Tiffany Franks, Averett University President

Ahead of her first job interview there, Tiffany Franks visited Averett University’s campus with her husband to scope it out — a bit of “mystery shopping,” if you will. “We fell in love,” she recalls. “It was a match made in heaven.”

Franks became Averett’s 14th president in 2008, making her the first woman to lead the university since its founding. Her tenure has been defined by expansion and change, with a list of accomplishments including new facilities, new academic programs and new athletics teams. “One of the things I’m most grateful for is how we have established Averett’s place in this community and garnered tremendous community support,” she says.

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