The University will conduct a national search for a new vice president to replace current VP Lori White, who has been appointed vice chancellor for students at Washington University in St. Louis.
The search committee is chaired by Tom Barry, SMU vice president for executive affairs. Committee members include:
- Carlton Adams, Hunt Leadership Scholar and student body president
- Ashley Garner, assistant residential community director, Mary Hay-Peyton-Shuttles Commons
- Donna Gober, director of wellness and senior lecturer, Applied Physiology and Wellness, Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development
- Monique Holland, senior associate athletics director/senior woman administrator, Athletic Department
- Jorge Juarez, executive director, Dedman Center for Recreational Sports
- Ashlee Kleinert, SMU alumna, Dallas entrepreneur and co-founder of Executives in Action
- Patti LaSalle, associate vice president and executive director, Public Affairs
- Creston Lynch, director, Multicultural Student Affairs
- Connie O’Neill, SMU trustee and civic and philanthropic leader
- Jennifer Post, director, Residence Life and Student Housing
- Steve Rankin, chaplain and minister to the University
- Rick Shafer, chief of police, Department of Public Safety
- Tom Tunks, professor of music, Meadows School of the Arts, and founding faculty-in-residence, Ware Commons
- Wes Waggoner, dean of undergraduate admission and executive director, Enrollment Services
“Dr. Vogel’s national leadership and expertise in student development and well-being will ensure that important student initiatives continue to make progress,” said SMU President R. Gerald Turner. “Her deep knowledge of student life at SMU will be a distinct asset as the Office of Student Affairs addresses the issues that help shape their college experiences.”
As interim VP, Vogel will oversee areas including the Residential Commons; women’s, multicultural, volunteer and leadership programs; student activities; student conduct; campus ministries; health and wellness programs; career services; the Hughes-Trigg Student Center and the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports.
As dean of student life since January 2014, Vogel has been responsible for supervising programs and services ranging from new student orientation; to fraternity and sorority life and Multicultural Student Affairs; to student discipline procedures. She also serves as chair of the SMU Crisis Management Team and as a member of the President’s Commission on Substance Abuse Prevention and Task Force on Sexual Misconduct.
She is a member of several professional associations including NASPA, the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, the American College Counseling Association, the American Counseling Association and the Association for Creativity in Counseling.
Vogel received her A.B. degree in history and political science from Duke University. She earned an M.S. in mental health counseling from Stetson University and a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision from the University of Central Florida.
