Top Chief Executives
Bethany College (Kan.), William Jones
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Mark Poarch
California State University-Stanislaus, Ellen Junn
Carrington College, Donna Loraine
Cleveland Institute of Music, Paul Hogle
Clovis Community College, Lori Bennett
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Fred Walker
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana System, Sue Ellspermann
Loyola University Chicago, Jo Ann Rooney
Marietta College, William Ruud
McDowell Technical Community College, John Gossett
Northern State University, Timothy Downs
Salish Kootenai College, Sandra Boham
Thiel College, Susan Traverso
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Andrew Rogerson
Western University of Health Sciences, Daniel Wilson
Appointments
Barbara Abercrombie, associate vice chancellor for administration and chief human resources officer at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, to vice president for human resources and organizational effectiveness at Texas A&M University at College Station.
Yolanda Banks Anderson, interim associate vice chancellor for faculty development and resources, to associate vice chancellor for faculty development and resources at North Carolina Central University.
Eugene Anderson, chief policy officer and managing vice president at the American Dental Education Association, to vice president for access and success at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.
Pablo Arenaz, provost and vice president for academic affairs, to interim president of Texas A&M International University.
Margaret Wooding Baker, associate dean of academic affairs for the School of Nursing and associate professor of biobehavioral nursing and health systems at the University of Washington, to dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of San Francisco.
Turina Bakken, vice provost, to provost at Madison Area Technical College.
Cerri Annette Banks, vice president for student affairs and dean of the college at Mount Holyoke College, to vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Skidmore College.
Lori Bennett, executive vice president for student learning at Moorpark College, to president of Clovis Community College.
Abhijit Bhattacharyya, interim vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School, to associate dean of the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Sandra Boham, interim president, to president of Salish Kootenai College.
Judy Bonner, former president of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, to provost and executive vice president at Mississippi State University.
Ron Brachman, former chief scientist and head of Yahoo Labs at Yahoo, to director of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.
Kelli Brown, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia College & State University, to interim president of Valdosta State University.
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, associate professor of medicinal and biological chemistry and director of the Shimadzu Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Research Excellence, to an additional post, dean of graduate studies programs at the University of Toledo.
Lawrence Burnley, chief diversity officer and associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Whitworth University, to vice president for diversity and inclusion at the University of Dayton.
Ryan Cairns, vice president for development at the New York Public Library, to associate dean of development and alumni relations for the law school at Columbia University.
Veronica Cohen, vice president for university advancement at Mississippi Valley State University, to associate vice president for major and planned gifts at Claflin University.
Patrick Connelly, former deputy superintendent for the Brookhaven School District, to chair of the history and political science department at Mississippi College.
Melissa Cotterill, chief operating officer and chief of staff for the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, to executive director of marketing and brand services at the University of Indianapolis.
Amber Cox, associate director of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, to executive director of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences.
Houston Davis, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University System of Georgia, to interim president of Kennesaw State University.
Laura Niesen de Abruna, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Sacred Heart University, to provost and dean of academic affairs at York College of Pennsylvania.
Scott DeRue, associate dean of executive education in the Ross School of Business and professor of management, to dean of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Robert DiCenzo, interim dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and professor of pharmacy practice at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, to dean of the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy at Shenandoah University.
David DiMattio, dean of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, to vice president for the West campus at Montgomery County Community College.
Seth Ditchik, group publisher for social sciences and executive editor for economics and finance at Princeton University Press, to editorial director of Yale University Press.
Timothy Downs, provost at Niagara University, to president of Northern State University.
Bruce Duthu, professor of Native American studies, to an additional post, associate dean of the faculty for international studies and interdisciplinary programs at Dartmouth College.
Sue Ellspermann, former lieutenant governor of the State of Indiana, to president of the Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana system.
Mercedes Ramirez Fernandez, interim assistant chancellor and assistant provost for student diversity at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to associate vice provost for strategic affairs and diversity at Virginia Tech.
Tobe Frierson, director of admissions at Erskine College, to director of admissions at Armstrong State University.
Karen Goff, assistant provost for student life at Georgian Court University, to vice president for student life and dean of students at Agnes Scott College.
