Helen Connell, Associate Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs, has been appointed Acting Vice-President, External, at The University of Western Ontario.
Connell will be serving in the position formerly held by Ted Garrard, who held the role of Vice-President External for the past 13 years and has been named president of the SickKids Foundation in Toronto.
She will also continue her responsibilities as Associate Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs, a position she has held since Jan. 1, 2008.
Prior to joining Western, Connell was the Executive Director for United Way of London & Middlesex. She served on Western’s Board of Governors from 2004 to 2007 and was Chair of the Board from January 2006 to July 2007.
The Selection Committee, chaired by Western President Amit Chakma, has begun an international search for the next Vice-President (External) at Western. Information about the search will be available on the University Secretariat’s webpage www.uwo.ca/univsec in the near future.