Adriel Hilton was named senior advisor to the chancellor at Indiana University Northwest, where he will oversee the university’s operational and programmatic agenda, as well as act as the chancellor’s representative and liaison between administrators, other Indiana University campuses, government officials, and key external partners. Dr. Hilton most recently served as vice president of institutional strategy and chief of staff at Columbia College Chicago. He has also served in key administrative roles at Southern University at New Orleans, Seton Hall University, Webster University, and Grambling State University.
A graduate of three HBCUs, Dr. Hilton earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Morehouse College in Atlanta, a graduate degree in applied social science and public administration from Florida A&M University, and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Morgan State University in Baltimore. He also holds an MBA from Webster University.
Jasmine Gurley is the new senior director of public relations at Howard University. Gurley comes to Howard from Morehouse College, where she served in several leadership roles. Most recently, she was senior director of brand marketing and communications and press secretary to the president. Gurley also served as interim chief of staff to the president at Morehouse.
Gurley is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications with a concentration in public relations.
Lauren D. Myers has been appointed chief human resources and compliance officer at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Myers comes to her new role with more than three decades of global human resources and talent management experience. Her professional background spans roles in strategic talent management, organizational restructuring, labor relations, executive recruiting, and sports development programming.
Myers received her bachelor’s degree from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and her MBA in human resources development from Capella University.
Damon L. Williams, Jr. is the new vice president of university relations and chief of staff to the president at Adler University in Chicago. With more than 20 years of leadership experience in higher education, health care, corporate, and nonprofit organizations, Williams most recently served as vice president for outreach at UK Healthcare, the health system of the University of Kentucky. He previously held administrative roles in graduate education at Northwestern University, Emory University, and Xavier University of Louisiana.
Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana, an MBA from Fontbonne University in Missouri, and a master’s degree in marketing from Tulane University in New Orleans. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in leadership and innovation at New York University.
