Dr. Paulette Dillard, President (Interim)
Paulette Dillard is the interim
president of Shaw University. Prior to her appointment in July 2017, she served
as Shaw University’s Vice President of Academic Affairs in which she played an
instrumental role in Shaw’s positioning as a resource to the City of Raleigh
and its surrounding communities. During her tenure at Shaw University, Dr.
Dillard has also served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Chair of
Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and as an associate professor of Biology.
Dr. Dillard began her career at
International Clinical Laboratories in Nashville, Tennessee. She went on to
hold senior leadership positions at SmithKline and Quest Diagnostics, where she
managed operations and maintained an operating margin of 20 percent and
achieved a 99 percent customer retention during the integration of the two
companies. With that extensive experience in the health care industry and medical
diagnostics, she worked as a researcher assisting with development and academic
executive direction at Clark Atlanta University's Center for Cancer Research
and Therapeutic Development.
Dr. Dillard earned her Ph.D. in
Biological Sciences from Clark Atlanta University in 2010. She holds a Master’s
of Business Administration from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, a
Master’s of Science in Biology from Tennessee State University, a Medical
Technology degree from Self Memorial Hospital School of Medical Technology in
Greenwood, South Carolina and a Bachelor’s in Biology from Barber-Scotia
College in Concord, North Carolina.
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