Brad L.R. Spielman, associate provost for student services at Des Moines Area Community College, in Iowa, has been named director of the Center for Academic Engagement at Guilford Technical Community College, in North Carolina.
Retirements Stephen Fain,chair of the Ignite campaign at the Florida International University Foundation, is retiring after more than 50 years at the university.
FACULTY Appointments Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. secretary of state and U.S. senator, has been named a professor of practice in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects.
ORGANIZATIONS Appointments Fanta Aw,vice president for undergraduate enrollment, campus life, and inclusive excellence at American University, in Washington, D.C., has been named executive director and chief executive of NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
DEATHS Russell Banks,an author who taught at New England College and Princeton University, among other institutions, died on January 8. He was 82.
Molly Corbett Broad, a former president of the University of North Carolina system, died on January 2. She was 81. Broad served as system president from 1997 to 2005 and was the first woman to lead the American Council on Education.
Jean Franco,a professor of Latin American studies who taught at Stanford University and Columbia University, died on December 14. She was 98.
Willard Gaylin, a co-founder of the Hastings Center with Daniel Callahan, died on December 30. He was 97. Gaylin also served as a professor of psychiatry and law at Columbia University’s Law School.
Stephanie Hammitt,the first female president of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, in Minnesota, died on November 14. She was 60.
Albert Madansky, a professor in the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, died on December 8. He was 88.
Herbert Morris,a professor emeritus in the School of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles, died on December 14. He was 94.
Theresa A. Powell,vice president for student affairs at Temple University, died on January 2.
Georgia Clark Sadler,the U.S. Naval Academy’s first female instructor, died on November 30. She was 81.
Menahem Schmelzer,a former professor and chief librarian of the Jewish Theological Seminary, in New York, died on December 10. He was 88.
Meredith Smith,a former member of the admissions staff at Elon University, in North Carolina, died on November 27. She was 35.
Susan Smyth,dean of the College of Medicine and executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, died on December 31. She was 57.
Claudine Gay will lead Harvard starting on July 1.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Marshall Criser, a former chancellor of Florida’s university system, has been named the next president of Piedmont University, in Georgia. He replaces James Mellichamp, who announced his retirement in June.
Ron Darbeau,vice president for faculty affairs and academic operations at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, has been named chancellor of Pennsylvania State University at Altoona.
Claudine Gay, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University, has been named president. She succeeds Lawrence Bacow and will be the university’s first Black president.
Naydeen González-De Jesús,executive vice president for student success at Milwaukee Area Technical College, has been named president of San Antonio College.
Jean Hernandez,who retired from Washington’s Edmonds College as president emeritus in 2017, has been named interim president of South Seattle College for the remainder of the academic year.
James N. Johnston,provost and vice president for academic affairs at Midwestern State University, in Texas, has been named chancellor of the Eastern New Mexico University system.
John B. King Jr.,president of the Education Trust and a former U.S. Department of Education secretary, has been named chancellor of the State University of New York system.
Elva LeBlanc,who has served as interim chancellor of Tarrant County College, in Texas, since Gene Giovannini’s resignation in June, has been named chancellor.
Charles Lepper,vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Salt Lake City Community College since 2015, has been named president of Grand Rapids Community College. He succeeds Juan R. Olivarez, who has served as interim president since July.
Anne E. McCall,provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana, has been named president of the College of Wooster, in Ohio.
Pamela Monaco,vice president for academic and student affairs at Wilbur Wright College, has been named president of Ocean County College. She succeeds Jon H. Larson, who plans to retire next year.
Cathy Monteroso, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at West Liberty University, has been named the university’s interim president. She will be the first woman to lead the West Virginia college and will assume the role on January 1.
Harriet Nembhard,dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering, has been named the next president of Harvey Mudd College, in California. She will assume the role on July 1.
Amy Parsons, founding CEO of the e-commerce company Mozzafiato, LLC, has been named president of Colorado State University at Fort Collins. She succeeds Rick Miranda, who became interim president after Joyce McConnell’s departure in June.
