Chancellor's Cabinet
Overview
Leadership at UAS is built on a collaborative model that includes top administrators from the three campuses as well as faculty, staff and students in leadership positions. Several regional planning and management groups assist in the development and implementation of policies and initiatives, and participate in the day-to-day operation of the university.
Executive Cabinet
The executive cabinet is composed of the senior university administrators who serve as the university's officers and who report directly to the chancellor. They work closely together with the chancellor, president, board of regents, and academic leadership to provide advice, develop and implement university-wide initiatives, and oversee operation of the university. This group meets weekly and includes:
Maren Haavig, C.P.A., D.B.A. (she/her)
Provost, Dean of Research & Sponsored Programs, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of Accounting
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Lori A. Klein, M.S. (she/her)
Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
View profile and contact infoRonalda Cadiente Brown, M.A.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Alaska Native Programs and Director of PITAAS
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The Chancellor's Cabinet is responsible for strategic planning and budgeting, Enrollment Management, Student Success and the regional Teaching and Learning Roundtable. This cabinet meets monthly on the second Monday of each month, and includes all Executive Cabinet members (listed above) as well as:
Campus Directors and Academic Deans
Priscilla Schulte, Ph.D. (she/her)
Ketchikan Campus Director, Professor of Anthropology/Sociology
View profile and contact infoCarin D. Silkaitis, M.F.A. (they/them, she/her)
Dean of Arts and Sciences / Interim Dean of Career Ed.
View profile and contact infoElise Tomlinson, M.P.A., M.L.I.S. (she/her)
UAS Library Dean, including the Learning, Testing, & Writing Centers, & the Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching (CELT)
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Department Leads
Megan Riebe, CFRE
UAS Interim Director of Development & Alumni Relations, and UA Foundation Associate VP of Development
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Keni Campbell
Public Information Officer and Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
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Governance Representatives
Faculty Senate President, Faculty Senate President-Elect, and Staff Council President:Jennifer Ward, M.L.I.S.
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Outreach Services Librarian
View profile and contact infoGlenn D. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science; Statewide Coordinator, Senator Ted Stevens State Legislative Internship Program
For Glenn, the study of politics is a vocation as well as a pastime, though he also enjoys skiing and sea kayaking. He writes on environmental issues, resource governance, and Alaska state politics and spends about 150 days a year on skis or in a kayak.
Governance Committee
The Governance Committee meet once a semester with the Extended cabinet and are invited to the Chancellor's Cabinet meetings determined by agenda topic(s).
- Jen Ward, Faculty Senate President
- Jon Lasinski, Staff Council President
- Student Government President or Designee