11/25/2024

Dear Campus Community,

Following an extensive and highly competitive national search, I’m pleased to announce that we have named Tim Whittum as our new vice president for enrollment. Tim joins Puget Sound from Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), where he has served in a variety of admission leadership positions for the institution’s main, liberal-arts residential campus since 2010, most recently as associate vice president of admission and the campus’s chief enrollment officer. He will begin his appointment with us on January 13, 2025.

Tim’s passion for the liberal arts; proven success with enrollment among first-year, transfer, graduate, international, and dual-enrollment students; and his tireless commitment to student success are proof of his ability to lead, refine, and advance our institution-wide strategic enrollment efforts.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Stetson University and a Master of Science degree in justice studies from SNHU. During his 15 years in higher education, he has demonstrated expertise in enrollment growth, strategic planning, and operational transformation. At SNHU, he developed the campus’s first comprehensive strategic enrollment plan, re-designed and implemented an international admission staffing and support model that realized significant growth in international enrollment, and implemented initiatives to support transfer, graduate, and dual-enrollment efforts. Additionally, in 2017 he spearheaded targeted recruitment efforts for the institution’s newly launched School of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics, achieving results that surpassed expectations and reinforced the university’s strategic priorities.

I would like to thank our search committee for their good and thoughtful work. The committee includes:

  • Kim Kvaal, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – Committee Chair
  • Francisco Chavez, Associate Vice President for Technology Services and Chief Information Officer
  • Sarah Comstock, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
  • Cullen Green, Assistant Director of Residence Life
  • Amy Hackett, Director of Athletics
  • Sue Hannaford, Professor and Chair, Biology
  • Drew Kerkhoff, Provost
  • Ben Lewin, Professor and Chair, Sociology and Anthropology, and Director, Public Health
  • Victor Martin, Vice President for University Relations
  • Maggie Mittuch, ’82, Associate Vice President for Student Financial Services
  • Gerard Morris, Professor, Music
  • Sunshine Morrison ’94, trustee, Chair of Special Advisory Committee on Strategic Enrollment Initiatives
  • Holly Poole, ’26, undergraduate student
  • Anna Sherwood, ’25, undergraduate student
  • My Khanh Tran ’03, Assistant Director for Access Programs
  • Landon Wade, Director, Academic Advising and Fellowships
  • Martha Wilson, Director, Admissions Operations

The committee also received support from Assistant to the Executive Vice President and CFO Haley Barnett. Please join me in thanking our search committee and Haley, and welcoming Tim to Puget Sound!

Sincerely,

Isiaah Crawford, Ph.D. | President