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
Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs, Associate Professor
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Christopher Blackmon
Technology and Distance Education Coordinator
School of Social Work
Michael Dean
Associate Director for Compliance
Athletics
Jason DeCaro
Department Chair and Professor, Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
Lizzie Elder
Athletic Training Program Director, Associate Professor of Health Science
College of Human Environmental Sciences
Memorie Gosa
Chair, Department of Communicative Disorders and Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Brent Hardin
Athletic Director, Adapted Athletics and Associate Professor, Kinesiology
College of Education
Jessica Humber
Title IX Coordinator
Finance and Operations
Tara Mock
Director of the Capstone Experience and Assistant Professor
Honors College
Stefanie O’Neill
Director, Research Institute Financial Affairs
Alabama Water Institute
Jake Paul
Senior Director of Development
College of Arts and Sciences
Stephanie Pettis
Associate Director of Communications
Division of Strategic Communications
Pratyush Sharma
Associate Department Head and Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Culverhouse College of Business
Kiara Summerville
Director, Student Academic Engagement and Advocacy
Capstone Center for Student Success
Megan Welborn
Director, Program Development and Enrollment Management for UA Online
Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education
Kelly Wolfe
Project Manager
Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education
Professional Staff Assembly President-Elect
Steven Yates
Associate Dean, Undergraduate and Graduate Studies and Associate Professor
College of Communication and Information Sciences