WGU Names Two New Key Leaders: Provost and Chief Technology Officer

NEW WGU PROVOST
Western Governors University is pleased to announce that Sal Monaco, Ph.D., has been appointed as our new provost and vice president of academic affairs. Dr. Monaco joins WGU following a distinguished career developing and delivering high-quality educational programs in business, technology, health care administration, and education. Dr. Monaco was at University of Maryland University College (UMUC), serving until 2006 as vice provost and dean of the Graduate School of Management and Technology delivering online degrees to more than 12,000 students enrolled in 20 degree and 40 certificate programs.

He also served as interim president of the New England College of Finance in Boston, Massachusetts, and most recently as provost and executive vice president of the American College of Education. He holds a B.S.E. from Manhattan College, an M.S.E. from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He joins us on January 21, 2008.

According to President Dr. Robert Mendenhall, "What attracted us most to Dr. Monaco is his commitment to high academic quality and his demonstrated success in managing faculty and student success in a high-growth online education enterprise. As WGU continues to grow at a fast rate (45 percent growth last year), Dr. Monaco's leadership will serve our growing student enrollment and the WGU academic staff extremely well."


NEW CTO NAMED AT WGU
Western Governors University has appointed Dave Wilson as its new chief technology officer. Wilson joins the university following a long and distinguished career path. A technology visionary who leverages entrepreneurial enthusiasm and a diverse skill set, Dave Wilson is a veteran project manager and team builder, with broad hands-on abilities and current technical skills. He led the creation of a successful new information system at Genova Diagnostics, as well as leading a multidisciplinary engineering team at KOZ.com, involving some of the first commercial online offerings for K-12 and university education. Wilson also worked at Link Flight Simulation, creating environments for pilot training. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Clarkson University.

WGU President Dr. Robert Mendenhall is extremely pleased that Dave Wilson is joining the university's top management staff. "The chief technology officer's position is critical to moving forward technically as WGU experiences a continuing period of high growth. Dave's ability to be innovative and lead detailed technical projects is key to further streamlining WGU's online access and delivery system for students and staff," says Mendenhall. "Dave Wilson's work will ensure that we continue to develop, implement, and maintain the most efficient systems and best practices in technology for our online university."