Deanne Horner D’Emilio, JD
总统
迪安妮·霍纳·德埃米利奥, JD began her tenure as the sixth 总统 of 格温内斯仁慈大学 on August 1, 2017. Since joining 格温内斯仁慈大学, D'Emilio has led the University through significant changes and milestones.
她带头 University's sale of its East Campus, a 154-acre property adjacent to its Gwynedd Valley campus, for more than twice what GMercyU paid for the land three years ago.
The University made the decision to sell the property following a careful review of its space needs as part of a recently completed University Facilities Master Planning process, and significant interest from potential buyers. A portion of the proceeds from the sale will be used to support strategic investments that align with the University's vision of becoming a Catholic university leader in professional and healthcare education.
Through D'Emilio's leadership, GMercyU also secured at $10 million transformational gift from the Maguire Foundation 建造弗朗西丝M. Maguire 健康care Innovation Campus. This future state-of-the-art hub of healthcare innovation will address the healthcare needs of today and tomorrow, with the goal of improving access and equity for all. 在这里, technological advancements will converge with a compassionate healthcare mindset, and healthcare majors will collaborate with Social Work, 心理学, Computer Information Science and students in many other majors as they learn to advocate for the "whole" patient.
GMercyU has recently embarked on a number of improvements to existing campus facilities, including the addition of a loop road and more pedestrian walkways, renovations to the residence halls and athletic fields, and new classroom technologies.
Through D'Emilio's leadership, 格温内斯仁慈大学 is celebrating its 75th anniversary and emerging from the pandemic with a clear vision and plan for the future.
Prior to 格温内斯仁慈大学, D’Emilio served as Provost and Vice 总统 for Academic Affairs at Carlow University, another Mercy-sponsored institution. She assumed the position in July 2014 during a period of reorganization at Carlow, which included an academic transition from six schools and divisions to three colleges. D’Emilio led the University’s efforts to reorganize the academic structure, 制定战略计划, 加强项目, promote interdisciplinary approaches, implement process improvements, 优化资源. She has launched more than a dozen new programs, created a division of Online and Digital Learning, and forged partnerships with corporate, 卫生保健, and education entities to benefit students and develop an enrollment pipeline.
Before assuming the position of Provost and Vice 总统 for Academic Affairs, D’Emilio served as Dean of the School of Man年龄ment and Dean of the Graduate School at Carlow, successfully leading efforts to 加强项目, implement process improvements, 优化资源.
D’Emilio came to Carlow from Mount Aloysius College, where she developed and chaired the Legal Studies program and served as Associate Academic Dean and Division Chair of Humanities, 社会科学, 及专业研究, the College’s largest academic division. Mount Aloysius is another one of the 16 Mercy-sponsored institutions in the United States.
She has been recognized with outstanding teaching and advising awards, and has presented to the Association of American Colleges and Universities on the restructuring of general education at Carlow. D’Emilio also has served as an Arbitrator of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.
D’Emilio graduated cum laude with a B.A. in education with a minor in 宗教 from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs from Bowling Green State University, and a JD cum laude from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania, 直到1998年, when she began pursuing a career in higher education.
She is married to Matthew D’Emilio, Director of University Contracts Office at Carnegie Mellon University, and they have two grown children.
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