The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has successfully appointed Dr. Julia Getchell as their new Chief Human Resources Officer. Dr. Getchell will begin her duties with UWL at the end of June. Since 2019, Dr. Getchell has served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Washington State Vancouver and previously served as Director of Academic Employee and Labor Relations at Portland State University in Oregon. She earned her doctoral and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa.