A Pair of African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions

Earl Brown was promoted to chief operating officer of the Newark, New Jersey, campus of Berkeley College. He has been serving as a business developer in the careers services division at the college. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, and Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey.

Brown is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he majored in economics and business management. He earned an MBA at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Laura H. Jack will be the new vice president for communications at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, effective February 6. She has been serving as vice president of development and alumni relations at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Earlier, Jack held communications posts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the City University of New York.

Jack is a graduate of Pace University in New York, where she majored in marketing. She holds an MBA and a master’s degree in education from Baruch College of the City University of New York.

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