The President of Kentucky State University will be a visionary leader and strategic thinker who will bring outstanding administrative experience, strong character and integrity, and a commitment to the mission of the University. The successful candidate will value Kentucky State's culture, community, and heritage, especially its role as one of the nation's leading HBCUs.
The President will have a proven leadership style that evokes trust, welcomes collaboration, reflects confident decision making, and effectively engages the talents and experiences of the administration, faculty, and staff. This executive officer will enhance the connectedness of each part of the University community and will booster Kentucky State’s commitment to scholarship, multiculturalism, and diversity.
The President will foster a vibrant and empowered working and learning environment that reflects the University’s commitment to being a student-centered institution and promotes activities and programs designed for student success as well as students’ personal and academic development and mental health. This leader will have an appreciation for the faculty’s work in teaching, learning, creativity, and scholarship, and a willingness to support and enhance these endeavors.
Together, with the abilities to balance and prioritize, the President will possess discernment and judgment to assess, modify, and find a coherent path on which the University can pursue its mission and goals. A confident and perceptive administrator, the President will be able to ask the tough questions, make the difficult decisions, and pursue a strong strategic course of action that ensures the institution successfully moves forward. This administrator will understand the importance of working collaboratively with others and finding common ground among diverse viewpoints, while bringing about data-driven results through decisive, adaptive, and innovative actions.
will be able to ask the tough questions, make the difficult decisions, and pursue a strong strategic course of action that ensures the institution successfully moves forward. This administrator will understand the importance of working collaboratively with others and finding common ground among diverse viewpoints, while bringing about data-driven results through decisive, adaptive, and innovative actions.
The President will be an experienced, transparent financial steward who has overseen complex budgets and has worked with a governing board to develop and implement strategies to sustain and, over time, fortify an institution's financial position. This executive officer will seek partnerships that strengthen and expand programs and, as the principal fund raiser for the institution, will maintain established and develop new relationships, both public and private, that result in increased financial resources to achieve goals.
Both articulate and compelling, the President will support the significant role the institution plays in the community at large. Fully embracing the role of Kentucky State's chief ambassador, the President will become engaged in the community, region, and state to advocate for the University and to share its story of success.
The President currently has nine direct reports: Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Senior Vice President for Brand Identity and University Relations, Vice President for Student Engagement and Campus Life, Director of Government Relations and Economic Innovation, Director of Athletics, General Counsel,