Kimberly B. Williams recently was named director of admissions at U-M-Flint and Mary Ann Gregor has been appointed director of the campus’s Urban Health and Wellness Center.
Williams previously was senior assistant director of admissions at Old Dominion University. She supervised staff members, managed visitations programs, coordinated special events, administered e-mail communications and directed publicity initiatives. She also served as a freshman studies instructor and adjunct faculty member in the College of Education.
After receiving an undergraduate degree in English with an emphasis in journalism from Old Dominion, Williams commenced her professional career in admissions at Johnson and Wales University in Norfolk, Va. When she returned to her alma mater as an assistant director, she also completed a master of science in educational administration.
“What attracted me to U-M-Flint was an urban setting similar to Old Dominion and the opportunity to implement things that worked well for me at other schools,” Williams says. “There’s a lot of growth opportunity, here and with my background I thought it would be a nice fit.
“The people I met on campus, from faculty to staff, sealed the deal,” Williams says. “I was comfortable.”
Within the next academic year, she plans to complete work on a post-master’s education specialist degree in higher education.
Gregor holds a doctorate in public health from U-M and a master of health services administration from George Washington University. During the last 20 years, she has worked in a variety of health care settings. Most recently, she was a senior research associate in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the U-M Health System.
“Gregor has demonstrated the capacity to manage and direct clinical research activities at multiple sites, review and administer contracts, manage a budget, identify funding opportunities, supervise and train research staff, and network with colleagues and community members,” says Dean Austin Agho of the School of Health Professions and Studies (SHPS). “In the last eight years, her work has focused on clinical research in the emergency department setting.”
As director of the Urban Health and Wellness Center, she will work with faculty and staff in SHPS and with the greater Flint community.
“I’m most looking forward to the collaboration between the campus and community in an effort to close the health disparities gap,” Gregor says. “In Flint there are more opportunities than challenges because there are many organizations and federal funding agencies interested in providing better health care to parts of the community that haven’t been served.”
Gregor has published several articles in refereed journals and presented scientific papers at regional and national conferences.
