EdD, 2011 Adam Sterritt is the assistant vice president for strategic initiatives in the Division of Student Life at The University of Alabama, where he leads strategic planning, assessment, and professional development across 24 departments and also directly supervise the Career Center, University Recreation, and Veteran and Military Affairs. Since joining UA in 2013, Sterritt has worked to strengthen student engagement, retention, and success, while also building a positive and collaborative staff culture. Earlier in his career at Georgia Gwinnett College and Florida State University, he directed large-scale student life programs, developed policies and operations, and managed multi-million dollar capital projects. Sterritt holds his Ed.D. in Higher Education Management from the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia and has taught graduate-level courses at UA for more than a decade. Beyond campus, he contributes nationally as a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accreditation evaluator, frequent presenter, and board member for Florida State University's Hardee Center for Leadership and Ethics in Higher Education. He has also served as a editorial board member for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Journal of College and Character. At the heart of his work is a commitment to helping students succeed and creating environments where both students and staff can thrive.
