Dr. Kim Schatzel has been named the 19th president of the University of Louisville and will officially assume the UofL presidency on February 1, 2023.
The announcement took place following a special meeting of the University of Louisville Board of Trustees on Wednesday, during which Schatzel was appointed with a unanimous approval.
Schatzel, 66, has served as president of Towson University in Maryland since 2016. She is also a professor of marketing.
Schatzel previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and as dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
She succeeds Dr. Lori Gonzalez, who was named interim president in December 2021 following the departure of former university president Dr. Neeli Bendapudi.
Bendapudi was named the president at Penn State University on December 9, 2021.
Schatzel also currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Colonial Athletic Conference, a mid-major conference that Towson University competes in with 19 Division I athletics teams.
UofL said Schatzel’s track record of leadership includes advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as priorities.
Source: WAVE
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