Seven Black Leaders Appointed to Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Lindsay Vahl Dean has been named assistant vice president of alumni engagement and executive director of the Northwestern Alumni Association at Northwestern University in Illinois. She has served as the alumni association’s interim director for the past year. Earlier in her career, she held several alumni engagement roles at Illinois State University. Dr. Vahl Dean is a three-time graduate of Illinois State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science, a master’s degree in college student personnel administration, and a Ph.D. higher education administration. Kellei Samuels has been named chief of staff at Tuskegee University in Alabama. In addition to her new responsibilities, she will retain her current position as the university’s vice president of institutional effectiveness. She also serves as Tuskegee’s liaison to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Dr. Samuels holds a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. from Jackson State University in Mississippi. Prior to earning her doctorate, she received a master’s degree from Mississippi State University. Kentrice S. Rush has been promoted from interim director to permanent director of marketing in the division of university communications at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She has been with the university for the...