Transitions: New President at the U. of Minnesota; President of Florida Southern College to Retire After 20 Years

CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
David L. Barnett has been named president of Brenau University, in Georgia, after serving as interim president since last fall.

Christina A. Clark, a former provost of Marywood University, has been named president of La Roche University, in Pennsylvania.

Rebecca Cunningham, vice president for research and innovation at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, has been named president of the University of Minnesota.

Camille M. Davidson, dean and a professor of law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, has been named president and dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law, in Minnesota.

Martin Lemelle, executive vice president and chief financial officer at the Maryland Institute College of Art, has been named president of Grambling State University, in Louisiana.

Mildred Mihlon has been named president of Felician University, in New Jersey, after serving as acting president since April 2023.

David Travis, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls, has been named president of Lake Superior State University, in Michigan.

Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, president of William Jewell College, in Missouri, has been named president of Washington & Jefferson College, in Pennsylvania.

Andrew W. White, senior director of the Fast Forward program at Belmont University, has been named president of Cleveland State Community College, in Tennessee.

Richard (Biff) Williams, president of Utah Tech University, has been named president of Missouri State University.

Resignations
Wiebe Boer, president of Calvin University, in Michigan, has resigned after allegations of what the university called “unwelcome and inappropriate communication” toward a nonstudent member of the campus community.

Guiyou Huang, president of Western Illinois University, will step down at the end of the month.

Retirements
Anne B. Kerr, president of Florida Southern College, plans to retire after 20 years.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
Phillip B. Bridgmon, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Central Missouri, has been named provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina at Aiken.

Laurie Lauzon Clabo, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Wayne State University, in Michigan, has been named to the post permanently.

Jordan Cofer, associate provost and a professor of English at Georgia College and State University, has been named vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean at the University of Minnesota at Morris.

Jerilyn E. Fairman, interim vice president for academic affairs at Jefferson Community College, in New York, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs and student affairs.

Lisa B. Lewis has been named provost of Albion College, in Michigan, after serving as interim provost since the fall of 2022.

John F. Manning, dean of Harvard University’s Law School, has been named interim provost.

Laura Stultz, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Birmingham-Southern College, in Alabama, has been named to the post permanently.

Donna Thomas, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Louisiana Tech University, has been named to the post permanently.

Kimberly D. Whitehead, senior vice president for strategy and chief of staff at the City University of New York’s Medgar Evers College, has been named vice president for academic affairs and executive dean at the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Douglas W. Woods, vice provost for graduate and professional studies and dean of the Graduate School at Marquette University, in Wisconsin, has been named provost and chief academic officer at Loyola University Chicago.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Tony Cabasco, vice president for enrollment at Bennington College, in Vermont, has been named vice president for enrollment at Colorado College.

Chris Calvert, chief financial officer at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, has been named vice president for administration and finance and chief financial officer at Northern Kentucky University.

Kerri R. Davidson, executive director and chief of staff in the Office of the Chief Operating Officer at Arizona State University, has been named vice president for institutional affairs and chief of staff at Utah State University.

Cami Geisman, vice president for external affairs and chief of staff for the University of Louisiana system, has been named executive vice president for external affairs at Louisiana Tech University.

Kathryn M. Kendall, senior assistant dean of enrollment and online programs in the School of Social Work at the State University of New York’s University at Buffalo, has been named vice president for enrollment management and services at SUNY at Fredonia.

Loretta P. Martinez, general counsel at the University of New Mexico, has been named senior vice president and general counsel at Loyola Marymount University, in California.

Shrikanth Narayanan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, computer science, linguistics, psychology, pediatrics, and otolaryngology at the University of Southern California, has been named vice president for presidential initiatives.

Kathleen Nicely, vice president for advancement at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, has been named senior vice president for advancement at the California Institute of the Arts.

John O’Neil, vice president for research at the University of Arizona, has been named vice president for operational strategy and special adviser to the president at Utah State University.

