Recent Placements

Since 2010, Hernandez has been a partner at the Charter School Growth Fund, leading the nonprofit’s Innovative Schools practice. In this role, he helped develop and deploy new K-12 learning models in public schools across the country. Hernandez brings to UVA his expertise in linking great instruction with educational technology, as well as years of experience expanding high-quality education programs.

Davis is senior vice president for finance and administration at George Mason University, a position she has held since 2013. Prior to that, she served as vice president for finance and administration at the University of Delaware.

The University of Virginia Library is pleased to announce that Carmelita Pickett will join its senior administration as Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Content Strategy, beginning in July, 2018.

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.

Dennis T. Clark has joined the University of Virginia Library as Associate University Librarian for Public Services. Previously, he served for seven years as Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning and Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

Brenda Gunn has joined the University of Virginia Library as the Associate University Librarian for Archives and Special Collections. Brenda has spent the last 18 years with the University of Texas where she was the Director for Research and Collections at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science has named Michael Todd Associate Dean for Finance and Operations. Todd will be the School’s chief operating and chief financial officer and function as treasurer for the Virginia Engineering Foundation.
 

Betsey Daley has been appointed Associate Vice President for State Government Relations and Special Assistant to the President. Betsey will assume her new role October 30th.

Carla Williams has been named the University of Virginia’s director of athletics, President Teresa A. Sullivan announced Sunday. Williams has been an athletics administrator at the University of Georgia for the past 13 years, most recently serving as the deputy director of athletics since 2015. In her role as deputy director of athletics at Georgia, Williams was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department and its $127 million budget.

Adam Weikel has joined UVA Human Resources as the Assistant Vice President, Service. Adam has spent the last decade serving in a blend of higher education, human resources, and public sector roles. He joins us from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he serves as Associate Chief and Director of Strategic Operations, reporting to the Governor’s Chief of Staff.  In this position, he built and lead a team of internal consultants responsible for addressing the state's most complex operational and service delivery challenges across Massachusetts’s 43,000-employee organization.

Dawna comes to Darden from mbaMission, the premier MBA consultancy founded by Darden graduate Jeremy Shinewald (MBA ‘03), where she has served as Chief MBA Strategist and Senior Consultant. Previously, Dawna served as Director of Admissions at the Tuck Graduate School of Business at Dartmouth College for 11 years. Prior to Tuck, from 1990 to 2005, she served in various leadership roles at Darden, including five years as Admissions Director and as Director of Alumni Relations. 

John brings more than 17 years of experience as an HR leader in higher education. In his previous role as a Human Resources Associate Vice President at The George Washington University (GW), John leveraged data and analytics to develop and direct strategies in support of the university’s ability to recruit, motivate, engage, develop, and reward employees. This included leadership of compensation administration, benefits strategy, wellness, work-life effectiveness, and rewards and recognition programming. He also served as Executive Director of Compensation Administration at GW.

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors on Friday September 15, 2017 unanimously voted to name James E. Ryan as the University’s next president.

A widely respected and accomplished educator and legal scholar, Ryan earned his law degree from UVA and previously served on the School of Law faculty. Since 2013, he has served as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education.

Adrienne Ommaya currently serves as the Director of IT Audits for the University of Virginia Internal Audit Department. Over the past 18 years, she has worked in audit and risk management in a variety of industries, including education, financial services, technology, legal, and hospitality, serving in various capacities, including Interim CIO, IT Senior Director and head of Internal Audit. Adrienne possesses a deep knowledge and focus on strategic and risk-based models for audit and risk management functions.

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Damon R. Wade as Associate Dean for Student Services and Enrollment Management.  Damon assumed his role August 21, 2017. Within this role, Damon will oversee student admissions, registration, retention services, marketing and communications, and outreach and recruitment services.