Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (1/19/2018)

Chief executives

Appointments

Herman J. Felton Jr., president of Wilberforce University since 2016, will become president of Wiley College. He will succeed Haywood L. Strickland, who has led Wiley since 2000, and will retire in June.

Mirta M. Martin, former president of Fort Hays State University, became president at Fairmont State University on January 1. She replaced Stephen B. Jones, who served as interim leader after Maria C. Rose retired last June.

John D. Meyer, executive vice president for academic affairs at Hodges University, was named the institution’s president in December. He succeeds Donald W. Wortham, who stepped down last month after less than two years at the helm.

Elfred Anthony Pinkard, executive vice president and provost of Wilberforce University, will become the university’s president on March 1. He will succeed Herman J. Felton Jr., who is departing to lead Wiley College.

John S. Satkowski, vice president for financial, facilities, and auxiliary services at Henry Ford College, became interim president of the college in December. The former president, Stanley E. Jensen, resigned to become executive vice president of college operations at Des Moines Area Community College.

George Snyder, vice president for academic affairs and strategic planning, and a professor of Bible at Davis College, in New York, has been named interim president.

Resignations

Jim Borsig, president of Mississippi University for Women since 2012, will step down on June 30. He plans to work with the nonprofit social-justice group Global Connections.

Dino Pedrone, president of Davis College, in New York, since 2008, is stepping down from that role on January 15. He has been named the college’s first chancellor. In that role, he will serve as a minister-at-large and represent the college at churches and conferences.

Retirements

Susan E. Henking, president of Shimer College since 2012, retired from that post on May 31. The college was absorbed into North Central College in 2017. Ms. Henking has joined Academic Career & Executive Search as an executive search consultant.

Chief academic officers

Appointments

Jeff Gingerich, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Cabrini University, to provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Scranton, effective July 1.

Malcolm S. Hill, professor of science, former associate dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and former chair of the department of biology at the University of Richmond, to vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Bates College, effective July 1.

Todd Pfannestiel, interim provost of Clarion University, to provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Utica College.

Jonathan J. Sanford, dean of the Constantin College of Liberal Arts at the University of Dallas, to provost at the university.

Elizabeth Sayrs, dean of University College and vice provost for undergraduate education at Ohio University, to interim executive vice president and provost.

Other top administrators

Appointments

Shantay N. Bolton, associate vice president for human resources at Tulane University, to vice president for human resources.

Brigette A. Bryant, associate vice president for development at Seton Hall University, to vice chancellor for university advancement at the City University of New York.

Charles L. Cansler III, higher-education-solutions consultant for Oracle, to vice president for finance and chief financial officer at the Citadel.

Julie D’Andrea, executive director of campaign advancement at Barnard College, to vice president for development at the Maine College of Art.

Todd Heilman, dean of enrollment at Pace University, to vice president for enrollment management at Marymount Manhattan College.

Daniel R. Herbst, dean of student development at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, to vice president for student affairs at Henry Ford College.

Mark Hoeting, interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology, to permanent status in that role.

Edward A. Kania, vice president for finance and administration at Davidson College, to vice president for business and finance, and treasurer, at Rollins College.

Melissa Komora, vice president for institutional advancement at the Sage Colleges, in New York, to vice president for advancement at Susquehanna University.

David E. Lechner, senior vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Nebraska system, to senior vice president for business and financial strategy at the University of South Florida.

Luke Schultheis, assistant dean for student success and director of the Neighborhood Student Success Collaborative at Michigan State University, to vice president for enrollment, planning, and effectiveness at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Harold (Kippy) Tate, director of real-estate development for the Montgomery Housing Authority, in Alabama, to vice president for facilities and construction at Tuskegee University, a role he previously held from 2012 to 2015.

Lisa Yeh, vice dean of external relations and development at Columbia University’s Business School, to vice president for development at Barnard College.

Resignations

George Cotton has resigned as vice president for university advancement at Florida A&M University. He expected to become senior vice president for development at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, in Detroit, on January 15.

Steven A. Olsen, vice chancellor and chief financial officer at the University of California at Los Angeles since 1999, will step down from that post to become vice president, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Deans

Appointments

Brenda Fredette, assistant vice president for student success and a professor of veterinary and natural sciences at Medaille College, in New York, to dean of the Eberly College of Science and Technology at California University of Pennsylvania.

