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Lea joins UGA from the University of Houston – Downtown, where she was responsible for the university’s SACSCOC accreditation as well as campus-wide assessment efforts. She has 26 years of experience in higher education leadership including instruction, accreditation, workforce development and related grant management, federal and foundation grant development and management, curriculum design, assessment, credit and non-credit course design, faculty supervision, student services and college administration and five years of experience in nonprofit management.

In her role as associate director for accreditation, Lea supports institutional accreditation processes and strategic planning. Lea holds a doctorate in higher education leadership from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s degree in mathematics and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Eastern New Mexico University.