Feb. 22, 2012 — Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux, currently an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland, has been appointed Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs at Boston University effective May 2012. “Over the last four months, with the assistance of the search firm Brill Neumann Associates, we reviewed many candidates for the position ...Continue Reading
Andrew McMahon, PhD appointed Director of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Center at USC
Posted on February 17th, 2012 in Latest News, Recent Appointments
Leading Stem Cell Expert Andrew P. McMahon to Assume Key Leadership Positions at the University of Southern California February 17, 2012 – The University of Southern California (USC) has announced that Dr. Andrew P. McMahon, an internationally renowned stem cell scientist on the faculty of Harvard University, will move to USC to assume new academic and ...Continue Reading
David J. Gray Named Penn State’s Senior Vice President for Finance and Business
Posted on January 26th, 2012 in Institutions, Latest News, Pennsylvania State University, Recent Appointments
University Park, Pa. — David J. Gray has been named senior vice president for Finance and Business at Pennsylvania State University effective Feb. 6, 2012. He will oversee the offices of Physical Plant, Human Resources, University Police, Investment Management, Auxiliary and Business Services, Corporate Controller, Legal Services and Commonwealth Campus Business Operations. He will also ...Continue Reading
Paul Strouts Named Vice President of Campus Services at Georgia Tech
Posted on January 3rd, 2012 in Georgia Institute of Technology, Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments
Georgia Institute of Technology has appointed Paul Strouts Vice President of Campus Services effective January 2012. As a key member of the senior administration at Georgia Tech, Strouts will oversee more than 900 contract and full-time employees and an operating budget of more than $130 million. Campus Services includes the Office of Human Resources, Business ...Continue Reading
Robin L. Cyr Named Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Posted on December 11th, 2011 in Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Robin L. Cyr has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of the Office of Sponsored Research at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill effective January 1, 2012. Cyr has 14 years of experience in research administration and is currently Director of Training and Policy in the Department of Research Management ...Continue Reading
Karen Kerr Named Senior Director of New Ventures and Alliances at the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation
Posted on September 20th, 2011 in Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, University of Southern California
The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation announced the appointment of Dr. Karen Kerr as Senior Director, New Ventures and Alliances effective Sept. 12, 2011. In her new role, Kerr leads a growing team focused on startup opportunities stemming from USC discoveries and expertise. Kerr will also manage funding and mentoring programs, as well as the ...Continue Reading
Franklin & Marshall College Appoints David R. Proulx as Vice President for Finance and Administration
Posted on September 1st, 2011 in Franklin & Marshall College, Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments
David R. Proulx has been named Vice President for Finance and Administration at Franklin & Marshall College, effective December 5, 2011. Proulx currently serves as Associate Vice President for Finance and Interim Assistant Vice President for Human Resources at the University of New Hampshire. “David possesses a record of leadership in financial planning, management, budgeting ...Continue Reading
Sena K. Landey Named Earlham College’s New Vice President for Finance and Operations
Richmond, Ind. — Incoming Earlham College President David Dawson has named Sena K. Landey as Vice President for Finance and Operations. She will assume her new position September 1. “Sena brings deep experience and skills in all of the areas identified as crucial to this important and complex job,” said Dawson. “I am very happy ...Continue Reading
Carmen I. Canales Appointed Wake Forest University’s Associate Vice President for Human Resources
Posted on June 22nd, 2011 in Closed Searches, Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, Wake Forest University
Carmen I. Canales will join Wake Forest as the associate vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer on July 1, 2011. In this role, she will be responsible for recruitment and employment, employee benefits, employee relations, leadership development and talent management, training and development, compensation and classification, human resource information systems, equal ...Continue Reading
University of Massachusetts Lowell Names Lauren Turner Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Outreach
Lauren Turner was appointed Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Outreach at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She will assume her new role May 1, 2011. Turner brings to this newly created position 30 years of professional experience, 16 of these as Director Human Resources/Affirmative Action office at Mount Holyoke College. She ...Continue Reading
Suzanne Rivera Named Vice President for Research Administration at Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio – Case Western Reserve University has named Suzanne M. Rivera, PhD, as its new Associate Vice President for Research, effective January 4, 2011. Rivera comes from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where she served as Vice President for Research Administration and as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Ethics and ...Continue Reading
Ted Dodds Named Chief Information Officer at Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y. — Ted Dodds has been named Cornell University’s new chief information officer and vice president (CIO/VP). Dodds, who is vice provost at the University of British Columbia, will start his new post in January 2011. “After our rigorous nationwide search, I am very pleased that Ted was chosen for this position and that ...Continue Reading
Kevin Seitz Named Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Posted on November 9th, 2010 in Area, Closed Searches, Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, Title, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Kevin Seitz has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, effective Dec. 1, 2010. Kevin currently serves as Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance at East Carolina University, most recently overseeing campus divisions including business services, financial services and campus operations since ...Continue Reading
Susan McGarry Basso Named Associate Vice President for Human Resources at Penn State University
Posted on October 29th, 2010 in Institutions, Latest News, Pennsylvania State University, Recent Appointments
University Park, Pa. — Susan McGarry Basso has been named Associate Vice President for Human Resources at Penn State University effective December 13, 2010. Susan has been the Chief Human Resources Officer at Seton Hall University since 2006. She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in all areas of human resources management, including ...Continue Reading
Elmira Mangum Named Cornell University’s Vice President for Budget and Planning
Ithaca, NY — Elmira Mangum, senior associate provost at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has been appointed Cornell University’s new vice president for budget and planning. She will assume her position January 2010. “We are delighted that Elmira Mangum will become Cornell’s new vice president for budget and planning, following a rigorous nationwide search,” ...Continue Reading
