Four African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Filed in Appointments on April 19, 2013
Bridget Ross was appointed director of the Small Business Development Center at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. She was regional loan officer for PeopleFund, a nonprofit organization community development financial institution based in Austin, Texas. Previously, she was a regional vice president for a large financial institution.
Kimberly Edwards-Hunter is the new director of annual giving at the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama. She previously worked in the division of institutional advancement at Birmingham-Southern College, in Birmingham, Alabama, where she held a number of positions, including coordinator of annual giving.
Edwards-Hunter holds a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in Birmingham.
Laleta Davis-Mattis was named university counsel and head of the legal unit at the University of the West Indies. A native of Jamaica, she joined the faculty at the university in 2002. She is the former executive director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust.
Davis Mattis holds a master’s degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a law degree from the University of the West Indies.
Dominic Mack was promoted to co-director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine. He has been serving as deputy director.
Dr. Mack is a graduate of Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He holds an MBA from Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
