Amanda Peters Hopkins has been appointed vice president of institutional advancement at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Her appointment marks a return to the college, where she previously served in various advancement roles, including assistant vice president for development and interim vice president for institutional advancement. She most recently served as associate vice chancellor for development at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Hopkins is an alumna of Rollins College, where she majored in political science. She holds a law degree from the University of Florida.
Christine Mellampe is the executive director of human resources at Bronx Community College in New York City. Most recently, Mellampe served as chief human resources officer for the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. She has also served in human resources leadership roles at the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
Mellampe is a graduate of the College of New Rochelle in New York, where she majored in psychology. She holds an MBA in finance from Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Kevan L. Turman was appointed vice president for institutional advancement at Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Turman has more than two decades of fundraising and advancement leadership experience in higher education and independent schools. Most recently, he was vice chancellor for university advancement and executive director of the foundation at Winston-Salem State University. Previously, he held leadership roles at Concord Academy, AIM Academy, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Grambling State University, and the University of Delaware.
Turman is a two-time graduate of Lincoln University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education and his master’s degree in reading.
Brianna Clark-Williams is the associate dean of Richmond College at the University of Richmond in Virginia. She is the second woman and first Black woman to lead Richmond College, the university’s undergraduate college for male-identifying students. Dr. Clark-Williams ‘ background in higher education includes student-facing and academic leadership roles at the University of Virginia, Marymount University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Clark-Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in family and consumer sciences from Virginia State University, a master’s degree in counseling from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and a Ph.D. in higher education leadership and policy studies from Howard University.