John Gossett, vice president for learning and student services, to president of McDowell Technical Community College.
Kate Gregory, former chief of civil engineers and commander at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, to senior vice president for university services at Iowa State University.
Rickey Hall, vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to vice president for minority affairs and diversity and chief diversity officer at the University of Washington.
James Hallmark, vice chancellor for academic affairs at Texas A&M University system, to interim president of West Texas A&M University.
Todd Hand, lieutenant in the criminal investigation division for the State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to assistant professor of conservation law enforcement at Unity College.
Antwon Harris, assistant coach, to head coach of women’s basketball at Highland Community College (Ill.).
Craig Harris, vice president for institutional advancement at Canisius High School, to vice president for institutional advancement at Daemen College.
Gerald Hector, vice president for finance and administration at Ithaca College, to vice president for financial affairs at Cornell University.
Robert Henry, executive director of emerging constituencies and online programs, to vice president for education at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
JoAnna Hill, dean of nursing at Fortis College at Largo, to dean of nursing education at Denver School of Nursing.
Dan Hitchell, vice president for finance and administration at Ohio Wesleyan University, to vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Trinity College (Conn.).
Craig Hoff, head of the mechanical engineering department, to founding dean of the College of Engineering at Kettering University.
Paul Hogle, executive vice president for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, to president of the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Jennifer Howe, associate chancellor for university development at Vanderbilt University, to vice president for university advancement at the University of Dayton.
Brenda Jensen, associate dean of the College of Natural Sciences, to dean of the College of Natural and Computational Sciences at Hawaii Pacific University.
Joshua Jensen, executive director of marketing and communications at Connecticut College, to vice president for communications and public relations at Whitman College.
William Jones, vice president for external relations at LaGrange College, to president of Bethany College (Kan.).
Deneese Jones, former provost at Drake University, to vice president for academic affairs at Trinity University.
Ellen Junn, provost and vice president of academic affairs at California State University-Dominguez Hills, to president of California State University-Stanislaus.
Andrew Kelly, director of the Center on Higher Education Reform at the American Enterprise Institute, to senior vice president for strategy and policy at the University of North Carolina.
Steven Knowlton, collection development librarian at the University of Memphis, to librarian for history and African-American studies at Princeton University.
Frederick Lawrence, former president of Brandeis University, to chief executive of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Monica Terrell Leach, associate vice chancellor of the division, to senior associate vice chancellor for the division of enrollment management and academic affairs at North Carolina Central University.
Cheryl Taylore Lee, professor of urology at the University of Michigan, to chair of the department of urology in the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University.
Jonathan Levin, professor and former chair of the economics department, to dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
Monty Lobb, professor of business and government, to an additional post, dean of the School of Business and Government at Ohio Christian University.
Kimberly McDowall Long, assistant vice president for academic affairs at the University of Mary, to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Newman University.
Donna Loraine, provost and vice president for academic affairs at DeVry University, to president of Carrington College.
Chris Lorway, director of programming and marketing at Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, to executive director of Stanford Live and Bing Concert Hall at Stanford University.
Shari McMahan, deputy provost at California State University at Fullerton, to provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at San Bernardino.
Mary Meixell, interim associate dean, to associate dean of the School of Business and Engineering at Quinnipiac University.
Osama Mikhail, interim dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, to interim dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Amber Miller, dean of science for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, to dean of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California.
Lisa Mims-Devezin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to interim chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans.
John Murray, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana State University, to provost and professor of psychology at Barry University.
Shiran Nathaniel, assistant director of alumni relations, to director of alumni relations at Morningside College.
Adam Neal, assistant vice president for university advancement at West Virginia State University, to vice president for university advancement at Ohio Dominican University.
James Nelson, founding chair of the department of civil engineering and dean of engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler, to director of special academic initiatives for the Texas A&M University system.
W. Brian Newsome, assistant dean of general education and assessment, to dean of curriculum and assessment at Elizabethtown College.
James Norrie, dean of business and justice studies and professor of management at Utica College, to associate dean of the Graham School of Business at York College of Pennsylvania.
Michael Norton, lawyer at Husch Blackwell, to university counsel for Iowa State University.
