Press Release

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2024

CUPA-HR Selects Ten Individuals for the Association’s Emerging Leaders Program

Ten College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) members have been selected to participate in the 2024-25 Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders program.

The year-long program recognizes volunteer leaders from across the country who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and initiative within higher ed HR and want to play an active role in advancing the profession. This unique opportunity provides peer interaction and connection with CUPA-HR leaders as an integral part of the cohort’s learning experience. Participants engage in problem-solving work groups and develop deep networks with peers while gaining an inside look at CUPA-HR’s operations and structure.

Emerging CUPA-HR leaders are selected based on their knowledge, leadership skills, engagement with CUPA-HR and demonstrated willingness to advance higher ed HR.

The 2024-25 Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders are:

  • Tori Addison, associate vice president of human resources at Hamline University
  • Kristi Darr, vice president for university human resources at Iowa State University
  • Rose Emrick, human resources campus partner at Villanova University
  • Nick Heller, director of human resources at New York University
  • Michael E. Hill II, chief human resources officer at North Carolina Central University
  • Michael Latsko, vice president and chief human resources officer at Arizona State University
  • Jason Lawson, director of human resources at Campbellsville University
  • Byron McCoy, human resources director at the UF Health Cancer Center at the University of Florida
  • Ann-Marie Musto, associate vice chancellor and chief human resources officer at the University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Amy Smith, vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer at Lemoyne-Owen College

“This is such an outstanding group of higher education HR leaders,” shares CUPA-HR President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Brantley. “I am so pleased that they have been selected to participate in this year-long CUPA-HR leadership engagement experience.”

The 2024-25 Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders Program will be led by exceptional current and past CUPA-HR national board leaders and national office staff, and the new cohort will serve July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. 

About CUPA-HR

CUPA-HR is higher ed HR. We serve higher education by providing the knowledge, resources, advocacy and connections to achieve organizational and workforce excellence. Serving more than 36,000 HR professionals and other campus leaders at nearly 2,000 member institutions and organizations around the country and abroad, the association offers learning and professional development programs, higher education salary, benefits and demographic data, extensive online resources and just-in-time regulatory and legislative information.

 

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