Leadership Team
Leadership, collaboration, passion and vision propel UWM to greater heights in research, student achievement and community engagement.
Making UWM a top-tier research university that is the best place to learn and work for students, faculty and staff is the charge of UWM Chancellor Mark Mone and the university’s executive leadership team.
Office of the Chancellor
Leadership • Strategic Initiatives • Government Relations • Budget & Fundraising
Mark A. Mone
Chancellor
mone@uwm.edu
414-229-4331
Mark A. Mone
Mark Mone has made student success, growing research and partnerships, and fostering entrepreneurship and innovation his priorities, even as he manages the unprecedented fiscal challenges facing the university. Prior to being named the university’s ninth chancellor in 2014, he led UWM’s executive education and business engagement initiatives, including the longest-running Executive MBA program in Wisconsin. With the superintendent of the Milwaukee Public Schools and president of Milwaukee Area Technical College, Mone co-founded and co-leads the M3 Initiative, which seeks to close the achievement gap and transform the future of Milwaukee through education. He earned his doctorate in organizational behavior and organization theory from Washington State University.
Academic Affairs
Academic Programs • Student Success • Research • Online Learning • Enrollment Management
Scott Gronert
Interim Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
sgronert@uwm.edu
Development & Alumni Relations
Alumni • Fundraising • Business Partnerships
Joan Nesbitt
Vice Chancellor for Development & Alumni Relations
nesbitjm@uwm.edu
414-229-3013
Finance & Administrative Affairs
uwm.edu/finance-administrative-affairs
Budget & Finance • Facilities • Human Resources • Information Technology
Robin Van Harpen
Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative Affairs
rvanharp@uwm.edu
414-229-4461
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
uwm.edu/diversity-equity-inclusion
International Education • Diversity • Community Engagement
Chia Youyee Vang
Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
vangcy@uwm.edu
414-229-1101
Student Affairs
Athletics • Student Life • Housing • Health & Wellbeing
Kelly Haag
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
kajohnso@uwm.edu
414-229-4038
University Relations
External Relations • Government Relations
Keri Duce
Director of External Relations
klduce@uwm.edu
414-229-5188
Integrated Marketing • Media Relations • Web & Mobile • Print & Copy
Michelle Johnson
Senior Director of Integrated Marketing & Communications
john3453@uwm.edu
414-229-7490
Johannes J. Britz
As provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, Johannes Britz is UWM’s chief academic officer. He served as the dean of the School of Information Studies from 2005 to 2010 and was interim dean of the College of Health Sciences in 2008-09. Britz’s research interests are in social justice and information poverty, particularly in Africa. He holds two doctoral degrees from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and is co-editor of the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE).
Joan Nesbitt
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Robin Van Harpen
As the vice chancellor for Finance and Administrative Affairs and Chief Business Officer, Robin Van Harpen is responsible for UWM’s finances and oversees a number of administrative units that keep the university running, including financial services, budget, procurement, facilities, campus planning, transportation services, safety/risk management, human resources, IT, police and legal. An attorney, she served as UWM’s chief legal counsel from 2004 to 2012. Prior to joining UWM in 2001, Van Harpen worked for the Milwaukee law firm von Briesen & Roper, s.c., practicing school law. She earned her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Chia Youyee Vang
As vice chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Chia Youyee Vang oversees the Division of Global Inclusion and Engagement, which is responsible for advancing diversity and equity and fostering inclusion. Vang served as associate vice chancellor for GIE from 2017-2021. A professor of history, she has been on the UWM faculty since 2006. Her teaching and research interests include 20th century U.S. international history, with particular emphasis on its relation to refugee migration. Outside of academia, Vang has 10 years of experience providing program evaluation, planning and policy research consulting services. She earned her doctorate in American Studies from the University of Minnesota.
Kelly Haag
Haag leads a diverse team responsible for supporting students in a division that includes Athletics, the Dean of Students Office, University Housing, University Recreation, the UWM Student Union, Norris Health Center, Retail Services, Children’s Learning Center, and various student life areas. She worked for many years in University Housing and served as its director from 2011 until her appointment as chief student affairs officer in January 2018. Her notable accomplishments include implementation of UWM’s living learning community program and the university’s inclusive housing policy.