HAMPTON UNIVERSITY - Key Persons
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Hampton University President Darrell K. Williams announced the appointment of Phillip D. Jones to the position of Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning, where he will lead the execution of the college's strategic plan and support institutional growth and efficiency goals. In this new role, Jones will coordinate both the long-term and short-term initiatives across academic and administrative disciplines and help implement best practices to enhance the experience of students, faculty, and staff.
"We are delighted to welcome Phillip Jones to the Hampton Family," said President Darrell K. Williams. "Today's organizational announcement is another building block in our transformational journey. We are moving quickly to position the institution for faster growth and responsiveness. Phillip is a highly capable strategic thinker, and I look forward to using his unique set of skills towards delivering the #1 student experience in America."
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- Vice President for Information Technology
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- Graduate Program Coordinator, James T. George School of Business
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- Vice President for Student Success and Enrollment Management
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- Business Administration Dept
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- Executive Vice President and Provost
Dr. JoAnn W. Haysbert is Executive Vice President and Provost with over 35 years of stellar service as a professional educator. She holds the BA degree in Psychology from Johnson C. Smith University, the MEd degree in Educational Administration and the doctoral degree in Educational Administration with a teaching specialization in Psychology from Auburn University. She was also selected to participate in the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Institute for Educational Management.
During her 34-year tenure at Hampton, she has served in several key positions, including acting president, provost, assistant provost, professor and coordinator of graduate programs in education, dean of freshman studies, assistant vice president for academic affairs, director of summer sessions, and director of the assessment and learning support center. She has also held positions at Virginia State University, Auburn University and Alexander City State Junior College.
She returned to Hampton after successful seven-year tenure at Langston University as its fifteenth and first female president. While there, she set into motion an aggressive agenda that expanded and strengthened the academic programs, galvanized the faculty, invigorated active participation among alumni, broadened the external donor base, increased financial support, improved the physical plant, embraced a broader commitment to shared governance, created a safer, access-controlled campus, and placed the university in the best fiscal standing in more than two decades by eliminating a multi-million-dollar operating deficit.
Dr. Haysbert is active in numerous local, state and national organizations and served on professional boards including: National Campus Compact, Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee of The College Board; and the boards of directors for the State Chamber and Leadership Oklahoma. She was also a member of the American Council of Education's Commission on Women in Higher Education Board, Leadership Oklahoma -Class XX, and the advisory boards of the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Black Liberated Arts Center, Inc. in Oklahoma City, the Tulsa Metro Urban League and Job Corps (Guthrie). Currently, she is a member of the Hampton City Schools Advisory Board, National Institute of Aerospace Board of Directors, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Board of Trustees.
Throughout her professional career, she became a successful grant writer and an astute fundraiser directly involved in securing millions of dollars in public and private funds. She also played an integral role in the team approach to fundraising, and as a result, has been instrumental in securing funds for new programs, scholarships and endowments.
Her awards and accolades are numerous. In 2011, she received the "Ladies in the News" award given by the Oklahoma Hospitality Club. In 2009 and 2011, she was feted by the state of Oklahoma as one of its "Fifty Outstanding Women;" is a past recipient of the Drum Major for Justice Award given by the SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, and was bestowed the Interfaith Dialog "Outstanding Education Award" in Oklahoma City. In 2010, she was honored by her hometown of Kingstree, South Carolina, with welcome-to-the-city signs in her name and in 2012 inducted into the Williamsburg County School District Hall of Fame.
She is the mother of five children: Andre, a Hampton University graduate, a public school teacher in Maryland and doctoral student; Nineveh, a Hampton University and Langston University graduate; Nazareth, a practicing attorney in California; Jordan, a graduate of Hampton University; and Samaria, also a Hampton University graduate.
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- Assistant Professor
- Finance
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- Assistant Professor, Management
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- Chairman & Associate Professor, Management Dept
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- Assistant Professor, Economics
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- Vice President for Research
- University Endowed Professor of Pharmacy
Dr. Neelam Azad, University Endowed Professor of Pharmacy, is the Vice President for Research at Hampton University (HU). Dr. Azad oversees HU's research enterprise and manages units responsible for administration of sponsored projects, for research and regulatory compliance, as well as for interdisciplinary academic research centers. The Office of the Vice President for Research acts as a liaison with all constituents on matters that relate to research and innovation at HU.
Dr. Azad joined HU in 2008 for her first academic appointment in the School of Pharmacy as an Assistant Professor and rose through the ranks to become a tenured professor in 2019. She possesses a wide range of experiences across many facets of the academic enterprise, having served as the Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences for eight years and briefly as the Assistant Vice President for Research and Director of the Cancer Research Center. Dr. Azad has secured funding for multiple investigator-initiated research projects, multidisciplinary grants, student training programs, and community outreach projects. Dr. Azad is well-published and has earned numerous honors and awards throughout her career.
Dr. Azad's focus is on the current and future health of the University's research enterprise. As part of her strategic initiatives portfolio, she organizes faculty teams on developing new ideas and works with them on securing funding. Dr. Azad is committed to developing interdisciplinary research initiatives and establishing core resources with the goal of strengthening and expanding the research capacity at Hampton University.
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- Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship
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- Interim Chair and Professor, Business Administration
- International Marketing Systems, a Case Study" 1996 INFORMS, October 1996.
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- Chairman & Associate Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship, Economics, Finance & Accounting
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- Assistant Dean, James T. George School of Business
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- Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship
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- Chairman & Assistant Professor, Marketing Dept
The William R. Harvey Leadership Institute (WRHLI)-founded in Fall 2000-is the vision of Dr. William R. Harvey, Hampton University's President with the purpose of developing leaders who make a positive difference in society, whatever their chosen profession. He envisioned a program, "emphasizing integrity, honesty, respect for others, decency, dignity and responsibility." The objective is achieved through the use of Dr. Harvey's Ten Step Leadership Model.
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- Dean, James T. George School of Business
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- Officer Training ( ROTC )
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- Management Education and Its Role in Society" Orientation Programme of School of Management, OPJU, Raigarh, India. Aug, 2016
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- Director / Student Counseling Center
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- Senior Vice President for Business Operations and Finance
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- Business Affairs & Comptroller
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- Administrative Assistant, James T. George School of Business
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- Vice President for Advancement and External Engagement
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- Chief of Staff
- Vice President
A native of Newport News, VA, Jefferson is a 1986 graduate of Hampton University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Mass Media Arts. She and her husband, Ronnie, have two daughters, Kayla and Christina.
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- Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Staff Member
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- Director
- Interim Director
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- Administrative Assistant, Marketing
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- Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Staff Member
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- Administrative Assistant, Management Dept
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- Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing
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- Administrative Assistant, Business Administration
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- Administrative Assistant, Center for Entrepreneurship, Economics, Finance & Accounting
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- Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning
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- Visiting Professor, Business Administration
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- Chairman ( Legal Services )