The Illinois Board of Higher Education has named veteran education administrator, Ms. Ginger Ostro, as its new Executive Director. Ms. Ostro brings deep experience in Illinois education to the role, most recently serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Financial Operations at Chicago State University. Earlier in her career, she served as Deputy Executive Director at the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and as Director of the Office of Budget Planning at Governors State University. Read more here.
The California Western School of Law has appointed Ms. Sean Megan Scott to serve as its next president and dean, effective August 1, 2020. The appointment is the latest of Scott’s many leadership positions in the legal academy. She most recently served as associate director of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), the largest and most prestigious legal academic society in the United States. In that role, she was charged with promoting AALS programs that furthered the association’s core values of improving legal education, promoting diversity, and advocating for justice. From 2008 to 2016, Scott served as senior associate dean and associate dean for faculty at LMU Loyola Law School in Los Angeles (LLS), where she established the school’s Master of Science in Legal Studies (MLS) program. Scott currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the California Women’s Law Center. Before joining academia, Scott was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. She earned her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law. Read more here.
Montana Technological University has selected Dr. Steve Gammon as its next Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Dr. Gammon currently serves as Dean of the College of Letters, Sciences, and Professional Studies at Montana Tech, a position he has held since 2018. Prior to his arrival at Montana Tech, he served as Provost and VPAA at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.A. in Chemistry from Bowdoin College. Dr. Gammon will begin the transition to Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs on January 1, 2020, and will assume the position full-time on February 1. Read more here.
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute has named leading population health researcher Lawrence Brown, Ph.D., as the next director of County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Dr. Brown is an expert on health equity and the impact of historical trauma on community health, and is currently an associate professor in the School of Community Health and Policy at Morgan State University. Dr. Brown earned his doctorate in health outcomes and policy research from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, his master’s degree in public administration from the University of Houston, and his bachelor’s degree in African American studies from Morehouse College. Read more here.
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has chosen Vice Admiral Walter "Ted" Carter as the eighth president of the University of Nebraska system. Vice Admiral Carter most recently served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.
The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has selected Dr. Andrew Armacost as the 13th president of the University of North Dakota. Dr. Armacost recently completed his service as Dean of the Faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Read more here.
The University of Central Florida Foundation has selected Mr. Glen W. Dawes as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dawes has most recently served as the Vice President of Finance and CFO of the Memorial Herman Health Plan – Memorial Hermann Health System in Texas. Mr. Dawes is a University of Central Florida alumnus and accomplished finance executive with more than 12 years of experience in 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in the healthcare and financial industries. A licensed CPA, Mr. Dawes holds a Master of Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Science, Finance from The University of Central Florida.
Ave Maria University has completed their presidential search with the appointment of Christopher Ice as the University’s third president. Mr. Ice comes to the University with a deep passion for Catholic, liberal arts education, many years of experience as an executive in the corporate and private sectors as well as Catholic non-profit organizations, with an impressive background of fundraising in Catholic higher education at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He currently serves as chief executive officer of Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph (Missouri), a position he has held since 2017. He will begin his presidency on January 1, 2020. Read more here.