Finalists
Finalists have been selected in the search for the next chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) will host the first finalist for the UTC chancellor position on Tuesday, April 29. The finalist will be on campus to meet with representative groups of faculty, staff, students and key community leaders. The first finalist will participate in a campus public forum at 4 p.m. ET in the Benwood Auditorium in the College of Engineering and Computer Science Building on the UT Chattanooga campus. A forum for the other candidate is scheduled for April 30 in the Benwood Auditorium in the College of Engineering and Computer Science Building at 4 p.m. ET. The forums are open to the public. Finalist names and background information will be provided one day prior to each public forum. Feedback forms will be available the day of the candidate’s visit. The deadline to submit feedback is Monday, May 5 at 12 p.m. ET.
Public Forum Sessions
Alysson Satterlund
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life UC San Diego
Dr. Alysson Satterlund serves as the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life at UC San Diego, where she provides executive-level leadership and strategic oversight for a comprehensive portfolio focused on student well-being, engagement, and success. Since joining the university in 2018, she has advanced major initiatives supporting campus-wide equity and inclusion, student-centered services, community partnerships and public arts engagement. As the university’s chief student affairs officer, she provides strategic oversight to collaborative and cross-cutting initiatives, services, programs, and policies to ensure a student-centered experience for a diverse and growing university community.
A first-generation college graduate, Dr. Satterlund has served in higher education leadership roles for nearly 30 years. She began her professional journey while an undergraduate and master’s student at CSU Chico, where she worked in campus services and discovered her passion for student development. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025
4:00 p.m. ET
Benwood Auditorium in the College of Engineering and Computer Science Building
Chattanooga, TN
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Lori Mann Bruce
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Tennessee Technological University
Dr. Lori Mann Bruce serves as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Tennessee Technological University, where she leads academic operations, research and scholarship, and strategic planning. Under her leadership, Tennessee Tech achieved a perfect academic program quality score from the state—the first university to do so in over 40 years—and significantly expanded its academic offerings, launching multiple new bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. programs aligned with workforce needs.
Dr. Bruce has led the faculty through dramatic growth in research funding and scholarship, increasing extramural awards from $16 million to over $46 million annually. During her tenure as Provost, campus infrastructure projects have totaled over $350 million, including the construction of multiple new buildings for science and engineering. A champion of faculty development, she launched the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence and led a university-wide compensation study that significantly improved faculty and staff salaries.
Previously, she served as Associate Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School at Mississippi State University and held college-level leadership roles in engineering and research. Dr. Bruce holds a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering and has extensive experience in crisis leadership, fundraising, academic planning, and research administration.
Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025
4:00 p.m. ET
Benwood Auditorium in the College of Engineering and Computer Science Building
Chattanooga, TN
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