INVESTITURE - Key Persons
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Member and Academic Advisor, Posse Program
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Assistant Dean of Professional Development and Communication, the Graduate School
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- Interim Associate Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Institutional Research
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- Director, Chazen Museum of Art
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Community Engagement Director, Wisconsin Union
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Chief of Staff, Student Affairs
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Assistant Director of Hospitality & Events, Kohl Center
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- Interim Dean and Vice Provost for the International Division
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- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Government Affairs and Strategic Partnerships
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- Dean of the Graduate School
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Wisconsin Welcome Programs Coordinator, Center for the First - Year Experience
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Building and Grounds Manager, Facilities Planning and Management
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Registration Coordinator, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Director of Operations, Mead Witter School of Music
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- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Event Coordinator, Office of the Chancellor
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- Interim Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Dairy Plant Manager, Babcock Dairy Plant
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Alumni Relations Manager, Engineering External Relations
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- Assistant Vice Provost for High Impact Practices, Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement
- Assistant Vice Provost for High Impact Priorities, Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Assistant Vice Provost, Director, Wisconsin Idea Seminar
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- Associate Dean for Advancement, College of Engineering
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice Chancellor for University Relations
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- Interim Director, Office of Strategic Consulting and Interim Associate Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives
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- Assistant Vice Chancellor, Industry Engagement
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- Athletic Director, Wisconsin Athletics
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- Director, Division of the Arts
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities, Planning & Management
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- Vice Chief Justice of the Student Judiciary
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Executive Assistant, University Relations
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- Member and Custodian, Facilities, Planning & Management
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Director of State Relations, University Relations
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- Controller and Assistant Vice Chancellor of Business Services
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance
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- Associate Dean of Research, Jane Rafferty Thiele Professor in Human Ecology HDFS, School of Human Ecology / Dean Tokaji
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Official Functions Coordinator, Office of the Chancellor
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- Vice Provost for Enrollment Management
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- Dean of the School of Education
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Vice Chair and Administrative Director, Center for Health Disparities
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- Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost
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- Member and W. L. Kraushaar Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Department of Astronomy / University Staff Central Committee
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Director of the Division of Diversity
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- Equity and Inclusion Chair
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Dean of the College of Letters and Science
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- Member and Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Arts and Humanities, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Wheelhouse Studios Program Director, Wisconsin Union
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- Dean of the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Technical Director, Mead Witter School of Music
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Director of Engagement Operations, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
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- Director, Wisconsin Public Media
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Chief Student Engagement Officer, Wisconsin Union
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Assistant Director, Catering & Support University Housing
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- Student Election Commission Chair
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- Dean of the College of Engineering
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- Director, Office of Compliance
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- Director, University Health Services and Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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- President, University of Wisconsin System
Jay O. Rothman began his tenure as the ninth president of the University of Wisconsin System on June 1, 2022. With 13 universities across 26 campuses and a statewide extension network, the UW System is home to world-class education, research, and outreach, serving approximately 161,000 students and awarding nearly 37,000 degrees each year. Rothman reports to the UW System Board of Regents. He previously served as the chairman and CEO of the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP, which was founded in Wisconsin in 1842 and currently ranks among the top 50 law firms in the country based on revenue. As a practicing lawyer, Rothman worked primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and corporate governance. He earned a bachelor's degree from Marquette University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.
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- Director, University Housing and Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
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- Dean of the Division of Continuing Studies and Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor
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- Chancellor
- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Implementation Team
- Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor
- Interim Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Chief of Staff, Vice Chancellor Finance & Administration
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
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- Assistant Vice Chancellor, University Communications
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- Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning, Office of the Provost
- Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning
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- Associate Professor, Discovery Fellow School of Business at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Assistant Director of Civic Engagement, Morgridge Center for Public Service
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Member and Program Manager, Center for Teaching, Learning and Mentoring
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Manager, Babcock Dairy Store
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- Dean of the Division of Extension
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Professor Communication Arts, College of Letters and Science
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Academic Program Specialist, Division for Teaching and Learning
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- SAC Governing Board Chair
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- Chief of Police and Associate Vice Chancellor, UW Police Department
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Events Manager, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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- Member and Administrative Assistant III, University Housing
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- Associate Dean of Research, Jane Rafferty Thiele Professor in Human Ecology HDFS, School of Human Ecology / Dean Tokaji
- Chairman and Associate Dean of Research and Jane Rafferty Thiele Professor, School of Human Ecology
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- Interim Co - Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian
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- Interim Co - Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian
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- Member and Sally Banes Professor of Dance & Vilas Research Professor, Dance Department
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- President, Senior Class Office
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- Dean of the School of Nursing
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Member of the Implementation Team
- Member and Faculty Services, Office of the Secretary of the Faculty / University Committee
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- Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost for Information Technology
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs
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- Associate Director, Office of Training Grant Support
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Chairman and Associate Director, Office of Training Grant Support
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- Deputy Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities, Planning & Management
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Associate Vice Chancellor and Executive Director, Wisconsin Union
- Director, Wisconsin Union and Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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- Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Executive Assistant, Office of the Chancellor
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Managing Director, Engagement Programs, Wisconsin Alumni Association
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Event Coordinator, Wisconsin Union
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Administrative Assistant, Office of the Chancellor
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
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- Northwestern 's 17th President
- President, Northwestern University
Michael H. Schill took office as Northwestern's 17th president on September 12, 2022. He also serves as a professor in the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
He previously spent seven years as president of the University of Oregon (UO), where he raised the university's profile in teaching, research, innovation, student access, and diversity. Under Schill's leadership, UO built the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, increased its four-year graduation rates by 10 percentage points, and launched the Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health in a new campus in Northeast Portland. Schill also led the extension and historic close of the university's fundraising campaign in 2021, which exceeded its goal with $3.2 billion total raised.
