Allen Brown, Director of Facilities Operations in the Department of Facilities Management was appointed Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities, effective September 1.
Brown assumed the duties and responsibilities previously held by Jorge Quintal, who left WSSU August 31, to accept the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Quintal joined the university in 2000 as Director of Facilities Planning and Engineering and was appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management in October 2003.
“We appreciate the many contributions Jorge has made to the university during his tenure here,” said Gerald Hunter, WSSU Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration. “We wish him well in his new position. We are also appreciative that Mr. Brown has accepted the challenge of serving on an interim basis while a national search is conducted to fill the position permanently.”
Brown joined the university in 2006 as Director of Facilities Operations, after 23 years with R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Company. Brown is a registered engineer with extensive facilities experience.
