Georgia Regents Pick First Black Woman as Interim Chancellor
ATLANTA
A Black woman was chosen last week as interim chancellor of the state’s university system.
Corlis Cummings, currently one of three senior vice chancellors, was named to the position by the Board of Regents during a teleconference.
She will head the university system after Chancellor Tom Meredith leaves — probably next month — to lead the higher education system in Mississippi.
Cummings is an Atlanta native. She has a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from the University of Georgia. She is the first woman and the first Black person to serve as interim or permanent chancellor of the university system.
Cummings was expected to be named to the position two weeks ago when the board met in Atlanta for its monthly meeting, but Chairman Tim Shelnut announced the decision would be postponed until details about the interim chancellor’s job description could be worked out.