Brian Pellinen,academic dean at Montserrat College of Art, in Massachusetts, has been named interim president. He will succeed Kurt T. Steinberg, who will leave in January to become chief operating officer of the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Mass.
Melanie Perreault,provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Towson University, in Maryland, has been named interim president of the university. She will take office on February 1.
Kim Schatzel,president of Towson University since 2016, has been named president of the University of Louisville. She succeeds Lori Stewart Gonzalez, who has served as interim president since December 2021.
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Linda Schott,a former president of Southern Oregon University, has been named interim president of Texas A&M University at San Antonio. She succeeds Cynthia Teniente-Matson, who has been named president of San Jose State University.
Charles Seifert,a longtime professor and business-school dean at Siena College, has been named its president. Seifert replaces Chris Gibson, who plans to retire in May.
Jayda Spillers,vice chancellor for academics and student affairs at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College, has been named chancellor.
T. Ramon Stuart,president of Clayton State University, in Georgia, has been named president of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He will assume the role on January 1.
Strom C. Thacker,dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Union College, in New York, has been named president of Pitzer College, in California.
Resignations Melanie Dixon,president of American River College, in California, will step down at the end of the semester.
Kay Ellis, vice president for administration and finance at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, will step down at the end of the month.
Jennifer Raab, president of Hunter College of the City University of New York, will step down at the end of June.
Retirements Sean M. Decatur,president of Kenyon College since 2013, has been named president of the American Museum of Natural History. He will step down at the end of the month. Provost Jeff Bowman, who has served as acting president since July, will continue in that role.
Louise Pagotto,chancellor of Kapiʻolani Community College, in Hawaii, will retire on December 31.
Jennie Vaughan,chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College at Bloomington, plans to retire in May.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Peter Blitstein,interim provost and dean of faculty at Lawrence University since July, has been named to the post permanently.
Sean Burke,associate provost of Luther College, in Iowa, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alma College, in Michigan.
Anne D’Alleva, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Connecticut, has been named to the post permanently.
Francis J. Doyle III,dean of Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named provost at Brown University.
Resignations Alan Utter,provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and research at Arkansas State University, plans to step down at the end of the fall semester and return to the faculty. Todd Shields, the chancellor, will serve as acting provost.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Michael Andreasen,senior vice president for university advancement at the University of Oregon, has been named vice chancellor for development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He succeeds David Routh, who plans to step down at the end of the year.
David Go,a professor and chair of the department of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named vice president and associate provost for strategic planning.
Mark J. Heil, interim vice president for finance and administration at Ohio University, has been named to the post permanently.
Jeremy P. Martin, chief of staff at the College of William & Mary, has been named the university’s vice president for strategy and innovation.
Joseph Morales,associate director of strategic initiatives and partnerships in the Office of Inclusive Excellence at the University of California at Irvine, has been named chief diversity officer at California State University at Chico.
Jared Mosley,interim vice president and director of athletics at the University of North Texas, has been named to the post permanently.
Grant Myers,dean of enrollment management at Tabor College, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Hesston College.
Cynthia Pickett,associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion at DePaul University, has been named presidential associate for inclusion and chief diversity officer at California Polytechnic State University at Pomona.
Scott Rabenold,vice president for development at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named senior vice president for university advancement and alumni relations at the University of Southern California.
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Marshall Stewart,chief engagement officer for the University of Missouri system and vice chancellor for extension and engagement at the University of Missouri at Columbia, has been named senior vice president for executive affairs, university engagement, and partnerships and chief of staff at Kansas State University.
Retirements Melody Bianchetto,vice president for finance at the University of Virginia, plans to retire in February.
Mark Lanier,assistant to the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, plans to retire in December 2023.
DEANS Appointments Rachel Clapp-Smith,interim dean of the College of Business at Purdue University Northwest, has been named to the post permanently.
Kelechi (K.C.) Ogbonna, interim dean of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy since June, has been named to the post permanently.