Schill is a nationally recognized expert in property, real estate, and housing law and policy. He is the author or coauthor of three books and more than 40 scholarly articles. His work includes studies of the determinants of value in condominium and cooperative housing, the impacts of housing programs on property values, the enforcement of Fair Housing laws, mortgage securitization, and the effects of housing market regulation. His casebook, Property, coauthored with James Krier and Greg Alexander, is one of the most widely adopted casebooks in American law schools.
He served as dean and professor at the law schools of the University of Chicago and UCLA, and also held tenured faculty positions at New York University (NYU) and the University of Pennsylvania.
In 2004, Schill founded NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, which has become one of the nation's leading research centers on housing and the built environment.
He has served on several nonprofit boards and civic bodies, including Argonne National Laboratory, ITHAKA, the Chicago Innovation Exchange, and the Housing Preservation Compact of Chicago.
Before beginning his career as a professor, Schill served as law clerk to the Honorable Marvin Katz of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was a real estate attorney at the New York City law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson.
Schill graduated in 1980 with an AB in public policy from Princeton University and a JD from the Yale Law School.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Sustainability Director, Facilities Planning and Management
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Special Assistant, Office of the Chancellor
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Cuisine Advisor, Wisconsin Union
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs
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- Director, Madison Budget Office
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Master of Arts - Business
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Cuisine Committee Director, Wisconsin Union Directorate
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Indigenous Education Coordinator, Division for Teaching and Learning
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- Chief Human Resources Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor
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- Dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Executive Producer, Video, University Communications
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Professor, College of Letters and Science
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- Assistant Vice Provost for Student Engagement and Scholarship Programs, Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement
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- Vice Chair and Financial Specialist, Department of German, Nordic and Slavic
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
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- Dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Building & Grounds Supervisor, Facilities Planning and Management
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- Tom Paine Professor of English and Dorothy Draheim Professor of American Studies, College of Letters and Science
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- Member and Custodian, Facilities, Planning & Management
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- Executive Director and Chief Alumni Officer, Wisconsin Alumni Association
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Associate Vice Provost and University Registrar, Office of the Registrar
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Co - Curricular Program Manager, Morgridge Center for Public Service
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, Wisconsin Union
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Member and Broadcast Host, Wisconsin Public Media
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- Member and Assistant Director of Compliance and Outreach, Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
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- Dean of the School of Pharmacy
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Professor and Academic Program Director, Mead Witter School of Music
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Deputy Director, Wisconsin Union
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- Professor, Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Member and Diane M. Bless Endowed Chair, Department of Otolaryngology; Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery; and UW Health Medical Director of Speech and Hearing Services
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- Chairman and Animal Care Technician III, School of Medicine and Public Health
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- Member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee
- ASEC Member and Project Coordinator, Office of Strategic Consulting
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Associate Dean for Operations and Staff, College of Letters and Science
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- Tom Paine Professor of English and Dorothy Draheim Professor of American Studies, College of Letters and Science
Tony Evers, a lifelong Wisconsinite, former public-school teacher and administrator, and proud University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus, is the 46th governor of Wisconsin. He has dedicated his career to advocating for kids, serving the people of the state, and moving Wisconsin forward.
Evers was born and raised in Sheboygan County, where he graduated from Plymouth High School. Aspiring to a career in education, he earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at UW-Madison, receiving his PhD in educational administration in 1986.
Evers began his career as an educator in 1976 as a teacher in the Baraboo School District. He was then a principal in the Oakfield and Tomah districts before serving as superintendent of schools in Oakfield and Verona and administrator of the Cooperative Educational Service Agency in Oshkosh.
For eight years, he was the second-ranking official in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Evers was elected three times to the nonpartisan constitutional office of state superintendent of public instruction, leading DPI from 2009 to 2019.
In 2018, Evers won his first term as governor and was reelected in 2022. As governor, he has championed tax relief benefiting Wisconsin families and businesses, initiated improvements to thousands of miles of roads, invested in public education, improved internet access around the state, and built a record-breaking budget surplus.
Believing the UW System is one of Wisconsin's greatest assets, Evers signed legislation funding new and renovated facilities at UW-Madison, more state agricultural specialists through the Division of Extension, and grants for nurse educators who commit to teaching in Wisconsin. He has prioritized several important UW-Madison projects in his 2023-25 budget proposal, including a new, state-of-the-art College of Engineering building, an expanded facility for the School of Education's Art Department, and critical campus infrastructure upgrades.
An avid Badger fan who also cheers on the Packers, Brewers, and Bucks at every opportunity, Evers enjoys popular Wisconsin pastimes like fishing, polka dancing, and playing Euchre.
For more than 40 years, he has been married to Kathy Evers, herself an educator, whom he first met in kindergarten. They are parents of three adult children and have nine grandchildren.
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- Member of the Implementation Team
- Appeals & Special Events Manager, Facilities Planning and Management
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- Assistant Vice Chancellor, University Marketing
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- Chief Justice of the Student Judiciary
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- Chancellor
- Interim Chancellor
David Ward was chancellor of UW-Madison from 1993 to 2001. He also served as interim chancellor from 2011 to 2013. Throughout his career, he served in numerous leadership positions at the UW, was chair of the board of Internet2, and served as president of the American Council on Education. Ward earned his BA and MA from the University of Leeds and a PhD from UW-Madison.
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- Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- LaVar Charleston / Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion
LaVar Charleston
Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer, and Elzie Higginbottom Director of the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement
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- Sustainability Campaign Co - Coordinator