CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Steven J. Bridges has been named president of the University of Southern Indiana after serving in the interim role since July 2024.
Laura Crawley, vice president for mission, engagement, and innovation at Lenoir-Rhyne University, in North Carolina, has been named president of Bethany College, in Kansas.
Christopher Fiorentino, interim chancellor and former president of West Chester University of Pennsylvania, has been named chancellor of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education.
Pratima Gandhi, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, has been named interim chancellor.
Thomas Gibson, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Dan Leingang, acting president of Bismarck State College, has been named interim president.
Karen Marrongelle, chief science officer for the U.S. National Science Foundation, has been named chancellor of Montana Technological University.
Scott Molander, co-founder of Hat World Inc., a managing partner at Garage Living and SKINS Compression, and an adjunct professor at Butler University, in Indiana, has been named president of Dickinson State University.
Zora Mulligan, executive vice president at Missouri State University, has been named president of Missouri State University-West Plains.
Thomas Poon, executive vice president and provost at Loyola Marymount University, has been named president.
Bryan Renfro, president of John Wood Community College, has been named chancellor of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges.
Brent Sanford, interim president of Bismarck State College, has been named interim chancellor of the North Dakota University system.
Heather J. Shotton, vice president for diversity affairs at Fort Lewis College, in Colorado, has been named the college’s first Indigenous president.
Manohar Singh, interim president of Western Connecticut State University, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.
Brock Tessman, president of Northern Michigan University, has been named president of Montana State University.
Reggies Wenyika, president of Ottawa University, in Kansas, has been named president of Rochester Christian University, in Michigan.
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Thomas Gibson, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Steven J. Bridges has been named president of the University of Southern Indiana after serving in the interim role since July 2024.
Laura Crawley, vice president for mission, engagement, and innovation at Lenoir-Rhyne University, in North Carolina, has been named president of Bethany College, in Kansas.
Christopher Fiorentino, interim chancellor and former president of West Chester University of Pennsylvania, has been named chancellor of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education.
Pratima Gandhi, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, has been named interim chancellor.
Thomas Gibson, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Dan Leingang, acting president of Bismarck State College, has been named interim president.
Karen Marrongelle, chief science officer for the U.S. National Science Foundation, has been named chancellor of Montana Technological University.
Scott Molander, co-founder of Hat World Inc., a managing partner at Garage Living and SKINS Compression, and an adjunct professor at Butler University, in Indiana, has been named president of Dickinson State University.
Zora Mulligan, executive vice president at Missouri State University, has been named president of Missouri State University-West Plains.
Thomas Poon, executive vice president and provost at Loyola Marymount University, has been named president.
Bryan Renfro, president of John Wood Community College, has been named chancellor of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges.
Brent Sanford, interim president of Bismarck State College, has been named interim chancellor of the North Dakota University system.
Heather J. Shotton, vice president for diversity affairs at Fort Lewis College, in Colorado, has been named the college’s first Indigenous president.
Manohar Singh, interim president of Western Connecticut State University, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.
Brock Tessman, president of Northern Michigan University, has been named president of Montana State University.
Reggies Wenyika, president of Ottawa University, in Kansas, has been named president of Rochester Christian University, in Michigan.
Resignations Katrina A. Armstrong, interim president of Columbia University, has stepped down. Claire Shipman, co-chair of the Board of Trustees, has been named acting president.
Alicia Córdoba, president of Aquinas College, in Michigan, has stepped down after less than three years.
Justin Hoggard, president of Coastal Bend College, has stepped down, effective June 6. He will serve as president emeritus while a search for a replacement is conducted.
Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University, will step down and become president of the Henry Luce Foundation.
Charles Lepper, president of Grand Rapids Community College, has stepped down after being placed on administrative leave.
Retirements Kevin Pollock, president of Central Carolina Technical College, plans to retire in June.
Thomas F. Rosenbaum, president of the California Institute of Technology since 2014, plans to retire in June 2026.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Indrajeet Chaubey, dean of the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut, has been named provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas.
Russell Frohardt, interim vice president for academic success at Northwest Vista College, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Schreiner University.
Shewanee Howard-Baptiste, vice provost for undergraduate affairs at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Berea College.
Rachel Davis Mersey, executive vice president and provost at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named executive vice president and provost at Southern Methodist University.
Chavonda Mills has been named senior vice president for academic and student affairs and provost at Georgia Gwinnett College after serving in the interim role since 2024.
Patricia Prelock, interim president and former provost and senior vice president at the University of Vermont, has been named senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Arizona.
Gwen Price, senior vice provost for academic and faculty affairs at the University of Akron, has been named senior vice president and provost.
Fotis Sotiropoulos, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University.
Beverly J. Warren, former president of Kent State University, has been named interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Warren served as provost at VCU before becoming president of Kent State.
Brett Welch, dean of the College of Graduate Studies and vice provost for digital learning at Lamar University, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Resignations Chris Clemens, provost and chief academic officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, plans to step down and return to the faculty as a professor of physics and astronomy.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Thomas A. Chambers, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Canisius University, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Loyola University New Orleans.
