{"id":11135,"date":"2022-01-18T11:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=11135"},"modified":"2022-01-18T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:18:48","slug":"elizabethtown-college-names-transitional-president-betty-rider-to-lead-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/01\/18\/elizabethtown-college-names-transitional-president-betty-rider-to-lead-institution\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Names Transitional President, Betty Rider, to Lead Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rider is a longtime administrator and academic of the institution; <\/em>Gerald Silberman promoted to Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Jan. 18, the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees announced Betty Rider as Transitional President of the institution. Rider, who most recently served as the College\u2019s Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs (SVPAA), will assume responsibilities and duties of moving the institution forward through the end of the 2022-23 academic year, effective immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Betty Rider is an experienced leader in higher education and well respected by the Elizabethtown College\u00a0faculty, staff, students, alumni, and surrounding community,\u201d Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Lovelidge \u201982 said. \u201cWe are confident in her tenured success and abilities to continue to advance the institution\u2019s exceptional academic model, implement the College\u2019s new five-year Strategic Plan, and expand the institution\u2019s commitment to Educate for Service.\u00a0We chose the term \u201cTransitional\u201d President to communicate President Rider\u2019s role over the next 18-months as furthering the momentum and outstanding accomplishments we’ve already achieved at Etown over the last three years. The Board of Trustees is confident President Rider and her strong Senior Leadership Team will provide the stability and leadership needed to continue these successes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI look forward to leading Elizabethtown College as its president through this unique transitional period,\u201d Elizabethtown College President Rider said. \u201cI am excited to work closely with the Senior Leadership Team, the Board, the faculty, students, and staff to continue to elevate the mission of the College and its academic excellence. We are reaching a pivotal moment at the institution as we celebrate tremendous growth and success and launch our new five-year Strategic Plan with its focus on dynamic and relevant education for all learners, inclusive excellence, and sustainable growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Rider is a graduate of Gettysburg College, has masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Vanderbilt University, and completed Harvard\u2019s Institute for Educational Management. She has spent the majority of her career at Elizabethtown College teaching Psychology and serving in various administrative roles including and most recently, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs.<\/p>\n

For the past two years, President Rider and the institution\u2019s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) have achieved record enrollment for two consecutive years, successfully offered in-person class instruction for students during the global pandemic since fall 2020, exceeded fundraising goals and reached a record endowment of more than $100 million, transformed the School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) with a wide variety of academic offerings and online platforms, launched the region\u2019s first public Human Performance Laboratory, and most recently, finalized a new five-year community Strategic Plan that prioritizes dynamic academic programming as well as diversity, equity, and belonging, and strategic partnerships to continue to elevate the College.<\/p>\n

As Provost and SVPAA, President Rider specifically restructured academic programs, formed the creation of Schools at the institution, established new five-year programs in Physician Assistant (PA) Studies, Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN), and expanded the College\u2019s renowned Occupational Therapy (OT) program.<\/p>\n

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Elizabethtown College Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance Gerald “Jerry” Silberman<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition, the Board of Trustees named Gerald Silberman as Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance. Silberman has served as Vice President of Finance and Strategy at Etown since 2019 vastly improving the College\u2019s overall budget and financial management sustainability. A veteran in higher education, Silberman previously worked at Kutztown University since 1991 and has brought his extensive background and knowledge in the areas of finance, information technology, human resources, operations, public safety, and security to the institution.<\/p>\n

Over the past nine months, Silberman has led the College\u2019s strategic planning efforts working closely with faculty and staff leadership to develop a dynamic and innovative five-year plan. Silberman holds a Master of Science in Computer and Information Science from Kutztown University, a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Muhlenberg College and completed Harvard University\u2019s Institute for Educational Management. He is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Certified Public Account (CPA), a Board of Director for the Shared Services Health Plan, and serves as a peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Silberman\u2019s new role is effective immediately.<\/p>\n

For media inquiries, please contact Keri Straub<\/a>, (717) 361-6412.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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