Transitions: City U. of New York Medgar Evers College Names First Female President

CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Kenneth Evans, president of Lamar University, in Texas, will become president of Oklahoma City University on July 1. He will succeed Martha Burger, who plans to retire.

Connie Gallaher, president of OhioHealth at Home, a health-care company, will become president of Ohio Dominican University. She will succeed Robert Gervasi, who will step down in June.

John Keller, associate provost and dean of the Graduate College at the University of Iowa, has been named interim president. He will replace Bruce Harreld, who plans to retire in May.

The Rev. Asa J. Lee, vice president for campus administration, associate dean for community life, and director of African American studies at Wesley Theological Seminary, has been named president of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Joanne Li, a professor of finance and dean of the College of Business at Florida International University, has been named the priority candidate for chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. If approved, she will succeed Jeffrey P. Gold, who is leaving to become executive vice president and provost at the University of Nebraska system.

Lynn Priddy, strategic adviser to the president and interim vice president for academic affairs at Claremont Lincoln University, has been named president of the university. She succeeds Tony Digiovanni, who has retired.

Patricia Ramsey, a senior executive fellow at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, has been appointed president of the City University of New York Medgar Evers College. She will be the college’s first female president.

Kayse Shrum, president of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, has been named president of Oklahoma State University.

Susan Snelick, executive director of Workforce Solutions for North Central PA, has been named president of Northern Pennsylvania Regional College.

Resignations
F. King Alexander, president of Oregon State University since July 2020, has resigned following an investigation into his handling of sexual-misconduct allegations while president of Louisiana State University. Edward Feser, provost at the university, will serve as acting president.

Daniel J. Martin, president of Seattle Pacific University since 2012, will resign on April 5.

Lily McNair, president of Tuskegee University since 2018, has stepped down after taking two separate medical leaves since January 2020.

The Rev. Kevin O’Brien, president of Santa Clara University, has been placed on leave amid an investigation by the Jesuits West.

Retirements

Kathleen Hetherington, president of Howard Community College since 2007, plans to retire in October.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
Norma Bouchard, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University, will become provost at Chapman University on July 28.

James Cousins, associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Western Michigan University, will become vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Kentucky Wesleyan College on July 1.

Gail E. Gasparich, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Salem State University, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Millersville University.

Lorenzo M. Smith, a professor and dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University at Sacramento, has been named provost and executive vice president at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Maria Toyoda, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Suffolk University, has been named senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Western New England University.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Alison M. Benders, associate dean in the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, will become the university’s first vice president for mission and ministry on July 1.

Diane Forbes Berthoud, associate vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of California at San Diego, has been named the first chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer and vice president at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.

Kathleen J. Byrnes, associate vice president for student life at Villanova University, has been named vice president for student life.

Lacretia Johnson Flash, assistant vice president for diversity and inclusion at Berklee College of Music, has been named the college’s inaugural vice president for diversity and inclusion.

Julie Hail Flory, interim vice chancellor for public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, will become vice chancellor for marketing and communications on April 1.

Anna Gonzalez, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Harvey Mudd College, will become vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, on July 1.

Robyn Hadley, associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of the Office of Scholar Programs at the Washington University in St. Louis, will become vice president and chief student affairs officer at the University of Virginia on June 1.

Pierre Morton, executive director of the Lloyd & Helen Ament Astmann ’69 Career Center at Franklin Pierce University, has been named chief diversity officer.

Kathy R. Pharr, chief of staff in the Office of the President and interim vice president for marketing and communications since July at the University of Georgia, has been named vice president for marketing and communications.

Patrick Quinn, interim dean of admissions at Bay State College, has been named vice president for enrollment management at the State University of New York College at Potsdam.

Megan Ryan, interim vice president for enrollment at Allegheny College, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Muhlenberg College.

Paula Volent, senior vice president and chief investment officer at Bowdoin College, has been named vice president and chief investment officer at Rockefeller University.

DEANS
Appointments
Debra J. Barksdale, a professor of nursing and the associate dean of academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, will become dean of the School of Nursing and a professor of family and community nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on July 19.

Wendy Burns-Ardolino, director of the professional master of arts in social innovation at Grand Valley State University, will become dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Houston-Downtown on July 1.

Michael L. DeVaughn, a professor at the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas, has been named dean of the Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. School of Business at the University of Portland.

Caroline Freund, global director for trade, investment and competitiveness at the World Bank, will become dean of the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California at San Diego on July 1.

Kamel Haddad, a professor of mathematics at California State University at San Marcos, has been named dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado.

Pamela R. Jeffries, professor and dean of the School of Nursing at George Washington University, will become dean of the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University on July 1.

Angie Kamath, university dean of continuing education and work-force development at the City University of New York, will become dean of the School of Professional Studies at New York University on July 1.

Sandeep Mazumder, a professor and chair of the department of economics at Wake Forest University, will become dean of the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University of July 1.

John F. McKnight Jr., dean of institutional equity and inclusion at Connecticut College, has been named dean of Haverford College.

Marie T. Nolan, a professor and executive vice dean of the School of Nursing at the Johns Hopkins University, has been named interim dean of the school. She will succeed Patricia Davidson, who was named vice chancellor of the University of Wollongong, in Australia.

Diane Ring, associate dean of faculty at the Boston College Law School, will become interim dean of the school on July 1. She will succeed Vincent Rougeau, who will leave to become president of the College of the Holy Cross.

Dana A. Williams, interim dean of the Graduate School at Howard University, has been named to the post permanently.

Resignations
Sarah-Jane Leslie, dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University, plans to step down and return to the faculty in July.

E. Albert Reece, dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, plans to step down in 2022. He will remain as a professor and researcher.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Ret. Brig. Gen. Scott E. Brower, chief of staff for the Unified Command Group in Tennessee, will become director of the Bass Military Scholars Program at Vanderbilt University on May 17.

Gary Kerr, a professor and chair in the department of military science and leadership at the University of Missouri at Columbia, has been named senior director of military and veteran affairs.

Miranda McCall, interim director of the Karsh Office of Undergraduate Financial Support and assistant vice provost, has been named to the post permanently.

Amynah Mithani, a manager at Deloitte Consulting, has been named assistant vice provost and university registrar at the Johns Hopkins University.

Tricia Napolitano, associate dean of students at Alfred University, has been named associate dean of students for the Long Island and New York City campuses of New York Institute of Technology.

Kelly Carper Polden, assistant director of external relations for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, has been named assistant vice president for communication and marketing at West Texas A&M University.

Cassander L. Smith, an associate professor of English at the University of Alabama, has been named associate dean of academic affairs in the Honors College.

Thomas Torello, chief communications officer for Union College, in New York, has been named director of communications and marketing for Albany Law School.

Katherine Wickstrom, interim associate dean for the College of Education & Human Development at Louisiana State University at Shreveport, has been named to the post permanently.

DEATHS
George F. Bass, a professor and founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University at College Station, died on March 2. He was 88.

John M. Daly, dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, died on March 26. He was 73.

James B. Holderman, a former president at the University of South Carolina, died on April 3. He was 85. He served as president from 1977 until 1990.

Frances Degen Horowitz, a former president of the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, died on March 15. She was 88.

Patrick O’Meara, vice president emeritus and professor emeritus at Indiana University at Bloomington, died on March 30. He was 83.

J. Peter Rosenfeld, a professor of psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, died on February 15. He was 81.