Michael Scales was named the vice chairman of Penn’s Division of Enterprise Companies as we speak, along with his tenure set to start on June 1.
Scales — who’s presently the affiliate vice chairman for enterprise providers at Temple College — will succeed Marie Witt within the place. Witt has labored at Penn since 1981 and shall be retiring on the finish of the educational yr.
As vice chairman, Scales shall be chargeable for managing lots of the services supplied by Penn Enterprise Companies, together with housing and eating providers, Penn Transit and commuter providers, parking, Convention and Hospitality Companies, PennCards, mail providers, Campus Specific, the Penn Bookstore, and College-owned inns.
Senior Government Vice President Craig Carnaroli described Scales as “an efficient facilitator, collaborator, and builder of efficient partnerships” to Penn Right this moment.
“[Scales] has been strategically main his crew of greater than 1,000 workers, overseeing a slate of capital initiatives valued at greater than $300 million, and managing Temple’s numerous portfolio of auxiliary providers throughout all six of its native and Pennsylvania campuses,” Carnaroli stated. “We look ahead to welcoming him to Penn on this essential position.”
Scales acquired a bachelor’s diploma in psychology with a minor in enterprise in 1992 from Appalachian State College in North Carolina. He then pursued an grasp’s in increased schooling administration and scholar affairs from The Ohio State College, graduating in 1995, according to his LinkedIn. He’s within the technique of finishing a Ph.D. in schooling from Temple College, in response to Penn Right this moment.
Earlier than turning into the affiliate vice chairman for Enterprise Companies at Temple College — a place he has held since December 2015 — Scales held varied scholar affairs, housing, and residential life positions at Temple College, Drexel College, North Carolina State College, Georgia Institute of Expertise, Ohio State College, and Appalachian State College, in response to his LinkedIn.
Scales is a member of the board of administrators for Campus Philly, a nonprofit group that goals to encourage school college students and up to date graduates to dwell and work within the Higher Philadelphia space.
He’s additionally the vice chair of NorthEast Treatment Centers — a non-profit group that gives behavioral well being and social providers in Higher Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, and in Delaware — and has been a member of the board of trustees for Albright School in Studying, PA since 2020.
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