Recent Placements
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew S. Gibson as executive director. With deep knowledge of and passion for the public humanities, experience leading diverse and innovative public humanities programming, and extensive relationships with humanities scholars and partners across Virginia and the nation, Gibson will lead VFH after having served as the organization’s director of digital initiatives and creator and editor of its Encyclopedia Virginia for eleven years.
Darren D. Kelly, a 2004 alumnus of the McIntire School of Commerce, has been named the new Associate Vice President and Dean of the Office of African American Affairs (OAAA). Darren will join the division on October 2.
The Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service has named Larry D. Terry II its new Executive Director. Larry will take on the role July 1st along with a courtesy appointment in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
Lyndsay Alexander oversees the Contemplative Sciences Center’s (CSC) Student Flourishing division, supports expansion of the center’s national and international networks, and ensures CSC’s work is streamlined, efficient, and mission oriented.
Ceray is a certified Project Management Professional, who has worked in higher education for 19 years. She initially ran federally funded programs at Cleveland State University and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, respectively, before transitioning to IT Project Management in 2007. For the last 13 years, Ceray has worked as a Project Manager at Emory, leading Enterprise IT projects for the university and healthcare, including: ServiceNow upgrades, collaboration tool implementations, and software enhancements.
Alexis brings significant experience working with government officials and has served as President and CEO of the Danville Pittsylvania Chamber of Commerce since January 2018. In this role, she has advocated on behalf of more than 500 members on a wide array of policy issues and led the Chamber’s Legislative Committee in developing a legislative agenda that they present annually to state officials prior to the General Assembly session. She has served on the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission and on the Secretary of Commerce and Trade’s committee on paid family and medical leave.