Erin O’Hara O’Connor, professor of law and director of graduate studies for the doctoral program in law and economics at Vanderbilt University, to dean of the College of Law at Florida State University.
Thomas Piechota, vice president for research and economic development at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, to vice president for research at Chapman University.
Mark Poarch, executive vice president, to president of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute.
Logan Powell, director of admission at Princeton University, to dean of admission at Brown University.
Nathan Ritchey, vice president for strategic initiatives and founding dean of the College of Science and Health Professions at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, to vice president for Kent State system integration at Kent State University.
Matthew Rizzo, associate vice president for development at Brown University, to vice president for institutional advancement at Bennington College.
Andrew Rogerson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Sonoma State University, to chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Jo Ann Rooney, president of Spalding University, to president of Loyola University Chicago.
Jana Rucker, senior director of global brand and marketing at Satcom Direct, to vice president for communication at Harding University.
William Ruud, president of the University of Northern Iowa, to president of Marietta College.
Sharon Ryan, professor of early childhood education at Rutgers University, to director of the Straus Center for Young Children & Families at Bank Street College of Education.
Adam Shwartz, director of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, to senior executive vice president at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Monica Smith, director of diversity and inclusion at Saint Joseph’s University (Pa.), to director of diversity and inclusion at Elizabethtown College.
Amy Smith, chief executive of Legacy Mission, to senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at Texas A&M University at College Station.
Kathryn Svinarich, head of the department of physics, to associate provost for assessment and academic support at Kettering University.
Edem Tetteh, interim dean of academic affairs at Potomac State College of West Virginia University, to dean of the division of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at Rowan College at Burlington County.
Ingrid Thompson-Sellers, senior associate dean and professor of business information systems at Georgia State University, to interim president of South Georgia State College.
Michael Tick, dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Kentucky, to dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.
Kevin Timlin, director of international programs at Northern Michigan University, to executive director of international education and services at Southeast Missouri State University.
Susan Traverso, provost and senior vice president at Elizabethtown College, to president of Thiel College.
Fred Walker, dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology, to president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Wellman, professor of computer science and engineering, to associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Mark Welsh III, chief of staff for the U.S. Air Force, to dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University at College Station.
Jon Western, professor of international relations, to vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke College.
Alison Whelan, senior associate dean of education and professor of medicine and pediatrics for the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, to chief medical education officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Daniel Wilson, dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Florida Health Science Center - Jacksonville, to president of Western University of Health Sciences.
John Woolschlager, director of the Center for Sustainability at St. Louis University, to director of the Emergent Technologies Institute and of engineering graduate programs, chair in renewable energy, and professor of environmental engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Stanton Wortham, associate dean of academic affairs for the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, to dean of the Lynch School of Education at Boston College.
Tyler Yu, professor of economics and accounting and interim dean, to dean of the School of Business at Georgia Gwinnett College.
Noel Zahler, dean of the College of Arts, Communications, and Design at Long Island University, to dean for the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Tech University.
Resignations
Raymond Burse, president of Kentucky State University.
Ian McCaw, athletics director at Baylor University.
Raymond Nadolny, president of Williston State College, effective June 30, 2017.
Scott Scarborough, president of the University of Akron.
Promod Vohra, dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Northern Illinois University (1114), effective June 30.
Nancy Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York system, effective June 30, 2017.
Retirements
Karen Baker, vice chancellor for human resources at Texas Christian University.
David Dawson, president of Earlham College.
Kathy Hudson, dean of health and life sciences at Piedmont Virginia Community College.
Anne-Marie McCartan, executive director of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, effective June 24.
Salvatore Meringolo, vice president for advancement and university relations at the University of Mary Washington, effective October 1.
Terrence Webb, provost at Madison Area Technical College, effective June 30.
Deaths
T. Marshall Hahn Jr., 89, former president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), died on May 29.
Herman Jones, 53, director of bands at Benedict College, died on May 27.
John Robert Kane, 80, professor emeritus of physics at the College of William and Mary, died on May 26.
James Ware, 74, former associate dean of clinical and translational science in the Chan School of Public Health and professor of biostatistics at Harvard University, died on April 26.