Joseph M. Valenzano III,chair of the communications department at the University of Dayton, has been named dean of the communications school at Butler University, in Indiana. He replaces Brooke Barnett, who was promoted to provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Resignations Robert Shibley,dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo, plans to step down.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Nicki Webber Moore,vice president and director of athletics at Colgate University, has been named director of athletics and physical education at Cornell University.
Amy Overman,assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Elon University, has been named assistant provost for scholarship and creative activity.
Jay Pearson, an associate professor of public policy at Duke University, has been named the inaugural associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at its Sanford School of Public Policy.
Jonathan Tran,an associate professor and chair of religion in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University, has been named an associate dean of the Honors College.
China L. Wilson,equity and civil-rights compliance specialist at the Maryland State Department of Education, has been named assistant dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University.
ORGANIZATIONS Appointments Gov. Charlie Bakerof Massachusetts, a Republican, has been named president of the NCAA.
Marni Baker Stein,provost and chief academic officer at Western Governors University, has been named chief content officer at Coursera.
DEATHS Willard (Sandy) Boyd,president emeritus of the University of Iowa, died on December 13. He was 95. Boyd led the university from 1969 to 1981.
Charles Somerville Harris, who recently retired as executive vice president at Averett University, in Virginia, died on December 7. He was 71.
George C. Herring,author of America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 and a professor emeritus of history at the University of Kentucky, died on November 30. He was 86.
Henry Rosovsky,a former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences who also served as acting president of Harvard University, died on November 11. He was 95. Rosovsky was the first Jewish dean of the faculty and founder of the Center for Jewish Studies. He was also a key figure in the development of the Black studies program at the university.
Gaddis Smith, a professor emeritus of history at Yale University, died on December 2. He was 89.
Sunil Kumar, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the Johns Hopkins U., will be the next president of Tufts U.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Kim Armstrong,vice chancellor for student, equity, and community affairs at Arkansas State University-Three Rivers, has been named president of Clovis Community College, in California.
Hector Balderas, attorney general for the state of New Mexico, has been named president of Northern New Mexico College.
Patrena B. Elliott,vice president for instruction and student-support services at Robeson Community College, has been named president of Halifax Community College. Both colleges are in North Carolina.
Carlos Hernandez, interim president of Sul Ross State University since June, has been named to the post permanently.
Sunil Kumar,provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the Johns Hopkins University, has been named president of Tufts University. He will succeed Anthony P. Monaco, who will step down next year.
Karen Lee,interim chancellor of Honolulu Community College, has been named to the post permanently.
Charles Lepper,vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Salt Lake City Community College, has been named president of Grand Rapids Community College.
Rosana Reyes,vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Luzerne County Community College, in Pennsylvania, has been named president of Lamar Community College, in Colorado.
Charles F. Robinson,interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been named to the post permanently. He is the university’s first Black chancellor.
Cynthia Teniente-Matson,president of Texas A&M University at San Antonio, has been named president of San Jose State University.
Resignations Noelle E. Cockett,president of Utah State University since 2017, plans to step down in July 2023.
Kristina M. Johnson,president of Ohio State University since August 2020, plans to step down in May 2023.
Ashish Vaidya,president of Northern Kentucky University since 2018, plans to step down in December.
Retirements Cathleen McColgin,president of Herkimer County Community College, in New York, plans to retire next year.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Alison Del Rossi,a professor of economics at St. Lawrence University, has been named vice president and dean of academic affairs.
Julian Vasquez Heilig,dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University.
Meera Komarraju,provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Northridge.
Catherine Lucey,vice dean of education and executive vice dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, has been named executive vice chancellor and provost.
Ivan Pulinkala,interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Kennesaw State University since July 2021, has been named to the post permanently.
Jennifer Rexford,chair of the department of computer science at Princeton University, has been named provost of the university.
Catherine Whelan,national dean of the School of Business at the University of Notre Dame Australia, has been named provost and vice president for academic and student affairs at East Georgia State College.
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Barbara E. Wolfe,dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Rhode Island, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
Resignations John Karl Scholz,provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, plans to step down and return to the faculty at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.
Charles Zukoski,provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California, will step down in January.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Robert W. Davis Jr., vice president for student life at the University of Scranton, has been named vice president for university advancement.
