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AROUND THE QUADSTransitionsSECRETARY: Jerome Davis, who has been a special assistant in the President’s Office for the past five years, is the new secretary of the University. Davis has helped manage a number of key strategic initiatives for the University as well as the search committees for a variety of senior University administrators and projects such as the World Leaders Forum and the first Global Colloquium of University Presidents. He had been interim secretary since March, filling the vacancy left by Keith Walton, who resigned. SEAS: Gerald Navratil will be SEAS’ interim dean for the 2007–08 academic year. A professor in the applied physics and applied mathematics (APAM) department, Navratil will complete his 30th year at Columbia in July. He said he will focus on building on the success of Dean Zvi Galil, who will leave his position this summer to become president of Tel Aviv University. Navratil joined Columbia as an assistant professor in mechanical engineering and helped establish the APAM department, which he chaired for more than 10 years. UDAR: Scott Meserve ’91 joined University Development and Alumni Relations on June 1 as a major gift officer, Wall Street Initiative. Reporting to the College’s dean of alumni affairs and development, Derek Wittner ’65, Meserve will be responsible for the Wall Street Initiative, a focused development area of the $4 billion Columbia Campaign. Meserve also will report to Andrea Rounds, UDAR’s director of development, to work with the major gifts team in Arts and Sciences. Meserve spent the last eight years developing arts and civic organizations in New York City, most recently as membership director and development officer for Arts and Culture Programs at Central Park SummerStage. ALUMNI OFFICE: Zachary Howell joined the Columbia College Fund as a development officer on June 11. A graduate of North Carolina, Howell was a student fundraiser in the calling center and remained at UNC after graduating, becoming supervisor of the calling center and simultaneously a student programs intern. He later worked in NYC with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
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