Carol Packard, associate vice president for colleges and units at Cornell University, has been named vice president for development and alumni relations at Lehigh University.

Lyn Redington, vice president for student affairs at Ohio University, has been named interim vice president for advancement and president and chief executive of the Ohio University Foundation.

Kimberly Shiner, vice president for college advancement and communications at Pitzer College, in California, has been named interim vice president for university advancement at California State University at Fullerton.

Jason Trainer, vice provost for enrollment management and institutional marketing at Indiana State University, has been named vice president for strategic enrollment management at Minnesota State University at Moorhead.

Sharon Jackson Wilder, chief equity and inclusion officer at Montgomery College, in Maryland, has been named vice president and chief diversity and equity officer at the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Resignations
J. Martin (Marty) Scholtz, vice president for research at the University of Iowa, plans to step down after five years.

DEANS
Appointments
Jed Atkins, an associate professor of classical studies and director of the Civil Discourse Project at Duke University, has been named director and dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Tammy Barbé, interim dean of the College of Nursing at Mercer University, in Georgia, since May 2022, has been named to the post permanently.

Robert Bishop, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida, has been named vice chancellor and dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University at College Station.

John Frederick, a professor of chemistry and former provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been named interim dean of the College of Sciences.

José Gámez, interim dean of the College of Arts and Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has been named to the post permanently.

Lisa Huffman, dean of the College of Professional Education at Texas Woman’s University, has been named dean of the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati.

Scott R. Irelan, an associate dean in the College of Fine Arts at Western Michigan University, has been named dean of the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts at Illinois State University.

Joseph Landau, associate dean of academic affairs at Fordham University’s Law School, in New York, has been named dean of the school.

Christina Moylan, interim dean of the Ithaca College School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, in New York, has been named to the post permanently.

Lauren Nolfo-Clements, associate dean of administration, operations, and planning in the College of Arts and Sciences at Suffolk University, has been named dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Framingham State University, in Massachusetts.

J. Todd Petty, chair of the department of forestry and environmental conservation at Clemson University, in South Carolina, has been named dean of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia.

Joelle Powers, senior associate dean of the College of Health Sciences at Boise State University, in Idaho, has been named dean of the college.

Alicia Ribar, a professor and executive associate dean of academics and accreditation in the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, has been named dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati.

Joseph Trainor, deputy dean and professor of public policy and administration in the Joseph R. Biden Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware, has been named interim dean of the school.

Katy Webb, director of Yale Access Services and Bass Library at Yale University, has been named dean of the duPont-Ball Library and Learning Technologies at Stetson University, in Florida.

Shelbie Witte, a professor of adolescent literacy and English education and senior director of outreach and teacher education, at Oklahoma State University, has been named dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of North Dakota.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Kent Andersen, interim associate provost at Birmingham-Southern College, in Alabama, has been named to the post permanently.

Angel A. Dizon III, regional commissioner of public-buildings service for the Great Lakes region for the General Services Administration, has been named senior associate vice president for facilities at Northwestern University.

Elizabeth Kipp Campbell, director of the Office of Research Ethics and Compliance at MaineHealth, has been named associate vice president for human-subject protection at the University of Rochester, in New York.

Ryan Marlin, senior director of admissions at the University of North Texas, has been named associate vice president for admissions in the division of strategic enrollment and innovation at Sam Houston State University.

FACULTY
Appointments
Zack Kass, an artificial-intelligence futurist and former head of go-to-market strategy at OpenAI, has been named executive in residence in the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

ORGANIZATIONS
Retirements
Claude Pressnell Jr., president of the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, plans to retire.

DEATHS
Marnia Lazreg, a professor of sociology at the City University of New York’s Hunter College, died on January 13. She was 83.

F. Duke Perry, a former president and chief executive of the West Virginia University Foundation, died on February 22. He was 84.

Jonathan Uhr, an immunologist and professor emeritus at the University of Texas Southwestern, died on February 15. He was 96.

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