Wahab named vice president for enrollment management
Following a national search, R. Lizzie Wahab has been named vice president for enrollment management at the University of Maine, with oversight of the enrollment operations of the UMaine and University of Maine at Machias campuses. Wahab will join the university Aug. 1.
“Lizzie Wahab has a tremendous record of achievement in leading institutions toward sustainable growth and retention, while maintaining selectivity and student access to higher education,” says Jeffrey Hecker, UMaine executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. “She brings 12 years of enrollment management leadership in public and private higher education in the U.S. and abroad to the University of Maine.”
Wahab joins UMaine from The Sage Colleges of Albany and Troy, New York, where she served as vice president of marketing and enrollment management. She has worked in higher education leadership for over 18 years.
She earned a master’s degree in biomedical sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and worked as a research scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Institute before transitioning to academic administration.
Since that time, Wahab has held leadership roles in enrollment management, marketing, financial aid, academic services and international programs at the University of New Haven, Immaculata University, Rosemont College, William Peace University and Wesleyan College.
“I am truly excited to accept this incredible opportunity to serve the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias as one of the many architects of a strong future, by helping build sustainable enrollment foundations for the next decade,” Wahab says.