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Founders College Announces Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
SOUTH BOSTON – Founders College announced on Monday, March 19 that it has
named Tamara K. Fuller to the position of Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO). Ms. Fuller succeeds Gary Hull, Ph.D., who
will become Chief of Educational Research and Development with
responsibilities for cultivating the faculty, developing the curriculum
and teacher training as well as maintaining the highest level of
academic standards.Ms. Fuller is a successful businesswoman with 18 years
of
experience in organizational effectiveness, banking and real estate.
Prior to Founders, she was a principal with a management consulting
firm providing services to Fortune 100 executives. Ms. Fuller is also
a founding member and director of the board of Howard Bank of Maryland.
“It has always been our plan to identify the right person for
this job,” said Dr. Hull. “After a year and a half long extensive
search and due diligence, our board and advisors are convinced that we
have made the right choice. Tamara Fuller has demonstrated exceptional
vision as a leader, as well as the ability to make it happen. Everyone
whose opinion I respect shares this view.”
As CEO, Ms. Fuller will oversee an enterprise that includes the
college’s operations, resort hotel, hospitality functions and a
390-acre mixed use development. “I am pleased to have this rare
opportunity to pioneer a world-class brand centered on learning in
every aspect of life,” said Ms. Fuller. “I can think of no higher
purpose than that of educating generations of successful individuals.
Combine that with the grandeur and inspiration of our campus and our
extremely talented team and this is the best job in the world.”
This announcement, coupled with the up and coming inaugural
class, is poised to be a very exciting time for Founders College. The
innovative liberal arts college is emerging on the higher education
scene at a time when other colleges are being criticized for not giving
students the skills they need to get a job after graduation. Founders
College promises to provide its students with an innovative and one of
a kind curriculum in terms of content, logical structure and teaching
methods that train them to excel as critical thinkers and
communicators.
Founders College’s new home at the Berry Hill Estate is easily
accessible from points north and south. It is within a one-hour drive
of Raleigh-Durham and within a two-hour drive of Richmond, Va., and
Greensboro, N.C.
Founders College received degree-granting authority from the State
Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) in September 2006.
The College is currently still accepting applications for their fall
2007 freshman class and will be present for the following upcoming
college fairs:
March 21 Loudoun County, VA
March 29 Hartford, CT
April 10-11 Boston, MA
April 18-19 Montgomery County, MD
May 2-3 Edison, NJ
May 12 New York City, NY
For more information about Founders, please visit
Founders College
3105 River Road
South Boston, VA 24592.