Three New College Appointments Filled: Vice President

for Administration and Chief Financial Officer; Director of Institutional

Research and Analysis; and Environmental Coordinator

F. Robert Huth named as Vice President for

Administration and Chief Financial Officer

F. Robert Huth, Jr. has been named to the newly created

position of vice president for administration and chief financial

officer. Huth will be responsible for directing daily financial

and administrative operations of the College, and contributing

to long-range strategic planning as the College continues to build

its endowment through its current capital campaign. He will report

to the executive vice president and treasurer.

Huth comes to Middlebury College with more than 25

years of experience in finance and accounting. Most recently he

served as the senior vice president for administration, and previously

the vice president for administration and treasurer, at Moravian

College and Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pa. Prior to joining

the staff at Moravian College, Huth was the controller at Lehigh

University, also in Bethlehem, Pa.

A certified public accountant, Huth earned an undergraduate

degree in accounting from Moravian College and a master’s in business

administration at Lehigh University. He is a member of the American

Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the secretary of

the Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers

(EACUBO).

Rebecca H. Brodigan named Director of Research

and Analysis

Rebecca H. Brodigan has been named to the position

of director of institutional research and analysis. Brodigan will

be responsible for integrating data gathering and analysis to

support planning and decision making across all sectors of the

College.

Brodigan comes to Middlebury College with more than

14 years of experience in institutional research and planning

in higher education. Most recently she served as the director

of planning and research for Vermont State Colleges (VSC), where

she coordinated all such work in a variety of areas, including

student enrollment and financial aid for the five colleges of

the VSC system. Prior to her position at VSC, Brodigan served

as the associate dean for enrollment and information systems and

planning at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass., and the executive

assistant to the associate vice chancellor of admission and enrollment

at the University of California at Berkeley.

Brodigan earned an undergraduate degree in political

science from the University of Maine and a master’s in public

administration at George Washington University. She is the current

treasurer of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research

and a member of the American Association for Higher Education,

the Association for Institutional Research, and Vermont Women

in Higher Education.

Lily O’Leary named as Environmental Coordinator

Lily O’Leary has joined Middlebury College as environmental

coordinator. In her new position, she will advise the College’s

environmental council, provide guidance regarding campus stewardship

and operations, promote environmental awareness, and assist with

the recycling program.

O’Leary was previously employed by Keene State College

in Keene, N.H., where she was responsible for developing waste

reduction and recycling initiatives, and educational materials.

She also instituted the Council for a Sustainable Future to promote

on-campus environmental awareness and stewardship, and served

as advisor to the Campus Ecology Program, a nationally-affiliated

student environmental organization.

O’Leary has been an active volunteer at the community,

regional, and national level, formerly serving as a director of

the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce in Keene, N.H., and chair

of its Environmental Committee; director of the Northeast Sustainable

Energy Association; co-chair of the Northeast Collegiate Recyclers’

Coalition; and member of the President’s Commission on the Status

of Women in 1997.

O’Leary earned an undergraduate degree in public

relations from Simmons College and a master’s

in resource management and administration

from Antioch New England Graduate School.