Public Institution

Stony Brook University has appointed Mr. John Link as the Director of Development in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He previously served as the Director of Individual Giving at Columbia University, and was the Fundraising Campaign Director of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society prior to that. He has a BA in Marketing from University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

Stony Brook University has appointed Mr. Michael D'Ambrosio as the next Director of Development in the College of Arts and Sciences. He previously served as a Major Gift Officer for Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society and as the Manager of Development for the Washington Center before that. He holds an MPA from Georgetown University. 

Dr. Jess Boronico has been appointed as the new dean for the School of Business at Southern Connecticut State University. Dr. Boronico has compiled an extensive and outstanding record of academic business leadership positions at a variety of schools including NYIT, the University of New Haven, William Paterson University, and Monmouth University. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research and Management Science from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an MS and BS in Mathematics from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Boronico will start his new role in early June 2022. Read more here.

The University of Colorado System has announced the appointment of Ms. Lindsay Cameron as Director of Gift Planning for CU Boulder. Ms. Cameron will assume the Director of Gift Planning role after having served as the Associate Director of Gift Planning for CU Boulder since September, 2020. Prior to joining CU, she served as Director of Gift Planning for the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, where she created and led the organization's first comprehensive planned giving program. She received her B.S. in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech University. 

 

Mr. Ericke Cage, J.D., has been appointed as the new President of West Virginia State University. Mr. Cage has been serving in this interim role since September 2021.  Prior to joining WVSU, Cage most recently served as executive advisor to the president and Board of Visitors at Norfolk State University. Mr. Cage is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and holds a juris doctorate from the Rutgers University Law School. He holds a masters of law degree in litigation and dispute resolution from the George Washington University Law School. He is also a graduate of the United States Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College and the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. Read more here.

Missouri State University has announced the appointment of Ms. Zora Mulligan as the institution's new Executive Vice President. Ms. Mulligan currently serves as the Commissioner of Higher Education for the State of Missouri, a position she has held since 2016. She served as Chief of Staff for the University of Missouri System from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, she was the Executive Director for the Missouri Community College Association from 2010 to 2014. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and Psychology from Drury University, her M.S. in Education from the University of Kansas, and her J.D. from the University of Kansas. Read more here.

Eastern Kentucky University has announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel Czech as the Dean of the College of Health Sciences. He will begin his new role on July 11, 2022. Dr. Czech currently serves as Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA. Prior to that, Dr. Czech served as Professor and Honors Research Director/Chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Czech holds a Master of Science in Behavioral Kinesiology from Georgia Southern University as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies from the University of Tennessee.

Texas Woman’s University has announced the appointment of Ms. Kristina Kaskel-Ruiz as Vice President for Marketing and Communication. She will begin her new role on July 1, 2022. Ms. Kaskel-Ruiz currently serves as the Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Sam Houston State University. She is an executive-level marketing and communications strategist with over thirty years of broad, in-depth experience and is a leader in directing teams charged with generating big and bold ideas that produce impactful results. Ms. Kaskel-Ruiz was also Senior Vice President and Marketing Director for Texas Community Bank. Ms. Kaskel-Ruiz holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Houston Downtown and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston. Read more here.

 

Mr. Evan Boyd has been appointed as dean of the Library at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.  He will begin August 1, 2022. Mr. Boyd is Library Director and Archivist for United Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. He manages library collections and services, the institutional archives, a significant rare book collection of 16th century imprints, and a regional archive. Mr. Boyd holds an MLIS from Dominican University and an MA in Religion, with additional graduate studies in Gender & Women's Studies. Read more here.

Dr. Nancy Glenn was selected as the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Boise State University and will begin her new role July 1st, 2022.  Dr. Glenn is currently serving as Boise State's Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development and is a professor in the Department of Geosciences within the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research has been funded through grants from NASA, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Interior. Dr. Glenn earned her bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from University of Nevada, Reno, her master’s degree in civil engineering from UC Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in geo-engineering from University of Nevada, Reno. Read more here.