EDUCATION
DONNA PRICE HENRY CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE, WISE
Since becoming
U.Va. Wise’s chancellor in 2013, Henry has launched the school’s $100 million Honor the Future fundraising campaign and its strategic plan for 2030. In fall 2019, she implemented innovate2eleVAte, a program that provided iPads, smart pencils and key- boards to students and faculty. That made it easier for the school to transition to online classes amid the pandemic. Also a professor of biology at
U.Va. Wise, Henry earned her bachelor’s degree in biological basis of behavior, with a minor in Spanish, from the University of Pennsylvania, and she earned her doctorate in physiol- ogy from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Henry serves on the boards of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council and the Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium. She is also on the lead- ership council for the nonprofit STRONG Accountable Care Community, which works to improve overall health in the region.
She and her husband, Allen, a pilot for FedEx Corp., are the parents of adult twin daughters.
BEVERAGE OF CHOICE: Wine. My husband and I enjoy good food and wine. When we travel, we seek out interesting restaurants to try new things. Wine paired with food makes the meal more enjoyable.
ANNE M. KRESS PRESIDENT, NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ANNANDALE
Not many people can describe themselves as the first lady of the United States’ boss, but Kress can. First lady Jill Biden has been an English professor at NOVA since 2009, when Joe Biden was vice president. She took a break during the campaign and transition to the White House but has returned to her teaching post, making her the only first lady to hold an outside job during her husband’s presidency. In addition to her connection to Biden, Kress is probably best known for supporting workforce development. Since becoming NOVA’s sixth president in January 2020, Kress and the college have assisted Gov. Ralph Northam’s G3 (Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back) workforce development initiative, helped launch the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity and received a $1 million grant from the Bank of America Corp. for job skills training support for students of color. Kress serves on the board of the American Association of Community Colleges and the executive committee of the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity.
She holds a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Florida.
JAMES F. LANE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RICHMOND
Appointed Virginia’s public education czar in 2018, Lane guided the state’s 1,860 public schools through the challenges of the pandemic. He helped expand virtual instruction
throughout the state, delivering guidance on safely reopening schools to in-person instruction and managing $3 billion in federal pandemic relief funding. He also served as co-chairman of the Southern Regional Education Board’s K-12 Education Recovery Task Force, providing reopen- ing guidance to 16 member states. Lane worked with the Virginia Board of Education this past year to update the state’s curriculum to reflect recommendations issued by Gov. Ralph Northam’s African American History Education Commission. He also supported the board as it updated teacher evaluation standards to include cultural competency in response to General Assembly legislation. In May 2021, Lane testified at a federal House Education and Labor subcommittee hearing on the impact of COVID-19 on students experi- encing homelessness and children in foster care. Lane also is overseeing the mandated expansion of VDOE to include responsibility for state and state-funded early childhood education programs. Lane previously served as school superintendent in Chesterfield, Middlesex and Goochland counties; he was Virginia Superintendent of the Year in 2017.
TROY D. PAINO PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG
KARL McDONNELL PRESIDENT AND CEO, STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC., ARLINGTON
As the head of SEI, an education services hold- ing company that includes the for-profit Strayer University and Capella University, McDonnell has focused this past year on introducing new affordabil-
ity programs such as no-cost general education courses for students through the company’s Sophia Learning division. SEI also launched its Workforce Edge platform to serve as a one-stop shop for employers looking to administer their tuition assistance benefit programs. Additionally, SEI began a new chapter by acquiring Australia/New Zealand- based Torrens University Australia, Think Education and Media Design School. Aſter first coming to SEI in 2006 as its chief operating officer, McDonnell joined its board of directors in 2011 and was named president and CEO in 2013. Previously, McDonnell served as chief operating officer of InteliStaf Healthcare Inc., one of the nation’s largest privately held health care staffing firms. He also served as vice president of the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. McDonnell has held senior management positions with several Fortune 100 companies, including The Walt Disney Co. McDonnell is a graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College and Duke University, and he previously served as president and CEO of Strayer.
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Following a six-year stint as president of Missouri’s Truman State University, Paino took office in 2016 as UMW’s 10th president. Since then, he has concen- trated on student and faculty diversity, creating a cabinet position in charge of equity and access, and increasing opportunities for minority and nontraditional learners. Paino has also worked to put UMW on a firmer financial foot-
ing, overseeing the renovation of many buildings and the school’s amphitheater. Two of the school’s original residence halls have been brought up to 21st-century standards, and the former dining hall is being transformed into the new home for UMW’s College of Education.
During the height of the pandemic, UMW was among the state institutions with the lowest number of COVID-19 cases. Paino earned master’s and doctoral degrees in American studies from Michigan State University. He holds a law degree from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree in history and philosophy from what is now Evangel University. He is a member of the Association of American Colleges and
Universities’ Presidents’ Trust, a past president of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and a member of the NCAA Division III Presidents Council.
Donna Price Henry photo by Earl Neikirk
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