• Leroy Wright

    Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students

    Areas of Responsibility: Anna Howard Shaw Center for Gender Equity, Campus Life, Campus Safety, Community Living, the Cutler Center for Student Success and Academic Achievement, Integrated Wellness & Counseling Services, Metz Dining Services, and Student Development.

    Leroy Wright has 26 years of experience working with students in a higher education setting. Before coming to Albion College, Wright served as associate vice chancellor and interim vice chancellor for student affairs at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Wright also served 10 years as dean of student life at Ferris State University, in Michigan. His roots are in residential life and community living, where he has served in a variety of roles at Ferris State University, Northern Arizona University and the University of Dayton.

    As a first-generation college student, Wright was born and raised in Detroit and still has family in Belleville, Roseville and Detroit, Michigan. He earned his undergraduate degree in human resource management with a minor in multicultural relations in America from Ferris State University, and his graduate degree in counseling and human relations with an emphasis on college student development from Northern Arizona University.

    A unique and highly skilled educator, Wright believes that as professionals, we have a responsibility to support a high level of student development by empowering students to do three simple things: take care of themselves, take care of each other and take care of their community.

    Office: Ferguson Hall 321
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 517/629-0750

  • Connie Smith

    Associate Vice President for Student Development

    Office: Ferguson Hall 323
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 517/629-0750

  • Kelly Finn

    Assistant Vice President for Student Development

    Title IX Coordinator

    Office: Ferguson Hall 324
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 517/629-0195

  • Michelle Owens-Koeppen '89

    Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Student Development and Student Development Division

    Office: Ferguson Hall Third Floor
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 517/629-0750