Dear Faculty and Staff,
I am very excited to announce that we have a new Interim Chief Advancement Officer and Vice President of University Relations joining the Roosevelt community. Julia Brady will begin her interim six-month position effective October 5, 2022, and will be responsible for providing day-to-day strategic oversight for our advancement efforts, leading development and alumni initiatives and assisting with board governance. Julia is an education leader with extensive alumni engagement, advancement communications, board relations and brand marketing experience—having worked at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Studies and with several higher education consulting clients. Please join me in welcoming Julia when you see her on campus.
Additionally, Jared Fritz McCarty has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Advancement along with Keelie Johnson to Associate Director of Development and Dustin Price as Business Analyst and Prospect Researcher.
As shared with you in early July, Nicole Barron will now be responsible for leading the enrollment management division as well as serving as head of the department of Marketing and Communications. A few additional and important organizational changes in enrollment management include Michelle Stipp, Assistant Vice President, who is now responsible for admission, financial aid, international and adult education recruitment. To complement her additional responsibilities, Michelle Hayes has been promoted to Director of Financial Aid. Jazmine Ross has moved into the role of Executive Director of Enrollment Systems and Operations and Erica Poremba is now Executive Director of Academic Partnerships. Mike Kaluzny, Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications, will oversee the day-to-day management of the marketing team.
This structure allows for a new integrated approach that will build on student-focused fundraising efforts for scholarships and programs that increase access and attract a diversity of students. Part of this new structure includes working in tandem with academic affairs to create the Adult Continuing Education Program and Veterans Resource Center, while evolving the success of partnerships with community colleges. In addition, an Enrollment, Marketing and Retention Resource Group will be formed and launched in mid-October, involving many representatives from across the University. More information about this will be presented at the University Town Hall on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. in Ida B. Wells Hall.
I appreciate your continued leadership and support as we navigate through the next year. Together we will build a stronger University.
With Warm Regards,
Ali R. Malekzadeh, Ph.D.
President