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Volume 35, Number 2, May 2008

Rodriguez appointed vice president of human resources

Elizabeth “Betsy” Rodriguez has been appointed vice president of human resources for the University of Missouri System. She will begin in July 2008.

Rodriguez, 49, has served as interim associate vice president of human resources at the University of Colorado system since June 2007. In that role, she provides human resources leadership for a multi-campus system with about 14,000 employees. From 1998 to 2007, Rodriguez held progressively responsible management and leadership roles for the University of Colorado at Denver and its associated Health Sciences Center campus. She also has served the state of Colorado as a top human resources administrator and the University of Missouri System as a staff associate for labor relations.

“Betsy has a great record in human resources leadership, especially dealing with the special responsibilities and strategic alliances of a complex, multi-campus public higher education system,” said UM President Gary Forsee. “I am pleased to welcome her to the University of Missouri leadership team.”

Rodriguez received her master’s degree in psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.

“I am honored to accept this leadership role at my alma mater, and I appreciate the confidence shown by President Forsee and the board of curators,” Rodriguez said. “For my family, this is particularly exciting because coming to Missouri feels like coming home.”

Responsibilities of the vice president for human resources include labor and employee relations, compensation matters, faculty and staff benefits, recruitment, professional development, affirmative action and human resources information systems.

Rodriguez is replacing R. Kenneth Hutchinson, who retired in December. Dr. K. Blake Danuser has been serving as interim vice president.

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