ATLANTA – June 30, 2009.  The Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education (ARCHE) board of trustees has elected officers for 2009-10.

University of West Georgia President Beheruz N. Sethna will become chair of the ARCHE board effective July 1. Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum will serve as the board’s new vice chair. Kennesaw State University President Daniel S. Papp will serve a second term as treasurer.  Emory University President James W. Wagner remains on the executive committee as immediate past chair.

Members-at-large of the executive committee will be Robert M. Franklin Jr., president of Morehouse College, Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College, and William D. Underwood, president of Mercer University.

Ed L. Schrader, president of Brenau University, will be the new chair of ARCHE’s government relations committee. John E. Maupin Jr., president of Morehouse School of Medicine, and Lisa A. Rossbacher, president of Southern Polytechnic State University, will serve as members of that committee.

The presidents of ARCHE’s 20 member colleges and universities make up its board of trustees. The board elects officers for one-year terms.

“I am honored to serve as chair of ARCHE’s board at this important point in the organization’s history,” Dr. Sethna said.  “And I am privileged to serve along with 19 exceptional presidential colleagues who make it their business each day to further the cause of higher education in Georgia and to further the cause of economic and intellectual development in our state.  It is also a pleasure to work with the ARCHE staff as an intrinsic part of our team.”

“Everyone involved in higher education in the Atlanta region is grateful for Jim Wagner’s adept leadership and wise counsel as ARCHE’s chair during the past year,” said Michael A. Gerber, ARCHE president. “He has been an articulate spokesperson regarding the value of collaboration among our members and the critical role that colleges and universities play in our region, state and nation.”

2009-10 ARCHE Leadership

 

                                Executive Committee

                                Chair                                            Beheruz N. Sethna  

                                Vice Chair                                    Beverly Daniel Tatum

                                Treasurer                                      Daniel S. Papp

                                Past Chair                                     James W. Wagner

                                Member-at-Large                          Robert M. Franklin Jr.

                                Member-at-Large                          Elizabeth Kiss

                                Member-at-Large                          William D. Underwood

 

                                Government Relations Committee

                                Chair                                            Ed L. Schrader

                                Member                                       John E. Maupin Jr.  

                                Member                                       Lisa A. Rossbacher

 

The Atlanta region is a national leader in higher education, with 220,000 students enrolled annually and more than $1 billion in research spending each year. ARCHE brings together the region’s public and private colleges and universities to build awareness of the size, scope, impact and value of higher ed in the region and to help them share strengths through cooperative programs. Founded in 1938, ARCHE’s membership includes 20 public and private colleges and universities, six affiliated libraries and 12 corporate and nonprofit community partners.  Information about ARCHE, its board and its members is available at www.atlantahighered.org.