Kelly Dowling, assistant vice president for advancement at Stony Brook University, has been named senior vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Lacretia Johnson Flash,vice president for diversity and inclusion at Berklee College of Music, has been named inaugural senior vice president for DEI, community, campus culture, and climate.
Rebecca Z. German, a professor of anatomy and neurobiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University, has been named vice president for research.
Scott Goings, interim general counsel at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, has been named to the post permanently.
Eyal Gottlieb,director of the Rappaport Institute for Biomedical Research, in Israel, has been named vice president for research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Zebadiah Hall, director of student disability services at Cornell University, has been named vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Wyoming.
Jeff Harris,associate vice president for marketing and communications at Minnesota State University at Mankato, has been named chief marketing officer at Sam Houston State University.
Joe Manok,senior director of philanthropic partnerships in the Office of Resource Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named vice president for university advancement at Clark University, in Massachusetts.
James Patti,former director of administration in the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, has been named vice president for planning at Nichols College.
Jacqueline Taylor,associate vice president for retention and student success at Southwest Tennessee Community College, has been named chief strategy officer and chief of staff.
Scott Vignos,interim vice president and chief diversity officer at Oregon State University, has been named to the post permanently.
Michael Wenz,executive director of university budgets at Northeastern Illinois University, has been named vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Linfield University.
Jeffrey Lewis Williams,chief operating officer and senior vice president for finance and administration at Capitol Technology University, in Maryland, has been named vice president for finance and administration at Lourdes University.
Resignations Eugene Lowe Jr.,assistant to the president of Northwestern University, will step down after more than twenty years.
Retirements Thomas J. Hollister, chief financial officer and vice president for finance at Harvard University, plans to retire at the end of the academic year.
DEANS Appointments Gerard E. Carrino,head of the department of health policy and management at Texas A&M University’s School of Public Health, has been named dean of the Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
James T. Robinson,interim dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School since July 2021, has been named to the post permanently.
Colin P. Roche, a former professor and department chair at Johnson & Wales University, has been named interim dean of Biscayne College at St. Thomas University, in Florida.
Maridee Shogren, interim dean of the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines at the University of North Dakota, has been named to the post permanently.
Paul B. Tchounwou,principal investigator and executive director of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions Center for Health Disparities Research at Jackson State University, has been named dean of the School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at Morgan State University.
Resignations Kathleen Boozang,dean of the School of Law at Seton Hall University, will step down on January 1.
Vikas P. Sukhatme,dean of Emory University’s School of Medicine and chief academic officer of Emory Healthcare, will step down and return to the faculty in March 2023.
Paul Zionts,dean of the College of Education at DePaul University, will step down at the end of the year.
Retirements Christine Theodoropoulos, dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, plans to retire.
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OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Matthew S. Brogdon,an associate professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been named senior director of the Center for Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University.
Cassandra Crifasi,deputy director of the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, has been named co-director of the center with Joshua Horwitz.
Jay Golan, vice president for advancement at the City University of New York Graduate Center and executive director of the Graduate Center Foundation, has been named executive director of the LaGuardia Community College Foundation.
Craig Greene, director of equal employment opportunity in the New York City Department of Design and Construction, has been named chief diversity officer and Title IX coordinator at LaGuardia Community College.
Kristi Hoskinson,former vice president of CareerEdge at the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, has been named assistant vice president for strategy and campus initiatives at the University of South Florida-Sarasota/Manatee.
Trey Jones, executive director of corporation and foundation relations at West Virginia State University, has been named assistant vice president for university advancement and vice president for the university’s foundation.
Danielle McCourt,associate director of university communications and marketing at the University of South Florida-Sarasota/Manatee, has been named director of university communications and marketing.
Joanna McNulty,senior director of planning and business operations in the research office at the University of Notre Dame, has been named associate vice president for academic finance and administration.
Luis F. Paredes,director of institutional diversity at Bridgewater State University, has been named associate vice president for institutional equity and belonging at Wheaton College, in Massachusetts.
