Joyelle Harris has been named director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. She comes to Georgia State from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was director of undergraduate transformative learning initiatives. Earlier, she was a senior engineer at Intel and a technical consultant at Exponent.
Dr. Harris holds an MBA from Georgia Tech and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University.
Candace Jones has been appointed vice president of administrative and business services at Long Beach Community College in California. She has been an administrator at Pasadena City College since 2018, most recently serving as assistant superintendent and vice president of business and administrative services. She previously held staff positions with the University of California system and Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
Jones holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in history from Pepperdine University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate at Saint Mary’s College of California.
Christopher M. Ackerman Sr. has been named vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer at George Mason University in Virginia. He comes to his new role from Stanford University in California, where he was head of HR client services at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center National Laboratory. Previously, he was vice president of human resources at HCA Healthcare.
Ackerman received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Maryland. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in management and leadership from Western Governors University.
JL Porter has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Denmark Technical College in South Carolina. With nearly two decades of higher education experience, he most recently served as dean of students at Averett University in Virginia. Earlier, he held leadership roles with North Carolina A&T State University and Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
An HBCU graduate, Dr. Porter received his bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication from North Carolina A&T State University. He holds a master’s degree in education from American Intercontinental University and a doctorate in education from Capella University.
