Dr. Kevin D. Rome, Sr:
On July 1, 2017, Dr. Kevin D. Rome, Sr. became the 16th President of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to beginning the presidency at Fisk, Rome served as the 19th President of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri from June 2013 to June 2017.
With over 20 years in higher education, Rome has served in various capacities of university administration. He has served as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at North Carolina Central University, Vice President for Student Services at Morehouse College, Vice President for Campus Life at Clayton State University, and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Diversity at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis where he served on the development team for a $50 million new campus center.
During his tenure at Lincoln, Rome managed a budget in excess of $57 million and increased the reserves by approximately $5 million. Additionally, Rome’s leadership provided more than $60 million dollars in sponsored research, grants, and private gifts. On a personal note, the Dr. Kevin and Stefanie Rome Endowed Scholarship Fund was established at Lincoln University to assist deserving students in need.
Under his leadership, the university witnessed a 50% increase in student enrollment in addition to the creation of new institutional programs and academic initiatives. In fact, these new academic initiatives resulted in signed agreements with the Korean National University of Transportation to offer faculty and students increased research and learning opportunities and the One Love Learning Foundation of Jamaica to educate students and farmers on sustainable organic agriculture in the island country.
Rome earned the Bachelor of Art degree in English from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1989. He received the Master of Education in College Student Personnel with an emphasis in counseling from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, in 1991, and the Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas in 2001.
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Dr. Jens Frederiksen, Ph.D.:
Dr. Frederiksen assumed the role of Vice President of Institutional Advancement in 2016 and since then fundraising has increased dramatically year over year culminating in a $10,700,000 record total last fiscal year. During this time, alumni giving participation has also risen from the 21% to near 35%. Dr. Frederiksen has helped land multiple key federal grants and was critical in securing the largest incoming class in over a decade. As of November 2019, Dr. Frederiksen was named the Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Enrollment Management.
Co. Hosted with Kevin D. Rome, Sr., Ph.D.
Dr. Frederiksen received his undergraduate degrees in economics, political science, history and philosophy from Vanderbilt University – He also received a Masters degree in social and political thought before completing his Masters and PhD in political science all from Vanderbilt University.