Resignations Shane Lyons, associate vice president and director of athletics at West Virginia University, resigned in November.
ORGANIZATIONS Appointments Patricia Akhimie,director of the RaceB4Race Mentorship Network and an associate professor of English at Rutgers University at Newark, has been named director of the Folger Institute, in Washington, D.C.
Carol L. Folt,president of the University of Southern California, was elected chair of the Board of Directors for the Association of American Universities.
DEATHS Bobbie Knable, a former dean of students for the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, died on November 15. She was 86. Knable worked at Tufts for 30 years, starting in the English department in 1970.
Staughton Lynd,who taught at Spelman College and Yale University, died on November 17. He was 92.
Jay M. Pasachoff,an astronomer at Williams College, died on November 20. He was 79.
Edward C. Prescott,an economist who taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Minnesota before moving to Arizona State University, died on November 6. He was 81. While at Arizona State University, he won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics with Finn Kydland.
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As more companies push for the physical return of employees in the office, many of us still work remotely, at least part-time. Working in isolation can make it difficult to fit into a company and move up the ranks. It’s more difficult to stay top of mind, and this can result in proximity bias when it comes to career advancement and securing that promotion. This means you must be proactive in order to ensure your professional development is not stalled due to the work-from-home or hybrid arrangement. Here are five strategies for staying visible.
1. Do not ever give up the office entirely
Your company may not require you to come into the office, but that does not mean you should not come in at all. Find reasons for your superiors and colleagues to see your face. Schedule a standing monthly meeting in person with your boss or a lunch date with co-workers. You can also just pick a day once or twice a month to simply go into the office and work there instead of in your home office. This will prevent people from forgetting about you and keep you in the loop on any goings on with your department and company that may not be relayed by way of a formal announcement. It will keep you current with office news.
Post Covid-19, some companies have given up their physical offices altogether. If you don’t have an office, be proactive and set up a meet-up with coworkers who live nearby. The meet-up could be over a meal, or perhaps an activity together such as a morning volunteering with a local organization.
It is crucial that you have regular remote status meetings with your superiors. If this is not something your boss sets up on their own with you as a remote employee, you should take the initiative to set this up on your own. It does not have to be long or involved, but you must have virtual facetime to share your progress on your projects, inquire about any plum assignments or projects that you may want to advocate for and remind your boss of your accomplishments. Additionally, make sure you are documenting your achievements for that end-of-the-year review. Do not assume your boss will remember all your successes regarding raises and promotions.
3. Take advantage of opportunities in virtual meetings
If you are remote, you no longer have those happenstance “water cooler” conversations. Make sure you are signing on to virtual team meetings early so that as people log on, you can have a bit of small talk with your colleagues about non-work-related topics. If possible, ask if anyone can stay on at the end of the meeting to chat with you. Ask for advice or input on a project you are working on at the time. This can help you with innovative ideas and solutions and has the additional benefit of making others feel needed and included by asking for their advice.
4. Create your own connection opportunities
If you are local but still a remote employee, ask one of your colleagues to have lunch or breakfast in person. Think about having a group event at your home to help you stay connected to your co-workers. If you are geographically far from the physical office in another part of the country, schedule a virtual one-on-one once a week with someone in your department or a different department to continue to grow your intracompany network. Additionally, if you are traveling and will be close to a physical office of your company, use it as an opportunity to schedule an in-person meeting.
5. Advocate for in-person professional development
It is crucial to your professional development to stay abreast of innovations in your industry. While there are still opportunities for webinars and conferences online, you should negotiate one or two in-person conferences to attend each year to stay current and stay connected. Negotiating one or two industry-related organizations to join is a great idea as well. Even if you work from home, it is helpful to have a monthly in-person event where you see industry colleagues. These types of professional development gatherings are likely where your next opportunity will stem from a new client, vendor, speaking gig or even a new job altogether.
With the changing professional climate post-pandemic, you will have to be more creative and deliberate about advancing your own career. Make sure you use these strategies to stay top of mind and ask for opportunities to grow and connect, rather than waiting for those opportunities to come to you.
