The Leadership U class for 2025-2026 includes 18 University of Alabama faculty and staff from across campus who hold leadership roles within their respective departments.
The program is part of the Office for Academic Affairs and enables the selected UA employees to prepare for greater responsibilities.
The group engages in a four-part leadership series on leading self, leading others and leading within the University. The group also meets with top administrators in a Lunch with Leaders series to learn more about leadership styles, UA’s goals and more.
Meet the 2025-2026 class
Mark Barkey
Senior Associate Dean for Administration, Finance and Faculty Affairs
College of Engineering
Serena Blount
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Instructor
English Department, Barefield College of Arts and Sciences
Jamie Burke
Director of Prospect Management
Division of Advancement
Marques Evans
Director, Equal Opportunity Programs
Division of Finance and Operations
Joe Hawley
Director, Professional Sport Services and NIL
Alabama Athletics
Sarah Johnston
Assistant Director, Office of Emergency Management
Division of Finance and Operations
Joe Kelley
Director, Residential Communities
Division of Student Life
Maura Mills
Professor
Culverhouse College of Business
Shawn Mobbs
Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Culverhouse College of Business
Ted Poston
Professor of Philosophy, Director of the McCullough Institute for Pre-Med Scholars
Barefield College of Arts and Sciences
Nathan Smart
Assistant Dean of Administration
UA School of Law
Daniela Susnara
Program Director, Shelby Institute for Policy and Leadership
Office of Academic Affairs
Miriam Sweeney
Associate Director of Graduate Programs; Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences
College of Communication and Information Sciences
Libo Tan
Associate Professor
College of Human Environmental Science
Dan Walters
Director of Graduate Medical Education
College of Community Health Sciences
Teresa Welch
Associate Professor
Capstone College of Nursing
Tut Wilson
Executive Director, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Division of Student Life
Jonathan Wingo
Head of the Department of Kinesiology, Professor of Exercise Science
College of Education