The University of Virginia announced that Nicole Thorne Jenkins has been named the next dean of the McIntire School of Commerce, effective July 1.
Jenkins is currently vice dean of the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky, where she is also the Von Allmen Chaired Professor of Accountancy. She was previously on the faculty at Vanderbilt University and Washington University in St. Louis.
A higher education advancement professional with over 15 years of experience, Erik Williams joins the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia having most recently served as the Director of Development for the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) securing private support as a part of their $50 million major gifts campaign.
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.
The Office of Advancement has named Wendell Collins as the first Director of Development for the new School of Data Science. Collins will report to Katie Reid Shevlin, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, and will work in close partnership with Data Science Dean Philip Bourne and Associate Director Arlyn Burgess.
Dr. K. Craig Kent was recently appointed as executive vice president for health affairs. The senior leadership position oversees UVA Health and its clinical enterprise, which spans the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Kent previously served as dean of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, vice president for health sciences and the Leslie H. and Abigail S. Wexner Dean’s Chair in Medicine.
The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy has named Craig Lindqvist the new associate dean for administration. Lindqvist will succeed Bill Ashby as the chief financial and administrative officer for the school.
Mira Waller joins the University Library serving as the Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning Services. Previously she served as the Head of the Research Engagement Department at the North Carolina State University Libraries where she led and oversaw a department that provided expertise and services to enhance research and academic engagement; coordinated management of the Libraries’ high-tech spaces; and explored ways to partner with the NC State community throughout the research and academic enterprise.
As the Workday Financials Implementation Lead, Jackie is responsible for providing overall leadership and subject matter expertise in the implementation of Workday Financial Management, as well as managing the technical aspects of the project including business process configuration, integrations & conversions, and tenant management.
Rob Allen previously joined UVA from Tulane University in New Orleans where he served as Assistant Vice President for Advancement. Formerly serving as Executive Director for Development at UVA, Rob now continues to serve the advancement community at Associate Vice President.
Erica has an extensive background in fitness, sport and recreation management spanning a career of 28 years. For the last 20 years she has worked at UVA in the IMRec, Athletics and Human Resources departments providing program, project and personnel management including oversight of IMRec internal, daily operations, spear-heading many initiatives like the Hoo’s Well employee wellness program, the Ufirst HR Transformation project and establishing two academic classes within the Kinesiology department to name a few.
Reid joins the Office of Organizational excellence as an Associate. He spent the past four years as a career advisor at the Darden School of Business where he worked with and taught MBA students on all aspects of the job search. Prior to that, he worked in financial services for six years at BB&T and a financial technology startup, specializing in lending, bank management, and internal strategy work related to multicultural marketing. He began his career in Mexico managing a manufacturing facility.
As Director of Real Estate Asset Management for the UVA Foundation, Maryellen Dolan is responsible for developing and implementing real estate asset management strategies and leading the Foundation’s team of asset management and facilities operations professionals. While holding senior positions with institutional investors prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Dolan acquired extensive experience in all areas of real estate ownership and development, including the management of joint venture equity investments, acquisitions, and asset management.
A global thought leader in the areas of health care and women’s leadership and senior partner at McKinsey & Co., Vivian Riefberg will bring to the UVA and Darden communities, starting in August 2020, over three decades of experience and in-depth applied knowledge. A speaker, writer and convener in the health care field — notably in health care services and the interplay between business and government — she is a leader in the area of the economic benefits of gender parity in business and society.
Michael has worked for investment banking houses as an analyst, bond trader and Asian equity salesperson in a career spanning 32 years. The last 12 years of his Wall St career was with Morgan Stanley in NY, Singapore and San Francisco selling Asian equities to institutional fund managers. Michael’s community service efforts included mentoring students from the East Bay College Fund (now Oakland Promise) and tutoring students on financial literacy. His UVA service included chairing the Zeta Psi Capital Campaign.
Lee Harper joins the College Foundation as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Lee came to the Foundation after 26 years at Southeastern Asset Management, a Memphis-based $15 billion investment management firm focused on long-term, concentrated, engaged value investing in equity securities. As a principal, Lee built the external relationships and internal infrastructure related to the revenue side of the business through the firm’s significant expansion.