Public Institution

Dr. Lillian Wanjagi has been appointed as the new Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer at Southern Connecticut State University. Dr. Wanjagi comes to Southern CT State from Fayetteville State University where she has served as the CFO and Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance since 2022. She has an extensive background in the VPFA sphere having served as the VPFA at Viterbo University and the Executive Director for Facilities Administration at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Wanjagi will begin her duties with Southern Connecticut State University in late January. Read more. 

Dr. Nancy Albers has been appointed as the new Dean of the College of Business of East Texas A&M University (formerly Texas A&M University-Commerce) beginning her role on March 15, 2025. Dr. Albers currently serves as Dean of the College of Business at the University of South Carolina Aiken and previously led as Dean of the College of Business, Education, and Human Development at Louisiana State University Shreveport. Dr. Albers holds a Ph.D. from the University of Houston, with a major in Marketing and a minor in International Business. She also earned an M.B.A. from Texas State University-San Marcos and a B.S. in Speech Communications from the University of Texas at Austin. Read more.

Ms. Rebecca Kocher has been appiointed as the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the CSU Foundation of Central State University, effective December 9, 2024. Ms.Kocher comes to Central State from Wittenberg University, where she served as Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Engagement.  Before joining Wittenberg, Ms. Kocher served at Bowling Green State University, as well as at Albion College and the University of Mary Washington. Ms. Kocher earned a B.A. in Speech Communications from Edinboro University. Read more.

Ms. Casey Cline has been appointed as the new Director of Workforce and Career Development of Lander University and will begin on January 1, 2025. Ms. Cline has been providing comprehensive and intentional career guidance to students for the past decade, serving most recently as the Director of Career and Professional Development at Newberry College since 2021. Prior to Newberry, Ms. Cline served for 4 years as a Disability and Career Services Counselor at Midlands Technical College. Ms. Cline holds master's degrees from Nazareth University in Higher Education Student Affairs Administration and in Clinical Art Therapy, and she holds a B.A. in Art Therapy from Mercyhurst University.

Mr. David B. Moore has been appointed as the new Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Ohio University, effective January 6, 2025. Mr. Moore has provided leadership for the University Budget Office at Rutgers University since 2019, serving as Chief Budget Officer and Assistant Vice President for Financial Planning and Analytics (2019-2020), Associate Vice President for Financial Planning and Analytics (2020-2022), and Vice President for Financial Planning and Analytics (2022-present). Prior to Rutgers, Mr. Moore served for 5 years in various capacities at George Mason University, including Associate Budget Director, Director of Budget and Planning Analysis, and Assistant Vice President and Chief Budget Officer. Mr. Moore holds a B.S. in Business Administration - Accountancy from California State University, Stanislaus. Read more.

Mr. Bob Calhoun has been appointed as the new Senior Director of Prospect Research and Management of San Francisco State University. Mr. Calhoun will begin his new role on November 12th. Mr. Calhoun comes to San Francisco State from the Climate Leadership Initiative, where he has served as Senior Research Analyst since 2019.  Prior to CLI, he served as Senior Research Analyst at the University of California, Berkeley between 2008 and 2019. Mr. Calhoun earned a B.A. in Broadcasting and Electronic Communications Arts from San Francisco State University.

Dr. Lin Zhou has been appointed as the new Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Texas Tech University. Dr. Zhou begins his new role on September 23, 2024. Before joining TTU, Dr. Zhou served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at The New School in New York City. Prior to his role at The New School, Dr. Zhou played a critical role in leading IBM Watson Education from a start-up to a global leader of artificial intelligence in education. Dr. Zhou holds a Bachelor of Science from Nanjing University in China and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Glasgow, UK. Read more.

Mr. Tom Rosko has been appointed as the new Consortium Library Dean of University of Alaska Anchorage. He will begin transitioning into the role in late September. Mr. Rosko has over 30 years of experience working in libraries and archives. He comes to UAA from the Naval Postgraduate School, where he has served as university librarian since 2019. Mr. Rosko also previously served as head of the Institute Archives and Special Collections at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology libraries. He brings a breadth of leadership experience, with expertise in administration, policy, budget, strategic planning, collection development and management, outreach and engagement, preservation and more. Mr. Rosko, who received a Master of Library Science from Rutgers University and a bachelor's in history from Bucknell University, currently serves as an executive committee member of the Pacific Library Partnership, board member of the Monterey Bay Area Cooperative Library System and member of the Association of College and Research Libraries. An experienced public speaker, he has presented on a variety of topics, including digital archives and preservation, institutional repositories and strategies for digital information life-cycle management.

Lander University has successfully appointed Mr. Brian Apfel as their new Vice President for Marketing & Communications effective September 16. Mr. Apfel has served as the Director of Global Brand Marketing at Hertz Corporation for the past 3 years.  Prior to Hertz, he served as the Director of Marketing and Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University (2020-2021) and as the Director of Social Media and Digital Marketing at Marist College (2017-2020). Mr. Apfel holds a B.S. in Business Marketing, an M.S.in Information Systems Management, and an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communication, all from Marist College. Read more.

Clemson University has successfully appointed Ms. Sharon Martin as their new Vice President for Marketing and Communications effective October 16, 2024. Serving as the Vice President for University Engagement and Chief Marketing Officer for West Virginia University since 2017, her additional areas of responsibility included university relations, alumni relations and enrollment management. Prior to joining West Virginia University, she held a variety of marketing roles at Purdue University, culminating in the position of Assistant Vice President of Marketing where she was responsible for advertising, strategic marketing, creative services, online experience, segment marketing and publications. She is an executive board member of the Council for Strategic Communications of the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU), has served as a member of various committees for the National Mortar Board, and has been active with local chapters of the American Marketing Association. Ms. Martin holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Central Michigan University. Read more.