Recent Placements

Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer

The University of Virginia announced Monday that Kenyon Bonner, vice provost for student affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, has been appointed as vice president and chief student affairs officer.

Director of Real Estate and Leasing Services

Holly Law Eve will join the University of Virginia as the Director of Real Estate and Leasing Services on November 6, 2023. She joins us from the Better Housing Coalition (BHC) where she joined where she served as Vice President of BHC’s Real Estate Division and oversaw all of BHC’s new multi-family and single-family development efforts. 

Vice Provost for Online Education and Digital Innovation

Dr. Kemi Jona has been named Vice Provost for Online Education and Digital Innovation and will join the Provost’s Office on November 6, 2023. In this role, Jona will collaborate with partners across Grounds to refine and implement the University’s digital education strategy, helping to shape UVA’s vision for online education in alignment with our position as one of the nation’s leading public research universities.

Associate Vice President and Dean, Office of African-American Affairs

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.

General Manager at Boar’s Head Resort

Boar’s Head Resort and the University of Virginia Foundation announced today the appointment of Gigi Vega as general manager effective Aug. 14. Vega, who has amassed more than three decades of hospitality experience over her career that spans the globe, comes to Charlottesville from San Francisco, where she was the general manager of the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero. Russ Cronberg, who has served as general manager at Boar’s Head for the last seven years, recently assumed the position of director of hospitality for the University of Virginia Foundation.

Executive Director, Strategic Communications

Susan Klobuchar joined UVA Engineering as Executive Director, Strategic Communications on August 1, 2023. She will be responsible for enhancing the UVA Engineering brand, leading internal and external communications strategy and execution, serving as a member of the school’s leadership team, and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Department of Communications. In her role, she will help UVA Engineering achieve its mission of making the world a better place by creating and disseminating knowledge and by preparing engineering leaders to solve global challenges.

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