CIVILIAN CENTERS OF INFLUENCE
Civilian support is crucial to our program growth and overall sustainment. The Panther Battallion benefits from robust civilian centers of influence from the presidents, deans and others within the supporting institutions often not available at other schools.
Dr. M. Brian Blake
Dr. M. Brian Blake is President of Georgia State University, having been appointed to the position in June 2021. Prior to joining Georgia State, he was Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at George Washington University. As the highest-ranking academic officer, he oversaw academic programs across the 10 schools and colleges, three campuses and 28,000 students.
Dr. Blake was hired to lead the university’s new enrollment strategy to rescale and reconfigure the entering class in context of the changing student demographics in the Northeast and the nation. He led the academic enterprise of George Washington through the COVID-19 pandemic and spearheaded a university-wide plan to assess new innovations in pedagogy and teaching modalities in a post-COVID world.
Dr. Sara T. Rosen
Dr. Rosen’s career in academic leadership began at the University of Kansas, where she served as chair of the Department of Linguistics (2000-2007), dean of graduate studies (2007-2011), senior vice provost of academic affairs (2011-2016), and interim provost and executive vice chancellor (2016) before coming to Georgia State in August 2016.
As an academic leader, Dr. Rosen is known for promoting innovation in strategic planning and implementation, academic program review, student support and administrative services, career preparation, undergraduate curriculum reform, graduate education, supporting growth of impactful research across the disciplines, and diversity and equity initiatives.
Dr. David A. Thomas
Dr. David A. Thomas took office as the 12th president of Morehouse College on Jan. 1, 2018, ushering in a new era of progressive leadership for Morehouse, the nation’s largest and most prestigious liberal arts college for men.
Thomas is the first Morehouse president in 50 years who did not graduate from the College. The Morehouse Board of Trustees selected Thomas to lead Morehouse for many reasons, including his visionary leadership as an Ivy League business school administrator and his proven track record as a fundraiser. Thomas led a capital campaign that raised more than $130 million in five years for Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
Dr. Helene D. Gayle, M.D., MPH
Helene D. Gayle, M.D., MPH, began serving as the 11th president of Spelman College on July 1, 2022. Dr. Gayle previously served as president and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation’s oldest and largest community foundations, from October 2017 to June 2022. Under her leadership, the Trust adopted a new strategic focus on closing the racial and ethnic wealth gap in the Chicago region.
For almost a decade, Dr. Gayle was president and CEO of CARE, a leading international humanitarian organization. A pediatrician and public health physician with expertise in economic development, humanitarian, and health issues, she spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control, working primarily on HIV/AIDS. She led the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s programs on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues.
Dr. George T. French, Jr.
Since September 1, 2019, George T. French, Jr., J.D., Ph.D. has served as the fifth president of Clark Atlanta University. Prior to his unanimous election to serve at the helm of CAU, French served as president of Miles College from 2005-2019.
Under his leadership, Miles College exceeded all fundraising goals in the history of the college; achieved unprecedented financial composite score and credit rating scores; increased student access to educational funding; more than tripled the size of the existing campus with key land acquisitions; and elevated the total athletics program to the best men’s program within the Southern Intercollegiate Athletics Association (SIAC).
Dr. Georj L. Lewis
Dr. Georj L. Lewis joined Clayton State University as its seventh president on February 1, 2023.
In his 28th year in the higher education sector, Lewis started his post-secondary education career in admissions and enrollment, coordinating minority recruitment efforts. After five years, he moved into mid-level management positions in the functional area of multicultural affairs and led the student diversity efforts at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and then transitioned to leading the same efforts at Georgia Southern University.
After serving as a diversity professional for approximately three years, Dr. Lewis went on to serve in senior-level administrative positions for the next sixteen years as the dean of students at Georgia Southern University, the vice chancellor for Student Affairs at Indiana University Northwest, the vice president for Student Affairs at Armstrong State University and as the vice president for Student Affairs at Georgia Southern University.
Nasser Momayezi
The College of Arts & Sciences is the academic heart of the University, because we are home to the core curriculum that forms the basis for all degree programs. This is where arts, humanities, and natural, social and behavioral sciences converge and blossom in unique and unexpected ways.
We engage the public in reciprocal community collaborations and deliver an exceptional education for all students. We stand for the values of a liberal arts education, including critical inquiry, disciplined thinking, scientific investigation, broadened horizons, and refined judgment. A liberal arts education prepares our students to be informed, engaged citizens and leaders, wherever they may reside.
Dr. Linda A. Streit
Linda A. Streit became dean of the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing on July 1, 2010. Dr. Streit is a tenured professor and associate dean of graduate programs, and she has served as a professor and administrator at the College since 1990.
Dr. Streit came to the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing in 1990 as an assistant professor to teach in the newly established Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. She was named professor in 1996 and assistant dean for graduate programs in 2001. Named associate dean in 2003, she oversees the Master of Science in Nursing program and the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program. She is the recipient of external funding for her research and, through submission of multiple types of training grants, the nursing graduate program has received over $689,000 in education, training and program grant funding.
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