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AGB Search is proud to announce that St. Joseph's College of New York has appointed Dr. Donald R. Boomgaarden as the eighth president of the College, effective July 1, 2017. Dr. Boomgaarden recently served as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Read about his appointment here

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas has appointed Diana L. Heeren as the new associate vice president for finance. Ms. Heeren is currently the associate vice president for finance at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

AGB Search would like to announce that Webster University has appointed Dr. Simone Cummings as the new dean of the Walker School of Business & Technology, effective June 2017. Dr. Simone is currently an associate dean of Academic Quality and associate professor at the Walker School. Read more about her appointment here.

AGB Search is pleased to announce that the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) has appointed Dr. Christine M. Keller as the next Executive Director of the Association, effective May 3, 2017. Dr. Keller is currently the Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU). Read more about her appointment here

AGB Search is pleased to announce the placement of Dr. Joshua Merchant as the president of Buena Vista University. Dr. Merchant is the vice president of development and alumni engagement at the University of North Florida and the executive director and CEO for the UNF Foundation, Inc. Read more here.

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Benedictine University has appointed Dr. James E. Payne as its next Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, effective May 2017. Dr. Payne currently is the dean of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia. Read more about his appointment here

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Graceland University has appointed Dr. Patricia H. Draves as its next president, effective June 15, 2017. Dr. Draves is currently the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. To read more about her appointment click here

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Saint Joseph's College of Maine has appointed William D. Clark as its new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective early summer 2017. Mr. Clark currently is the Chief Financial officer and Board Treasurer of North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine. To learn more about his appointment click here.

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Simpson College has selected Cathy Hoch to serve as Interim Vice President for Business and Finance. She currently is the Assistant Vice President for Business Services at Simpson College.

AGB Search is pleased to announce that Fresno Pacific University has appointed Joseph Jones as its next president, effective July 1, 2017. Dr. Jones is currently the University Vice Rector (Provost) of Forman Christian College University in Lahore, Pakistan. To learn more about his appointment click here.