Nathan Burton is the new chief information officer at Tennessee State University. Most recently, Burton was senior vice president and director of technology at Pinnacle Financial Partners. Earlier, he held a variety of roles for the Tennessee state government, including director of business services and senior project manager with the Secretary of State’s Office.
Burton earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a minor in information systems from Tennessee Technological University and an MBA with a concentration in leadership from Lipscomb University in Nashville.
Jennifer Gamble is director of alumni affairs at Fisk University in Nashville. Gamble, a Metro Nashville Councilwoman since 2019, has more than three decades of experience in the marketing and communications industry. She previously served as vice president of marketing and development and later as chief executive officer at Prevent Blindness Tennessee. Earlier in her career, she worked in Fisk’s Office of Student Affairs as a prospect research manager.
Gamble is an alumna of Fisk University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in English. She holds a master’s degree in mass communication from Middle Tennessee State University.
Craig Rhodes was promoted to vice provost for faculty affairs at North Carolina A&T State University. He had been serving as associate vice provost for faculty affairs. Dr. Rhodes previously served as interim dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the HBCU. He has also served as dean of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at Guilford Technical Community College.
Dr. Rhodes received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from North Carolina A&T State University. He holds a Ph.D. in organizational leadership, development, and policy from the University of Minnesota.
Quincy A. Bevely is the inaugural campus director for the Rutgers Democracy Lab at Rutgers University-Newark. Dr. Bevely comes to Rutgers from Providence College, where he was vice president for institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion and co-director of the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy Lab. During his nearly decade-long tenure at the college, he also served as assistant vice president for institutional diversity, Title VI coordinator, assistant dean of students, and director of cultural education.
A first-generation college graduate, Dr. Bevely earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology and his master’s degree in adult and higher education from Northern Illinois University. He holds a Ph.D. in counseling and student development from Kansas State University.
