Butterfield new human resources and affirmative action associate VP

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan Regents, at their Oct. 19-20 meeting, approved the appointment of Barbara Butterfield as associate vice president for human resources and affirmative action and chief human resource officer, effective Feb. 1, 2001.

Butterfield will report jointly to Nancy Cantor, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and Robert Kasdin, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Butterfield’s nomination to the U-M post was announced earlier.

Butterfield has held positions in a variety of settings, including serving as senior vice president and chief human resource officer at the American Intercontinental University, vice president for human resources and vice president for faculty and staff services at Stanford University, and vice president for human resources at the University of Pennsylvania. She also held high-level human resource positions at Duke, Michigan State and Southern Illinois universities. Butterfield holds a Ph.D. in education administration from Southern Illinois University.

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