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Presbyterian College has announced the appointment of Mr. Jeff Scaccia as Vice President for Finance and Administration. Mr. Scaccia, a CPA, comes from the University of the Ozarks where he also served as the VPFA. Scaccia earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Central Arkansas in 1995 and his MBA from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2002. He graduated from the Harvard Institute for Educational Management in 2015. Read more here.

Barry University in Miami Shores, FL, has announced the appointment of Dr. Mike Allen as its new president. Dr. Allen will become the first man and lay person to lead Barry University since its founding in 1940. He succeeds Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, Ph.D., who has served as Barry’s president since 2004 and will become President Emerita effective July 1.  Dr. Allen is the current Vice President of Student Affairs at Catholic University where he also served for eight years as the associate vice president and director of athletics at Catholic University.  Dr. Allen earned a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College and a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Read more here.

The Board of Trustees of Tougaloo College has announced the selection of Dr. Carmen J. Walters as the 14th President of the historic institution.

Fairleigh Dickinson University has announced the appointment of Mr. Ed Silver to the position of General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer  He will begin serving the University on April 8, 2019.  Mr. Silver is currently Associate General Counsel at Columbia University and comes to FDU with years of experience as both a corporate generalist and litigation attorney with premier law firms, corporations and higher education. He has provided important contributions in particular to Columbia since 2006, contributions such as designing and implementing the infrastructure for Columbia’s global programs, including new policies and procedures; negotiating information technology agreements to assist key university functions; supporting the launch of new research and academic programs in the U.S. and overseas; and developing and delivering compliance programs, resources and training to meet critical regulations. Prior to his work at Columbia, Mr. Silver was the Manager for Global Contracts Development at IBM and Associate General Counsel at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

The Christian Theological Seminary has announced that Rev. Dr. David M. Mellott will serve as its seventh president. His tenure will officially begin on July 1, 2019. Since 2011, Dr. Mellott has served as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean, and Professor of Theological Formation at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA. An ordained minister with the United Church of Christ, Dr. Mellott provides an especially unique perspective for the ecumenical Indianapolis campus; he grew up with roots in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and was previously ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1982. Read more here.

Baylor University has named Nancy W. Brickhouse, Ph.D., as provost following a national search to help lead the institution toward its goal of becoming the next preeminent Christian research university.

Marietta College has announced that the search for Vice President for Enrollment Management has concluded with the hiring of Scott Schaeffer.  Mr. Schaeffer has a long successful career in enrollment management. Since 2007, he has served as Vice President for Enrollment Management at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Previously he was Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, Dean of Admission at the University of Evansville (Indiana), Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Kentucky Wesleyan College and Director of Admission at St. Norbert College. He began his career at his alma mater, De Paul University, as an Admissions Counselor. Scott received his baccalaureate degree from DePaul and a masters in organizational leadership from Marian University.
For additional information please see the announcement on the Marietta website.

After an extensive nationwide search, James P. Hartman, CPA, has been appointed as the new Vice President of Finance/Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for Rider University. Mr. Hartman will join the university in January 2019.

Dr. Scott Ralls will be the next president of Wake Technical Community College, effective May 2019. 

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The search committee for the Gustavus Adolphus College vice president for finance and treasurer has appointed Curt Kowaleski to the position. Mr. Kowaleski comes to Gustavus from St. Norbert College where he has served for the past 10 years as the Director of Finance.