Leadership U 2024 collage

17 Selected for 2024-2025 Leadership U Class

The Leadership U class for 2024-2025 includes 17 University of Alabama faculty and staff from a variety of divisions, colleges and schools 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 cohort will engage in a four-part leadership series on leading self, leading others and leading within the University. The group will also meet with top administrators in a Lunch with Leaders series to learn more about leadership styles, UA’s goals and more.  

Nominations are solicited annually in April and the program runs from August to May. 

The Leadership U 2024-2025 Cohort

Sriram Aaleti

Sriram Aaleti
Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs, Associate Professor
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering

Christopher Blackmon

Christopher Blackmon
Technology and Distance Education Coordinator
School of Social Work

Michael Dean

Michael Dean
Associate Director for Compliance
Athletics

Jason DeCaro

Jason DeCaro
Department Chair and Professor, Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences

Lizzie Elder

Lizzie Elder
Athletic Training Program Director, Associate Professor of Health Science
College of Human Environmental Sciences

Memorie Gosa

Memorie Gosa
Chair, Department of Communicative Disorders and Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences

Brent Hardin

Brent Hardin
Athletic Director, Adapted Athletics and Associate Professor, Kinesiology
College of Education

Jessica Humber

Jessica Humber
Title IX Coordinator
Finance and Operations

Tara Mock

Tara Mock
Director of the Capstone Experience and Assistant Professor
Honors College

Stefanie O'Neill

Stefanie O’Neill
Director, Research Institute Financial Affairs
Alabama Water Institute

Jake Paul

Jake Paul
Senior Director of Development
College of Arts and Sciences

Stephanie Pettis

Stephanie Pettis
Associate Director of Communications
Division of Strategic Communications

Pratyush Sharma

Pratyush Sharma
Associate Department Head and Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Culverhouse College of Business

Kiara Summerville

Kiara Summerville
Director, Student Academic Engagement and Advocacy
Capstone Center for Student Success

Megan Welborn

Megan Welborn
Director, Program Development and Enrollment Management for UA Online
Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education

Kelly Wolfe

Kelly Wolfe
Project Manager
Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education
Professional Staff Assembly President-Elect

Steven Yates

Steven Yates
Associate Dean, Undergraduate and Graduate Studies and Associate Professor
College of Communication and Information Sciences