The President’s Cabinet is comprised of the leaders of President Cruz Rivera’s strategic, operational, and advisory leadership team. This team advances, leads, and coordinates broad efforts across NAU’s academic and administrative departments to meet the vision of Elevating Excellence and to serve the students, communities, and people of Arizona and beyond.
Meet the team
Laurie Dickson
Vice President for University Strategy and Senior ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ to the President
Jonathan S. Gagliardi
Vice President of Economic Mobility and Social Impact
Laura Jones
ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Vice President for Strategic Planning, Institutional Research, and Analytics; Chief Data Officer
Justin Mallett
Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
Michelle Parker
Vice President of Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Brian Register
Chief of Staff
Katy Yanez
Interim Vice President, Government Affairs