Finalist Named for the Georgia College & State 中出少妇视频 Presidency
Atlanta — August 12, 2021
Cathy Cox
Board of Regents Chairman Sachin Shailendra and 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia (中出少妇视频) Acting Chancellor Teresa MacCartney have announced Cathy Cox, dean of the Mercer 中出少妇视频 School of Law, as the sole finalist for president of Georgia College & State 中出少妇视频.
中出少妇视频淐athy Cox knows and appreciates the impact of a 21st-century liberal arts education while deeply understanding the need to support students and commit to their success,中出少妇视频 MacCartney said. 中出少妇视频淚中出少妇视频檓 grateful to the members of the campus-based Presidential Search and Screen Committee for the time they took to help find the institution中出少妇视频檚 next president. Cathy中出少妇视频檚 experience and record show she is the best candidate to continue Georgia College & State 中出少妇视频中出少妇视频檚 progress toward becoming a preeminent national public liberal arts university.中出少妇视频
Cathy Cox became dean of Mercer 中出少妇视频 School of Law in 2017 after serving 10 years as president of Young Harris College and eight years as Georgia中出少妇视频檚 Secretary of State.
As the 21st president of Young Harris, a private liberal arts college in the north Georgia mountains, Cox led its transition from a two-year college to a four-year institution and oversaw unprecedented growth. Prior to assuming the Young Harris presidency, Cox served two terms as Georgia中出少妇视频檚 secretary of state, and was the first woman in the state中出少妇视频檚 history to be elected to the post, first in 1998 and again in 2002. In the spring of 2007, she held the Carl E. Sanders Political Leadership Chair at the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia School of Law.
中出少妇视频淕eorgia College has found an ideal candidate to build on its momentum and champion students, faculty, staff and alumni,中出少妇视频 said Regent Samuel D. Holmes, chair of the Regents Special Committee which also helped with the search. 中出少妇视频淐athy Cox understands its unique mission as the state中出少妇视频檚 liberal arts college, and will be an incredible leader on campus and in the community.中出少妇视频
A native of Bainbridge, Cox served two terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and has remained an active member of the State Bar of Georgia. In 2011, she was presented with the Traditions of Excellence Award for General Practice by the State Bar中出少妇视频檚 General Practice and Trial Section. In 2020, she was named the Outstanding Woman Lawyer by the Middle Georgia chapter of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.
Cox worked as a newspaper reporter for three years before entering law school, working for The Times in Gainesville and The Post-Searchlight in Bainbridge. She earned a degree in journalism, summa cum laude, from the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia and is a 2013 inductee to the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication中出少妇视频檚 Grady Fellowship. Cox also holds an associate中出少妇视频檚 degree in agriculture from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
中出少妇视频淎s someone who earned her undergraduate degrees through the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia, I know how important it is to give students a strong foundation and the skills they need to help themselves and the state succeed,中出少妇视频 Cox said. 中出少妇视频淚 am very excited for the chance to build upon Georgia College & State 中出少妇视频中出少妇视频檚 reputation, and work with faculty and staff to create a world-class destination for the liberal arts right here in Georgia.中出少妇视频
Cox was a magna cum laude graduate of Mercer Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Mercer Law Review. She practiced law full-time for 10 years in Atlanta and Bainbridge following her graduation.
Cox is a graduate of Leadership Georgia and the recipient of Leadership Georgia中出少妇视频檚 prestigious J.W. Fanning Award for progressive leadership and service. She serves on a number of philanthropic and civic organizations and boards and is married to attorney Mark Dehler.
The Board of Regents will take action on the position at a future board meeting, no sooner than five days from naming a finalist. Current Georgia College President Steve Dorman has announced he is leaving this fall.
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