Jaynelle Hazard has been named director and chief curator of the Georgetown University Art Galleries. She previously served as executive director and chief curator of the Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art in Reston, Virginia, and director of exhibitions at Workforce Art Center in Lorton, Virginia.
Hazard holds a bachelor’s degree in fashion design and merchandising from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master’s degree in art business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York.
Matthew R. Goodman has been appointed director of bands at Allen University, a historically Black institution in Columbia, South Carolina. He previously served as head band director at Handley High School in Roanoke, Alabama, and as director of bands for Pleasant Grove High School in Alabama.
Goodman is a two-time HBCU alumnus, earning his bachelor’s degree from Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina and his master’s degree in music education from Alabama A&M University.
Raven James has been named associate director of athletics for external relations and athletic marketing, as well as senior woman administrator at Manhattan College in New York. Since 2022, she has served as the college’s director of basketball operations for the women’s basketball program. Before her current role, she served as a graduate assistant with James Madison University’s women’s basketball program.
James holds a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
Kenya Tyson has been promoted from senior associate provost to vice provost for strategic initiatives at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Prior to joining the Dartmouth staff in 2022, she served as assistant provost at The New School in New York and associate dean for academic programs and student services in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Tyson holds a bachelor’s degree from Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati, and a juris doctorate from Delaware Law School.
Ronald M. Carrere Jr. has been named associate vice president of government and community relations at historically Black Xavier University of Louisiana. Currently, he serves as interim executive director of the Norman C. Francis Leadership Institute, a partner organization of Xavier University that focuses on preparing future professionals for civic engagement and social responsibility careers.
Carrere holds a bachelor of business administration degree in finance and real estate from the University of New Orleans and a master’s degree in sustainable real estate and architecture from Tulane University.
Erika Thompson has been appointed associate director of the Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University in Texas. Most recently, she was the community liaison for the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School within the Houston Public Library system.
Thompson holds a master’s degree in Africana studies from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a second master’s degree in American studies from the University of Maryland.
Ashley Tanksley has been named assistant vice president of enrollment management at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She previously served as director of admissions and interim vice president for admissions at Delta State University in Mississippi. Earlier in her career, she was director of admissions at Meridian Community College in Mississippi.
Tanksley received her bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University and master’s degree in higher education from the University of West Alabama. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in higher education from Delta State University.
Karen Jackson-Weaver has been appointed vice chair of the board of trustees at Princeton Theological Seminary. She currently serves as the senior associate vice president of global faculty engagement and innovation advancement at New York University. She has served in dean positions with Oxford University, Princeton University, and Harvard University.
Dr. Jackson-Weaver holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a master of education degree from Harvard University. She received two additional master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in American history from Columbia University.
