CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Timothy Beard, a former president of Pasco-Hernando State College, in Florida, has been named interim president of Florida A&M University.
Thom D. Chesney, a former president of Clarke University, in Iowa, has been named president of Southwestern College, in New Mexico.
Emily F. Cutrer, president emerita of Texas A&M University at Texarkana, has been named interim president of Sonoma State University, part of the California State University system.
Kent Fuchs, a former president of the University of Florida, has been named interim president after his successor, Ben Sasse, announced his resignation.
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Suresh Garimella, president of the University of Vermont, has been named president of the University of Arizona.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Timothy Beard, a former president of Pasco-Hernando State College, in Florida, has been named interim president of Florida A&M University.
Thom D. Chesney, a former president of Clarke University, in Iowa, has been named president of Southwestern College, in New Mexico.
Emily F. Cutrer, president emerita of Texas A&M University at Texarkana, has been named interim president of Sonoma State University, part of the California State University system.
Kent Fuchs, a former president of the University of Florida, has been named interim president after his successor, Ben Sasse, announced his resignation.
Alan Garber, interim president of Harvard University, has been named to the post permanently.
Suresh Garimella, president of the University of Vermont, has been named president of the University of Arizona.
Maurice Gipson, vice chancellor for the division of inclusion, diversity, and equity in the University of Missouri system, has been named interim president of Philander Smith University, in Arkansas.
David Heacock, a member of the Board of Trustees of Clarkson University, in New York, has been named acting president after Marc Christensen’s resignation.
Dan Kelting, interim president of Paul Smith’s College, in New York, has been named to the post permanently.
Fletcher Lamkin has been named president of Clarke University, in Iowa, after serving as interim president since January 2023.
Layla Merrifield, executive director of the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association, has been named president of the Wisconsin Technical College system.
Ashwani Monga, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer for the University System of Georgia, has been named interim president of the University of West Georgia.
Ty Orton, executive director of the Dickinson State University Heritage Foundation, in North Dakota, has been named acting president of the university.
Patricia Prelock, provost and senior vice president at the University of Vermont, has been named interim president. She will replace Suresh Garimella, who will leave to become president of the University of Arizona.
Lee H. Roberts, interim chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named to the post permanently.
Michael E. Spagna, provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University-Dominguez Hills, has been named acting president of California Polytechnic State University-Humboldt.
Rev. G. Craig Williford, a former president of Multnomah University, in Oregon, has been named interim president of Warner University, in Florida. He succeeds David Hoag, who is stepping down to become president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, in Washington, D.C.
Resignations Michael V. Drake, president of the University of California system since 2020, will step down at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Daniel Greenstein, chancellor of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, will step down in October.
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Judy Olian, president of Quinnipiac University, in Connecticut, plans to step down at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Francisco Rodriguez, chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District, will step down in the fall.
R. Gerald Turner, president of Southern Methodist University, in Texas, will step down after 30 years.
Henry T. Yang, chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara, will step down at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Retirements John E. Cech, president of Carroll College, in Montana, plans to retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Les Cook, chancellor of Montana Technological University, will retire in June 2025.
Waded Cruzado, president of Montana State University at Bozeman, plans to retire in June 2025.
Sherilyn R. Emberton, president since 2013 of Huntington University, in Indiana, plans to retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Maria Gallo, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at River Falls, plans to retire.
Kenneth S. Hawkinson, president of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, plans to retire in 2025.
Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville University of Saint Louis, will retire in June 2025.
Paul McNulty, president of Grove City College, in Pennsylvania, plans to retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Robert Sandel, president of Virginia Western Community College, plans to retire at the end of the academic year.
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CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS Appointments Victor Brown, associate provost at the City University of New York’s Lehman College, has been named vice president for academic affairs and provost at Husson University, in Maine.
Kristin Geraty, associate provost and dean of engaged learning at North Central College, in Illinois, has been named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Joseph Glover, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Arizona, has stepped down and will return, in the same post, to the University of Florida.
Jodi Long, vice provost for academic innovation and strategy at Santa Fe College, in Florida, has been named vice president for academic affairs at Daytona State College.
John F. Manning, interim provost of Harvard University, has been named to the post permanently.
Kimberly McLeod, former dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Texas A&M University at Commerce, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wiley University, in Texas.
Stephanie Nesbitt, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Utica University, in New York, has been named to the post permanently.
Resignations Mitch Avila, provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University-Channel Islands, has resigned.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Marisa Sanchez Benincasa, executive director of institute affairs at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, has been named vice president for communications and marketing at Hamilton College, in New York.
Brian Brunner, assistant vice president for advancement at Lindenwood University, in Missouri, has been named the inaugural vice president for development at Saginaw Valley State University, in Michigan.
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Anne Buckley, chief communications and marketing officer at the University of California at San Diego, has been named vice president for marketing and communications at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Sandy A. Curko, general counsel at Iona University, in New York, has been named general counsel and vice president for legal affairs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Juan de Pablo, a professor in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and executive vice president for science, innovation, national laboratories, and global initiatives at the University of Chicago, has been named executive dean of the Tandon School of Engineering and executive vice president for global science and tech at New York University.
Christopher Graham, vice president for academic affairs at Criswell College, in Texas, has been named vice president for academic administration and dean of the faculty at Hannibal-LaGrange University, in Missouri.
Doug Hallenbeck, vice president for student affairs at Oklahoma State University, has been named vice president for student affairs at Clemson University, in South Carolina.
Carla Ho’a, interim chief financial officer and vice president for administration and finance at California Polytechnic State University-Humboldt, has been named vice president for finance and administration at Oregon State University.
Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh, vice provost for graduate education, research, and outreach and director of online education at Northern Kentucky University, has been named vice president for academic research at the University of Dayton, in Ohio.
Dan Layzell, vice chancellor for finance and operations at Appalachian State University, in North Carolina, has been named vice president for finance and operations and treasurer at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
Kristell Lowe, vice president for campus operations at Lynn University, in Florida, has been named vice president for student life at Manhattan University, in New York.
Jonathan McCullers, senior executive associate dean of clinical affairs and chief operating officer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, has been named vice president for health affairs and dean of the UH Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.
Justin McKenzie, chief information officer at Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, has been named vice president for information technology and chief information officer at the University of New Orleans.
Stephanie Mullins, chief financial officer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named vice president for strategic initiatives.
Eddie Nuñez, vice president and director of athletics at the University of New Mexico, has been named vice president for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Houston.
Tej Patel, vice president and chief information officer at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in New Jersey, has been named vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania.
Sarah Phillips has been named vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Pacific University, in Oregon, after serving as interim vice president.
Scott Rava has been named vice president for college relations at Union College, in New York, after serving as interim vice president for college relations since May.
Sean Reeder, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, has been named senior vice president for operations and finance at Iowa State University.
Mike Seamon, vice president for campus safety and university operations at the University of Notre Dame, has been named vice president for university operations, events, and safety.
Craig Thompson, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, has been named vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Robert Vickers Jr., chief communications officer and associate director of the university press at the University of Rochester, in New York, has been named vice president for strategic communications and marketing at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Resignations Keith Humphrey, vice president for student affairs at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, has stepped down.
DEANS Appointments Alexis Abramson, dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, has been named dean of the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University.
Leonard Annetta, a professor of science education and regional innovation officer at East Carolina University, has been named dean of the Zucker Family School of Education at the Citadel, in South Carolina.
Theodorea Regina Berry, vice provost and dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Central Florida, has been named dean of the Bloomfield College of Montclair State University, in New Jersey.
Penny Bishop, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine at Orono, has been named dean of the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University.
Andrew Call, director of the school of accountancy in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, has been named dean of the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California.
Jeannine Dingus-Eason, dean of the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development at Rhode Island College, has been named dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Rider University, in New Jersey.
Giorgio Gotti has been named dean of the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley after serving as interim dean since August 2023.
Jennifer Holmes, executive director of the Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University, in New York, has been named the inaugural dean of the college.
Ricardo Izurieta, an associate professor in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida, has been named dean of the School of Health Sciences and Public Health at California State University at Los Angeles.
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Vanessa Lopez-Littleton, interim dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at California State University-Monterey Bay, has been named dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington at Bothell.
Jianwei Niu, interim dean of University College at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been named to the post permanently.
John B. Sherman, chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Defense, has been named dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University at College Station.
Donna Stoddard, an associate professor of IT management and associate dean of faculty at Babson College, in Massachusetts, has been named dean of the faculty.
Sten Vermund, president of the Global Virus Network and former dean of the School of Public Health at Yale University, has been named dean of the USF Health College of Public Health at the University of South Florida.
Sheila Whitley, associate dean of undergraduate and student affairs in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University, has been named interim dean of the college.
Resignations Wendy Powers, dean of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University, will step down at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS Appointments Patience D. Bryant, a former interim deputy diversity officer and director of Black/African American equity at San Jose State University, has been named the inaugural executive director for Black-student academic success at California State University at Fullerton.
Meria Carstarphen, a senior scientist with Gallup, has been named the inaugural director of the National Center for the Elimination of Educational Disparities in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University, in Maryland.
Kari Costello, assistant vice president for international admission and recruitment at DePaul University, in Illinois, has been named vice provost for global engagement at Creighton University, in Nebraska.
Andrew Galpin, professor and director of the Center for Sport Performance at California State University at Fullerton, has been named executive director of the Human Performance Center at Parker University, in Texas.
Michael Lipitz, director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named associate vice president and director of athletics at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
Eduardo Lorente, associate vice president for budget and planning at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been named vice provost for budget and business operations at North Carolina State University.
Rosevelt Noble, associate dean of students for equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging at Vanderbilt University, in Tennessee, has been named associate vice president for student engagement and well-being at Indiana University.
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Caroline R. Paul, a general pediatrician and co-director of faculty development in pediatrics at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health, has been named associate dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s satellite campus in Bowling Green.
Michele Rasmussen, dean of students at the University of Chicago, has been named vice provost for student affairs at Stanford University.
Michelle Rogers, vice president for administration at the University of Redlands, in California, has been named chief of staff at the University of Maine at Orono.
Retirements Lisa Wood, assistant dean of student success in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has retired.
FACULTY Resignations Amy Reid, a professor of French language and literature and faculty representative on the Board of Trustees at New College of Florida, is leaving the college.
ORGANIZATIONS Appointments Jhenai Chandler, senior director of college-completion policy at the Institute for College Access and Success, has been named vice president for research and policy at Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA).
Retirements Rick Torres, president and chief executive of the National Student Clearinghouse, will retire in February 2025.
Belle S. Wheelan, president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, plans to retire in July 2025.
DEATHS Ann Abadie, former associate director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, died on July 30. She was 84.
James Duderstadt, president emeritus of the University of Michigan, died on August 21. He was 81.
Helen Fisher, chief science adviser to the dating service Match.com and a former member of the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies in the department of anthropology at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, died on August 17. She was 79.
Tsung-Dao Lee, a professor emeritus of physics at Columbia University, died on August 4. He was 97.
Julia Piper, a data coordinator, compiles Gazette and manages production of the Almanac and Executive Compensation. Email her at julia.piper@chronicle.com.
