Mark Milliron
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, has appointed Mark David Milliron to lead its Teachers College as senior vice president and executive dean. WGU said Milliron will drive the strategic direction of the college, which currently enrolls more than 27,000 students in all 50 states. Milliron has worked with colleges and universities, K-12 schools, corporations, nonprofit organizations and government agencies across the country and around the world. He is co-founder of Civitas Learning, where he served as chief learning officer and executive director of the Next-Generation Leadership Academy. In addition, he served as faculty-in-residence in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Earlier, he was the founding chancellor for WGU Texas and deputy director for postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
