Lenoir-Rhyne University has selected
Dr Summer McGee
Dr. McGee is the current president of Salem Academy & College in Winston-Salem where she has served since 2021. Previously, Dr. McGee was the founding dean of the University of New Haven’s School of Health Sciences after serving as an associate professor of management in that institution’s Pompea College of Business. McGee becomes the first female president in Lenoir-Rhyne’s 134-year history.
A scholar of health policy and bioethics and an award-winning teacher, Dr. McGee has published extensively and is often cited and appears in the media. She serves on the Council of Independent Colleges Board of Directors as well as the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Council of Independent Colleges, the REACH Women’s Network Board of Advisors, and the Triad Region Board of Directors of Novant Health.
A native of Wheatfield, Indiana, Dr. McGee earned bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and bioethics from Indiana University Bloomington, where she received the Henry B. Wells award, the institution’s highest honor for an undergraduate student. She then earned a Ph.D. in health policy and management from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
She is married to Dr. Glenn McGee, an academic who served for 31 years as a professor and academic administrator. She is a stepparent to their three adult sons: Ethan, Austin, and Aidan.
Dr. McGee’s appointment concludes a comprehensive and inclusive search process. The Board of Trustees formed an 18-member search committee — comprised of faculty, staff, students, and alumni — to lead the national search. The process included more than a dozen in-person listening sessions and an online survey to gather input on the desired qualities and qualifications of the next president.
Stsory: Ralph Mangum-WHKY