The 2024-2025 AACRAO Election Winners

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President-Elect 

 

 

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Dr. Connie Shipman Newsome

Director of Registrar Services, Campbell University School of Law
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Vice President for Finance

 

 

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Pheng “Max” Xiong

Senior Associate Registrar, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Vice President for Records and Academic Services

 

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Beth Warner

Deputy University Registrar, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Vice President at Large

 

 

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Dr. Wendolyn Davis

Executive Director for Pathway Alignment, Chattanooga State Community College
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Voting Statistics

2024 Elections: 720 votes

2023 Elections: 483 votes

2022 Elections: 641 votes

2021 Elections: 471 votes

2020 Elections: 689 votes

2019 Elections: 486 votes

2025-2026 Nominations & Elections Committee

 

Dr. Sara Sullivan

Dr. Sara Sullivan (Chair-Elect)

Senior Associate Registrar, Strategic Initiatives at the University of Iowa
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Dr. Tara Kent

Dr. Tara Kent (Vice Chair-Elect)

Director of the Office of the Registrar at Wagner College
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Luis Alarcon


Director of Recruitment & Admissions - Lincoln Land Community College
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Michael Burke

Dean of Student Services, Harvard University
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Dr. Danielle Faucett

Associate Registrar at the University of Missouri – St. Louis

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Dr. Reginald Garçon

Associate Vice President, Student Records and University Registrar, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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Loida Gonzalez Utley

Director of Recruitment and Enrollment Services, Texas A&M University - Central Texas
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Dr. Harrison Johnson

University Registrar at Lincoln University
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Molly McDermott-Fallon

Molly McDermott-Fallon

Assistant Vice Provost & University Registrar, University of Cincinnati
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Katie (Brown) Rendon

Katie (Brown) Rendon (1st Alternate)

AVP Student Success & University Registrar, Aspen University
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Rita Peaster

Rita Peaster (2nd Alternate)

University Registrar, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
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Dr. Kelsey Simonson

Dr. Kelsey Simonson (3rd Alternate)

Registrar and Director of Community Standards, Tufts University
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Vice President for Records and Academic Services 

 

 

Julia Pomerenk

Registrar and Assistant Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management, University of Oregon
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Vice President for Finance 

 

Ari Kaufman

Assistant Director of Project Management and Student Data Compliance, Berklee College of Music
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Vice President at Large 

 

 

Connie Shipman Newsome

Registrar, Campbell University School of Law
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2022-2023 Nominations & Elections Chair-Elect

 

 

Wendolyn Davis

Director of Transfer Center, University of Tennessee
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2022-2023 Nominations & Elections Vice Chair-Elect

 

 

Sasha Suzuki

Associate University Registrar, Wake Forest University
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2022-2023 Nominations & Elections Committee Alternates

 

Laura Jacobs Anderson (1st Alternate)

Registrar, Williamette University
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Johnika Dreher (2nd Alternate)

Program Director, Prince George's Community College
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Kristin Smeigilski

Kristin Smigielski (3rd Alternate)

Dean of Enrollment, Parkland College
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