Bonita Brown | |
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Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University | |
Assumed office June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Elwood L. Robinson |
Interim President of Northern Kentucky University | |
In office January 2023 –October 2023 | |
Preceded by | Ashish Vaidya |
Succeeded by | Cady Short-Thompson |
Personal details | |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Wake Forest University |
Bonita J. Brown is an American lawyer and academic administrator who served as the interim president of Northern Kentucky University in 2023.
Brown was raised in Welcome,North Carolina. [1] She earned a B.A. from Wake Forest University in 1995 and J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1997. [2] [3]
Brown worked as a staff attorney in Washington,D.C. in corporate legal work. [1] In 2001,she returned to North Carolina and joined the staff at Livingstone College as an assistant to its leadership team. [1] She was as the chief of staff at the University of North Texas. [2] Brown was the vice chancellor and chief of staff at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. [2] She was an assistant attorney at the Winston-Salem State University. [2] She was later general counsel of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. [4] She served as the director of the higher education practice at Education Trust in Washington,D.C.. [4] She later worked for the nonprofit,Achieving the Dream,as its vice president for network engagement. [4] Brown joined Northern Kentucky University (NKU) in May 2019 as its vice president and chief strategy officer. [5] Following Ashish Vaidya's departure in 2022,she was selected as the interim president of NKU in January 2023. [4] Cady Short-Thompson succeeded Brown in October 2023. [6]
Brown is married to Wesley Brown. [4] They have a son and daughter. [4]
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