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Vice President for Business Affairs |
 Leslie T. Chapman '79 Vice President for Business Affairs |
| Director of Communications and Marketing Elizabeth (Liz) Libby was appointed Director of Communications and Marketing in February 2005. Prior to joining the College she served for several years as Director of Communications for Mayor Daley’s Office of Workforce Development in Chicago. For two years preceding that appointment Libby worked as a marketing specialist in that office. Libby's experience includes serving as press secretary and project coordinator for a Chicago alderman and as a marketing professional for Women Employed, a Chicago organization dedicated to improving the economic status of women and removing barriers to economic equity. She earned her bachelor’s degree in American history from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and holds a master’s degree in Latin American Studies and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Florida in Gainesville. |
 Liz Libby Director of Communications and Marketing |
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Vice President for Admissions and Career Services |
 William G. Motzer Jr. Vice President for Admissions and Career Services |
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Athletics Director |
 Jacqueline Slaats Athletic Director |
| Provost and Dean of the Faculty Janet McCracken joined the faculty of Lake Forest College in 1993, teaching in the department of philosophy. Before her arrival at Lake Forest, she received her B.A. in philosophy and psychology from Vassar College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. She received a university-wide teaching award as a teaching assistant at UT, later teaching there and at Austin Community College. McCracken specializes in aesthetics—the study of art and beauty—including environmental aesthetics, as well as in the philosophy of economics, human nature, and design; ancient philosophy, early modern philosophy, and philosophy of the emotions. She has chaired the college’s Program in Greece and Turkey and directed it overseas twice. McCracken has also chaired the philosophy department and the Curricular Policies Committee, and served on many other college governance committees and task forces, including the College Council, the Academic Resources and Review Committee, and two planning task forces. McCracken is the author of two books, most recently Taste and the Household: Domestic Aesthetics and Moral Reasoning, and several scholarly articles and book reviews. She began her term as Provost and Dean of Faculty in July 2005. |
 Janet McCracken Provost and Dean of the Faculty |
| Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Provost Joining the College in 1963, George L. Speros first taught Spanish and was then named Chairperson of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures from 1968 to 1979. He was hired to help make Lake Forest global and started the first study-abroad program in Madrid in the fall of 1964, the first international internship program in Madrid in 1985, and its successor in Santiago, Chile, in 1994. He was appointed to the position of Associate Dean of the Faculty in 1979 and Associate Provost in 1995. Speros also assumes the title of Director of International Studies, Director of Internships, Director of Summer School, and Associate Professor of Spanish. Prior to his involvement with Lake Forest College, he lived and studied in Madrid, Spain. As a result of his vital role in the dissemination of Spanish culture, Speros was honored by the Spanish government as a Knight of Civil Merit of Spain. Speros earned his bachelor's degree from Edinboro State College, his master's degree from Middlebury College and his PhD from the University of Madrid. |
 George L. Speros Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty |
| Assistant to the President Elizabeth (Liz) Palm joined the Lake Forest College community as Executive Assistant to the President in June 2007. Prior to joining the College she assisted executives at Komatsu America Corp.’s headquarters in Vernon Hills, IL since 1999. Liz is a part-time student at the College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL and is pursuing a degree in Elementary Education. She plans to finish her degree at Lake Forest College. |
 Elizabeth Palm Executive Assistant to the President |
| Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Pam Gerard began at Lake Forest College on May 1, 2006, and brings with her 20 years of experience in fundraising. Pam has a solid record of developing and working on successful capital campaigns and development programs for universities and hospitals. A graduate of Western Kentucky University, Pam began her career with the Salvation Army in Nashville, where she spent nine years as Director of Development. She also worked in annual giving for the University of Rochester and, from 1995 to 2000, as Development Director for Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing and School of Medicine’s surgical division. As Vice President for Philanthropy at Lake Forest Hospital, Pam directed a highly successful capital campaign that, among other accomplishments, raised $13,500,000 in less than 18 months and pulled in the largest-ever outright gifts and pledges. She also started the hospital's first ongoing major gifts program. |
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