ECSU
announces new administrators
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE------Elizabeth City State University announces the appointment of three
interim administrators: Mr. James Dockery as interim director of the Division of
Human Resources, Dr. Gerald McCants, interim vice chancellor for the Division of
Student Affairs, and Mr. J. Lin Dawson as interim athletics
director.
Mr. James
Dockery recently
served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Compliance Officer at North Carolina
Central University (2010 – July 2013). In 2011, he developed and launched the
social media platform, www.diverselawyers.com which was designed to enhance
diversity and inclusion within the legal profession by enabling lawyers from
around the world to build sustainable relationships using social media. Diverse
Lawyers is the only on-line professional networking platform of its kind
designed for the legal community. Dockery also served as Associate General
Counsel for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (2005-2010); Corporate Counsel/ Director of
Diversity for Clear Channel Communications in San Antonio, Texas (2000-2005);
Special Counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, in Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld (1998-2000). Dockery served in the U. S. Air Force
from 1987 to 2009.
Dockery
earned a B.A. in political science from North Carolina Central University and a
J.D., from the University of North Carolina, School of Law. He completed the
Executive Leadership Program at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and the
National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Teacher Training at Harvard
University.
Dr. Gerald
McCants, an
administrator with over 30 years of experience in higher education, returns to
ECSU after formerly serving here as assistant to the Chancellor for Enrollment
Management, Planning, Research and Outreach (2001 – 2007) when he retired. Other
posts at this university include: Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement
(Interim) (April 2001 to September 2001) and Assistant to the Chancellor for
Planning, Assessment, and Research (September 1999 to September 2001). McCants
served as Associate Vice President for Student Services (Interim) and Director
of Special Programs (March 1998 to August 1999) with the University of North
Carolina’s General Administration. Other institutions where he served as an
administrator include: Special Consultant to the Chancellor at Fayetteville
State University (January 1996 to February 1998); Winston Salem State
University, Interim Chancellor (July 1995 to December 1995) and Special
Assistant to the Chancellor at Winston-Salem State University (August 1991 to
December 1995); Special Consultant to the Chancellor at North Carolina Central
University (March 1992 to May 1992 and July 1992 to December 1992); Director,
Academic Development Program at Elizabeth City State University (March 1987 to
August 1991); Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Professor of Education, and
Director of Affirmative Action (May 1982 to March 1987) University of Arkansas
at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Equal Opportunity Specialist with the
Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
McCants
earned a B.S. in physical education and recreation from Central Michigan
University (January 1968), a M.A. in counseling and guidance from Central
Michigan University (June 1969) and a Ph.D. in administration and higher
education from Michigan State University (June 1974). He served the country in
the U.S. Naval Reserves (1975 to 1993) and the U.S. Air Force (1961 to
1965).
Mr. J. Lin
Dawson has held
significant roles in higher education and business settings. He was a team
chaplain, player representative and the starting tight-end with the New England
Patriots. Following his 10-year National Football League football career, Dawson
worked as an entrepreneur, a graduate school professor, consultant, director,
athletic administrator, program designer, and senior officer over the course of
his 30-year professional career.
Dawson used
many of those experiences to make notable contributions in higher education for
the benefit of student athletes. He was an Associate Director of Training and
Education at the Center for the Study of Sport in Society (CSSS) at Northeastern
University in Boston, Mass. (1991 to 1994). As a member of the CSSS staff,
Dawson worked with an award-winning program called Project TEAMWORK that used
former professional athletes to address issues of race, ethnicity and gender.
Under his leadership, the CSSS won national awards from the Anti-Defamation
League, the Peter F. Drucker Foundation and was named the country’s best
conflict resolution program by the White House in June of
1994.
He returned
to his alma mater, North Carolina State University in 1994, to work five years
as Manager of ImPack, the athletic department’s student-athlete development
program. There, he also served as sport administrator for football for five
years. ImPack Program was awarded the inaugural ‘Program of Distinction’ by the
NCAA Division I Athletic Directors Association in 1997.
After a
five-year stint at North Carolina State University, Dawson spent one year as the
Chief Operating Officer with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports at
Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Fla. (NCAS).
In June of
2000, Dawson returned to the state of North Carolina and assumed the position of
Director of Athletics at North Carolina Central University. He implemented cost
savings measures and oversaw fundraising ventures to help the department meet
its budgetary goals.
Following his
tenure at North Carolina Central, Dawson spent three years (2003-2006) at
Virginia Commonwealth University as an Adjunct Professor in the school’s
Graduate Sports Management Program and Associate Athletic Director/Associate
Director of the VCU Sports Center.
From 2008 to
2011, Dawson served as Director of Athletics/Special Assistant to the President
at Grambling State University, where he was responsible for fiscal management,
eliminating debt, increasing corporate sponsorships, monitoring staff procedures
and professional development.
In January of
2007, Dawson entered the private sector and served as the Chief Spiritual
Officer for The Lin Dawson Organization, LLC (LDO). As CSO of the organization,
Dawson provides organizational development consulting. Dawson has been involved
with the ministry for 32 years and also serves as the Executive Director of the
Motherland Foundation.
He earned a
bachelor’s degree in Speech and Communication from Northeastern University; a
MBA with a specialization in Human Resource Management and Knowledge/Learning
Management from Walden University. Currently, he’s a Ph.D. candidate in Applied
Management and Decision Sciences-Organizational Change and Leadership and a
M.Div. candidate.
Dawson is
also a counselor and a minister.
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Photos
available upon request.
Kesha
Williams
Director
of Media Relations| University Relations and Marketing
Elizabeth
City State University
1704
Weeksville Rd. | Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone:
252.335.3686 | Fax: 252.335.3769
Email: kdwilliams@mail.ecsu.edu | www.ecsu.edu
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