New chief of staff appointed for CT university system

SUBMITTED PHOTO Alice Pritchard is the new chief of staff for the CSCU system.

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Alice Pritchard has been appointed the new chief of staff at the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system. She will report to Mark Ojakian, the system’s president.

Pritchard is currently serving as the executive director of the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF), located in Hartford. Her appointment becomes effective Nov. 13 and she will be paid an annual salary of $131, 700.

In her role, Pritchard, who holds a Ph. D. in sociology and an M. A. in sociology, both from the University of Connecticut, will be a senior member of the president’s staff, and will report directly to Ojakian. She will help manage and direct key functions within the CSCU System Office, working in collaboration with other members of the executive staff, as well as in collaboration with the CSCU institutions’ presidents and staffs. She will also supervise CSCU support and technical staff at the System Office.

Pritchard has been an adjunct instructor of sociology at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, the University of Connecticut in Storrs, and Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson.

Ojakian said, “I am honored that Dr. Pritchard has agreed to accept the offer to become CSCU chief of staff. Her experience, vision and temperament will be very helpful to me in refining and realizing the goals I and the executive team have begun to set for the future. Dr. Pritchard will be critical to our success.”