Matthew Early Named Vice President of Campus Services at Emory University
Atlanta, Ga. — Matthew Early has been appointed Emory University’s Vice President of Campus Services, effective August 1, 2010. Early will oversee the campus services organization’s strategic, operational and financial planning, as well as the related policies and procedures that cover Emory’s complex, multicampus institution. He will manage an annual operating budget of approximately $48 ...Continue Reading
Merck Executive and Noted Researcher Steven B. Heymsfield Named Executive Director of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Posted on May 13th, 2010 in Institutions, Latest News, Louisiana State University System, Recent Appointments
Baton Rouge, La. — Steven B. Heymsfield, global director for scientific affairs and obesity at Merck & Co., has been named Executive Director of the Lousiana State University System’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC). Heymsfield will assume his position June 1, 2010, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. “I’m excited to announce that ...Continue Reading
John R. Shipley Assumes Role of Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at the University of Miami
Posted on February 17th, 2010 in Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, University of Miami
Miami, Fla. — John R. Shipley joined The University of Miami’s leadership team on Feb. 15, 2010 as vice president of finance and treasurer. Shipley has more than 25 years of financial, operational and managerial experience with Purdue University. “John comes from a university with a large research enterprise, which like the University of Miami ...Continue Reading
Rebecca Bagley Named President-Elect of NorTech, to Become President and CEO Later This Year
Cleveland, Ohio — Rebecca O. Bagley, a nationally recognized technology-based economic development executive, has been named President-Elect of NorTech, the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition. Later this year, Bagley will succeed Dorothy C. Baunach, the founding staff director of NorTech, as President and Chief Executive Officer. “All of Northeast Ohio stands to benefit from her [Rebecca ...Continue Reading
Joseph A. Rudnick Named Dean of Physical Sciences at UCLA
Posted on August 4th, 2009 in Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif. — Joseph A. Rudnick has been named Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences at UCLA. His appointment is effective August 1, 2009, pending approval by the UC Regents. A member of UCLA’s physics faculty since 1984, Rudnick served as chair of the Department of Physics from 1986 to 1989 and chair ...Continue Reading
Joanna C. Young appointed Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the University New Hampshire
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 in Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, University of New Hampshire
Durham, N.H. — Joanna C. Young has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the University New Hampshire effective May 2009. Young will be responsible for developing, providing and enhancing academic, administrative, financial, and strategic information technology (IT) services across the UNH campus. She will oversee a $30 million annual budget and ...Continue Reading
Feniosky Peña-Mora Appointed Next Dean of Columbia’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
New York, N.Y. – Feniosky Peña-Mora has been named the next dean of Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). His appointment is effective July 15, 2009. Peña-Mora has earned an international reputation for his scholarship, teaching, research and engineering innovations, as well as hands-on leadership in managing major university engineering ...Continue Reading
Rowan Miranda Named Associate Vice President for Finance at the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich. — Rowan Miranda has been appointed Associate Vice President for Finance at the University of Michigan, pending approval by the Board of Regents. His appointment will become effective April 20, 2009. “This is an extremely important position for the institution, particularly in today’s challenging economic environment, and I’m very pleased to welcome ...Continue Reading
Pat Levitt Appointed Director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at USC’s Keck School of Medicine
Posted on November 18th, 2008 in Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, Calif. — Pat Levitt, Ph.D. has been named Director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, effective November 1. He also will serve as Chair and Professor of Cell and Neurobiology and Provost’s Professor of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, and Pharmacy, effective full-time July 1, 2009. Dr. Levitt ...Continue Reading
Rosemarie A. Loffredo Appointed Vice President for Financial Operations and Treasurer at New York University
New York, N.Y. — Rosemarie A. Loffredo, an executive with significant financial, business, compliance, and treasury experience, has been named Vice President for Financial Operations and Treasurer at New York University. She joined NYU on October 6 and reports to Martin Dorph, Senior Vice President for Budget and Finance. The appointment follows NYU’s efforts to ...Continue Reading
Pamela Prescod-Caesar Named Colgate University’s New Associate Vice President for Human Resources
Hamilton, N.Y. – Pamela Prescod-Caesar has been named Colgate University’s new Associate Vice President for Human Resources. She will assume her position in September 2008. Reporting to the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Pam will advise Colgate’s President and senior administrators on human resource issues. She will work closely with the university’s leadership on ...Continue Reading
Laura J. Steinberg Named Dean of Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse, N.Y. – Laura J. Steinberg, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and an internationally known civil and environmental engineering scholar, has been named dean of Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS). The appointment is effective Aug. 1, ...Continue Reading
David R. Klock, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Business Administration at California State Polytechnic University – Pomona, Appointed Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business
Posted on May 13th, 2008 in Institutions, Latest News, Recent Appointments, University of Alabama at Birmingham
David R. Klock, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Business Administration at California State Polytechnic University – Pomona, was appointed the new Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business. David has been a strong academic leader and a successful business entrepreneur who established a health benefits company that became an ...Continue Reading
Dr. Ellen LaCorte Named Associate Vice President for Human Resources at Villanova University
Dr. Ellen LaCorte has been appointed Villanova University’s Associate Vice President for Human Resources, following a reorganization of Administration and Finance. Dr. LaCorte will begin her duties June 30. This position was created to acknowledge the strategic importance of Human Resources. In addition to providing direction and oversight of the department, Dr. LaCorte will serve ...Continue Reading
Karen Davis Appointed Brown University’s New Vice President for Human Resources
Providence, R.I. — Karen Davis, a human resources executive with significant experience in higher education, academic medicine and social service organizations, has been named vice president for human resources at Brown University. She will join Brown in early July 2008. Davis is currently at Harvard University, where she serves as director of total rewards and ...Continue Reading