Meet the Vice Provost
Tamara Greenfield King, J.D.
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Interim Vice Provost for University Life
Tamara Greenfield King serves as Interim Vice Provost for University Life. King came to Penn in 2019 after 20 years in positions of increasing responsibility at Washington University, St. Louis, culminating as Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Support and Wellness. She is a sought-after expert in student conduct and Title IX, serving as the first African American president of the Association for Student Conduct Administration and co-authoring the book, Reframing Campus Conflict: Student Conduct Practice Through the Lens of Inclusive Excellence. Prior to higher education, King worked at various law firms, opened her own firm, and served as the first African American Assistant District Attorney in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Penn State University and received her law degree from New York University.
Meet the Team
She is a sough-after expert in student conduct and Title IX, serving as the first African American president of the Association for Student Conduct Administration and co-authoring the book, Reframing Campus Conflict: Student Conduct Practice Through the Lens of Inclusive Excellence. Prior to higher education, King worked at various law firms, opened her own firm, and served as the first African American Assistant District Attorney in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. She earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Penn State University and received her law degree from New York University.
Will is a native of Tampa, Florida and came to Penn after serving as Assistant Vice President for Student Life at the University of Florida (UF). His professional experiences include working with multicultural centers/social justice education, first-generation student success, sorority and fraternity life, student activities, student government, service learning, and new student orientation. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UF, master’s degree in higher education administration from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, and Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from UF.
Hall came to Penn in 2017 after seventeen years of progressive experience at Princeton University, most recently as Assistant Director for Administrative Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President where she participated in enterprise level planning, financial stewardship, emergency planning, and organizational development. Preceding her roles with Princeton, she served as director of the Center for Volunteerism and Service Learning at Saint Elizabeth University. Hall spent her early career in the private, non-profit sector providing community reintegration and family programming for formerly incarcerated adults and managing undergraduate internships and field placements with the organization. Ms. Hall received her BA and Ed.M. in Education Theory, Policy, and Administration from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Christine Brown-Lawrence serves as the Executive Assistant for University Life Central. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration and a M.S in Athletic Coaching from West Virginia University, and is currently pursuing an MBA at Temple University. Prior to working at University of Pennsylvania, she worked at Temple University for 8+ years supporting the President & CEO of Temple Hospital and Dean of Temple University Medical School.
Rob Butler serves as Interim University Life Technology Services Director. He has been at the University for seventeen years - nine of those years with the Division of Finance IT and eight with University Life Technology Services.
University Life Organization Chart
Interim Vice Provost for
University Life
Tamara Greenfield King, J.D.
Executive
Assistant
Christine Brown-Lawrence
Senior Associate Vice Provost
for University Life
Tamara Greenfield King, J.D.
Career Services
Executive Director
Barbara Hewitt, Ed.D.
Fraternity and Sorority Life
Director of Leadership Community
Jessica Nicole Ryan
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Director
Colonel Vincent J. Ciuccoli
Office of Student Affairs
Executive Director
Katie Bonner
Platt Student Performing Arts House
Director
Laurie McCall
Associate Vice Provost for
University Life
Sharon Smith
Penn Violence Prevention
Director
Elise Scioscia
Student Intervention Services
Director
Lauren Rudick
Weingarten Center
Executive Director
Jane Holahan, Ed.D.
Academic Support, Weingarten Center
Director
Ryan Miller, Ed.D.
Disability Services, Weingarten Center
Director
Aaron Spector
Associate Vice Provost for
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Will Atkins, Ph.D.
Greenfield Intercultural Center
Director
Valerie De Cruz
La Casa Latina
Director
Krista Cortes, Ph.D.
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center
Director
Erin Cross, Ph.D.
Makuu: The Black Cultural Center
Director
Brian Peterson, Ph.D.
Penn Women’s Center
Director
Elisa Foster
Assistant Vice Provost
for Strategic Planning and Operations
Laurie A. Hall
Space and Events Management
Director
Saleem M. Curry
Strategic Initiatives
Executive Director
Michael Elias
Creative Strategy and Design
Director
Marjan Osman Gartland
Strategic Partnerships and Programs
Director
Laurie McCaffrey