Constance Smith Hendricks, founding chair of the Division of Health Sciences at Concordia College, in Alabama, to dean of the School of Nursing and Allied Health at Tuskegee University.

Andrew Kersten, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Idaho, to dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

Marc Rubin, interim dean of the Farmer School of Business and a professor of accountancy at Miami University, in Ohio, to permanent status in the dean’s role.

Vicky Wilkins, interim dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University, to permanent status in that role.

Department chairs

Appointments

Julie Gentile, professor of psychiatry in the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, to chair of the department of psychiatry.

Philipp W. Rosemann, professor of philosophy at the University of Dallas and editor of the Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations series, to professor of philosophy and head of department at the National University of Ireland at Maynooth.

Other administrators

Appointments

Carolyn J. Drew, development consultant for the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, to associate dean and associate vice president for development and alumni relations for the school.

Jess Ettell Irvine, director of student rights and responsibilities at the College of Wooster, in Ohio, to director of student conduct and community standards at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Jerry Hildebrand, executive director of the Center for Social Impact Learning at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, to director of Lynn University’s new Social Impact Lab, a center where students will learn to improve conditions locally and globally through entrepreneurship.

Matt Link, acting associate vice president for research technologies at Indiana University at Bloomington, to permanent status in that role.

Donna Lisker, dean of the college and vice president for campus life at Smith College, to chief of staff to Chancellor Robert Johnson at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Trudy Mallinson, associate professor of clinical research and leadership, and interim associate dean for health-sciences research at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, to permanent status in that role.

Gale Martin, director of communications and marketing at Harcum College, to executive director of marketing and communications at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

David C. Mills Sr., senior director of government relations for the Iowa Health Information Network, to director of government relations at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Tim Sullivan, editorial director of the Harvard Business Review since 2001, to executive director of the University of California Press.

Darcy Turner, information-systems director at the University of Michigan, to executive director of advancement services at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Vincent Van Oss, director of marketing at BlueSky ETO, a brand-management software company, to director of marketing at Quinnipiac University Online.

Judy Vitrano, director of institutional budgets and planning for Tulane University, to associate vice president for budget and planning.

Crystal Wymer-Lucero, alumni-engagement director at California State University at San Bernardino, to director of alumni affairs at the university.

Faculty

Appointments

Douglas Letter, director of the appellate staff in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, to visiting professor at Georgetown University’s Law Center and a senior litigator from practice at the center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.

Organizations

Appointments

Bill Cronin, football coach at Georgetown College, in Kentucky, will be president of the American Football Coaches Association in 2018.

Mildred García, president of California State University at Fullerton since 2012, will become president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities on January 22. She will be the first Latina in that role. Ms. García will succeed Muriel A. Howard, who has led the organization since 2009.

Michael A. (Mickey) McDonald, provost of Kalamazoo College, will become president of the Great Lakes Colleges Association in July. He will succeed Richard A. Detweiler, who plans to retire following more than a dozen years of leading the consortium.

Deaths

Jacques B. Hadler, professor emeritus of naval architecture at the Webb Institute, died on October 19. He was 99. He had been a director of research and dean at the college.

Philip Pumerantz, founding president and president emeritus of the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific and the Western University of Health Sciences, died on December 26. He was 85.

Suanne Roueche, retired director of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, died on December 24. Under her leadership, the organization, a resource for community-college administrators and faculty members, grew from 50 members in 1977 to more than 750 in 2008. Ms. Roueche received the American Association of Community Colleges National Leadership Award in 1997.

Jim Tarman, athletic director at Pennsylvania State University at University Park from 1982 to 1993, died on December 31. He was 89. The college won six national championships in football, lacrosse and fencing during Mr. Tarman’s tenure.

Morris (Buzz) Zelditch Jr., professor emeritus and former chair of the department of sociology at Stanford University, died of bladder cancer on December 8. He was 89. Mr. Zelditch contributed to the understanding of how social status affects individuals’ behavior in interpersonal situations, and how inequalities in power become legitimized in society. He won the Cooley-Mead Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the American Sociological Association in 2000.

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