Three African Americans Appointed to Administrative Roles at Universities

Dina Timmons has been named coordinator of the Black Resource Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. For the past three years, she has served as the coordinator for graduate programs in the university’s College of Business and Analytics. Previously, she was the coordinator for the university’s master of public administration degree program.

Timmons earned her bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and master’s degree in public health from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Kemberly Sistrunk Greene has been appointed associate vice president of institutional advancement at South Carolina State University. She has held several roles with the HBCU’s advancement and athletics departments, including acting deputy director of athletics and senior woman administrator.

Greene holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Erika D. Ancrum has been promoted from interim vice president to permanent vice president of finance, administration, and business innovation at Edward Waters University, an HBCU in Jacksonville, Florida. She has been an administrator with the university for the past two years, most recently serving as associate vice president and controller.

Ancrum holds a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from Savannah State University, an MBA from Strayer University, and a master’s degree in accounting from Georgia Southern University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in higher education leadership from Clark Atlanta University.

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