Tricia Chastain, chief business officer at Kennesaw State University, has been named executive vice president for administration and finance and chief business officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
A.L. Fleming, senior director of development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been named vice president for advancement and alumni affairs at Tuskegee University.
Nicholas Katona, vice president for advancement and alumni engagement at St. Cloud State University, has been named vice chancellor for university advancement and alumni relations at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Derek Kindle, vice provost for enrollment management at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named vice president for enrollment management at the University of Oregon.
Joe Kmiech, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls, has been named vice president for technology and chief information officer at Minnesota State University at Mankato.
Elizabeth Moore
Elizabeth Moore, interim chief financial officer for Johnson Regional Medical Center, has been named chief financial officer and vice president for finance and administration at Alverno College.
Paul Newton, a former member of the North Carolina Senate and former general counsel at Duke Energy, has been named vice chancellor and general counsel at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Patricia Poitevien, senior associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Brown University, has been named vice president for campus life.
Virginia A. Teachey, associate vice president for budget and finance at Pennsylvania State University, has been named vice chancellor for business and finance and chief financial officer at North Carolina A&T State University.
Retirements Julie A. Freischlag, chief executive and chief academic officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, chief academic officer and executive vice president for Advocate Health, and executive vice president for health affairs at Wake Forest University, will retire at the end of 2025.
DEANS Appointments Bharat N. Anand, vice provost for advances in learning at Harvard University and a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, has been named dean of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.
Yarneccia D. Dyson, executive director and head of the School of Social Work at North Carolina State University, has been named dean of the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston.
Leslie Edgar, associate dean of research at the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences and director of the Agricultural Research Center, has been named dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Idaho.
Cody W. Edwards has been named dean of the College of Science at George Mason University after serving in the interim role since July 2024.
Lingqian (Ivy) Hu, chair of the department of urban and regional planning and associate director of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning in the College of Design, Construction, and Planning at the University of Florida, has been named dean of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University.
Jan R. Jurden, a former president judge in the Delaware Superior Court, has been named dean of the Wilmington University School of Law.
Keith Marzullo, dean of the College of Information at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been named dean of the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Kristen McCauliff has been named dean of the College of Communication, Information, and Media at Ball State University after serving as interim dean since July 2024.
Partha Pande, interim dean of the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University, has been named to the post permanently.
Shreerekha Pillai, associate dean of the College of Human Sciences and Humanities at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Richard Sévère, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Valparaiso University, has been named dean of the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences at Purdue University Northwest.
Ashley Stokes, a professor and former dean of extension at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has been named dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California at Davis.
Randi Storch, a professor and chair of the history department at the State University of New York at Cortland, has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Western Oregon University.
Brian C. Tietje
Brian C. Tietje, dean of the College of Business at Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, has been named dean of the Knauss School of Business at the University of San Diego.
William H. Walters, executive director of the Mary Alice and Tom O’Malley Library at Manhattan University, has been named dean of library affairs at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Ronald Werner-Wilson, a professor of human development and family science and former dean of the College of Human Sciences and Education at North Dakota State University, has been named dean of the College for Community Health at Montclair State University.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Matthew D. Barber, interim senior vice president for Duke Health Integrated Practice, has been named president of the Duke Health Integrated Practice and vice dean of clinical affairs in the Duke University School of Medicine.
Ryan Dohoney, professor of musicology and director of graduate music studies at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, has been named associate dean of faculty.
Paul S. Dworkis, former vice president for administration and finance and chief financial officer at Emerson College, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer at Berklee College of Music.
Christopher Hughes, chief of police and dean of the School of Public Safety at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, has been named director of public safety at Valdosta State University.
Lori Kerans, director of community engagement and recruitment at Millikin University, has been named vice president for athletics and community engagement.
Maurice Mangum, a professor and chair of the department of political science at Jackson State University, has been named associate dean of academic affairs at Bloomfield College of Montclair State University.
Jon Ryder, associate dean of academic administration and a clinical professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, has been named executive associate dean of the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
David Sigman, an independent college counselor and former vice president for enrollment management and marketing at the Cleveland Institute of Art, has been named vice provost for enrollment management at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
ORGANIZATIONS Appointments Nasser Paydar, assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the U.S. Department of Education, has been named president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Retirements Denise Carter, chief operating officer for the Office of Federal Student Aid and former acting U.S. secretary of education, will retire after more than three decades of public service.
DEATHS Cedric Dempsey, former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, died on April 5. He was 92. Dempsey also served as the athletic director at the University of Arizona.
Stanley O. Ikenberry, former president of the University of Illinois system, died on April 1. He was 90.
Steve McCleery, president emeritus of New Mexico Junior College, died on April 2. He was 75.
Maurice W. Scherrens, president of Newberry College, in South Carolina, died on April 6. He was 76.
Thomas F. Schutte, who served as president of the Pratt Institute from 1993 to 2017, died on March 26. He was 89.
Claudia Thomas Kairoff, a professor emerita of English at Wake Forest University, died on April 4. She was 73.
Julia Piper, a data coordinator, compiles Gazette and manages production of the Almanac and Executive Compensation. Email her at julia.piper@chronicle.com.
