Norwich University has named Lisa Yaeger as its new director of human resources. She began her tenure in July.
Yaeger comes to Norwich after nine years at the Community College of Vermont, where she served as director of Human Resources and later as associate dean for Human and Administrative Resources.
Yaeger brings over 18 years of leadership experience in higher education. She previously served at the University of Maine School of Law and at University College at the University of Denver.
A member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and CUPA-HR, Yaeger currently serves as director of communications for the Eastern Region CUPA-HR Board.
“The opportunity to work at Norwich was one I simply could not pass up,” Yaeger said. “This is a chance to serve a campus rich in tradition and to join a strong Human Resources team.”
Yaeger holds a B.A. in Psychology from Kent State University, a Master’s in Applied Communication from the University of Denver and a certificate in Human Resources Management from the University of New Hampshire. Her professional certifications include a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and SHRM-CP. She is a graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute of the Snelling Center for Government and Higher Education Resources Services (HERS) New England Management Institute at Wellesley College.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army and is the oldest private military college in the United States of America. Norwich is one of our nation's six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
In fulfillment of Norwich’s mission to train and educate today’s students to be tomorrow’s global leaders and captains of industry, the Forging the Future campaign is committed to creating the best possible learning environment through state-of-the-art academics and world-class facilities.