New Jackson State University President Anounces His Leadership Team

Jackson State University President Marcus L. Thompson, has announced the appointments of five African Americans to his cabinet and senior leadership team: Kylon Alford-Windfield, vice president of enrollment management; Alla Jeanae Frank, special assistant to the president and chief transformation officer; Onetta Starling Whitley, general counsel; ConSandra McNeil, interim vice president of research and economic development; and Mitchell Shears, as executive director of Title III programs. Kylon Alford-Windfield comes to the university from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he served as vice president for enrollment management. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Alford-Windfield received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Mississippi Valley State University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the executive Ph.D. program in urban higher education at Jackson State University. Alla Jeanae Frank was the assistant commissioner of operations for the board of trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Frank earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in public policy and administration with a concentration in environmental management planning and policy from Jackson State University. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the executive Ph.D. program in urban higher education at...