Chula King, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Phone: (850) 474.2035 Fax: (850) 474.3131 E-mail: cking@uwf.edu

Chula King is provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of West Florida. Dr. King received her undergraduate degree and M.B.A. from the UWF and her Ph.D. in Accounting (with emphasis on taxation) from the Louisiana State University. Dr. King has been on the faculty at UWF since 1982 and has served as chairman of the Accounting and Finance Department since 2002. She is also a Certified Public Account in the State of Florida.

Some of Dr. King’s awards and honors include the Program for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Technology Award, Small Grant Award, College of Business Best of Strictly Business Award, Dyson Faculty Award for Excellence in Service, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Advising Award, and Distinguished Teaching award. 

Harold M. White, Jr., Executive Vice President Phone: (850) 474.2200 Fax: (850) 474.3131 E-mail: hwhite@uwf.edu

Dr. Hal White is executive vice president and university professor of Ethics, Law and Policy. He joined the university in fall 2002. In this role, White is the vice president in charge of the Division of University Affairs and also serves as chief operating officer for the university.

Born in Richmond, Va., the son of a school teacher and a clergyman, White grew up in several Virginia and North Carolina towns where his father served churches. He received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and went on to earn his doctorate in law from the University of Miami in Coral Gables. White also holds a Certificate in Higher Education Administration from Harvard University.

White began his career as a law professor at Western State University College of Law in suburban Los Angeles, Calif., where he pioneered courses in space law and consumer law, won a teaching award, and was a member of an advisory committee to Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. of California on science and technology policy. While there, he also served as assistant to the dean for Governmental Affairs and Student Affairs.

Immediately prior to joining UWF, White served as assistant to the chancellor and university (general) counsel for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW). As a faculty member there, he won four teaching awards and taught courses in law, ethics and policy, with a special focus on aerospace, cyberspace, media and telecommunication, and the philosophy of law. He also served as a member of the Computer and Internet Legal Issues Committee for the University of North Carolina System and helped negotiate, raise funds for, and direct the “Global Virtual University” initiative for UNC in cooperation with four Japanese universities.

Previously, White served a special appointment as chief of international law and senior assistant attorney general for the newly formed country and former U.S. Trust Territory of the Federated States of Micronesia, where he briefly served as acting attorney general and culminated his service as a delegate to the United Nations. He helped Micronesia to join the United Nations, select its first indigenous attorney general, establish a new communications department, and join international agencies such as the International Telecommunications Union, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the World Health Organization, and the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium.

White also is a former special deputy attorney general of North Carolina and a former visiting professor of Law, Ethics and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he pioneered two new courses. His research and teaching specialties in media, telecommunication, space and cyberspace have always had an interdisciplinary orientation, with a special focus on social adjustments to rapidly changing technologies and new environments and their impact on the philosophy and development of law.

Having authored two books and written numerous articles on the law and policy relating to activities in space, including the international regulation of telecommunication satellites, White has advised numerous aerospace trade and professional associations, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Institute of Human and Machine Cognition as well as the Advisory Board of the National Flight Academy.

White also served as project counsel and associate researcher at the Smithsonian Institution where he assisted in conducting a special space law project and conference series for the nation's capital in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States. He produced and directed the first national symposium on the impact of outer space activities on law and public policy. As a result of his lifetime of accomplishments in the field of space law and policy, White recently was honored by election to the International Institute of Space Law.

Jim Hurd , Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Phone: (850) 474.2214 Fax: (850) 474.3131 E-mail: jhurd@uwf.edu

Dr. Jim Hurd has been serving the University of West Florida since 1986 and currently serves as interim vice president for the Division of Student Affairs.

Prior to joining the University of West Florida staff, Hurd served in student affairs administration at Texas A&M University (College Station). Hurd began his tenure at UWF as director for Student Activities and has served as associate vice president and dean of students. Hurd has served on a variety of standing and ad hoc committees, councils and task forces at UWF including: the Critical Case Team, the Quality Enhancement Plan, the Student Success Task Force, the University Planning Council, the Strategic Planning Facilitation Team, UWF LEAD and a variety of search committees. Hurd was the 1999 winner of the Marion Vickers Prize and is a past winner of the Gabor Award.

Hurd also serves as adjunct instructor and program coordinator in the College of Professional Studies where he advises and teaches in the College Student Personnel Administration graduate program. This program is designed to provide professional preparation for individuals seeking to work in university student affairs administration.

Hurd maintains membership in several professional organizations including the National Association for Student Affairs Administrators, the American College Personnel Association, the Southern Association of College Student Affairs, the Association for Student Conduct Administrators, the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Association of College Administration Professionals.

Kyle Marrero, Interim Vice President for University Advancement Phone: (850) 474.3306 Fax: (850) 474.2037 E-mail: kmarrero@uwf.edu

Dr. Kyle Marrero is currently serving as interim vice president for University Advancement having joined the University of West Florida in fall 2005 as the director of the School of Fine and Performing Arts and chair of the Department of Music. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in vocal performance from Bowling Green State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. 

As chair of the Music Department and director of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, Dr. Marrero garnered success in his abilities to navigate curriculum, personnel and development issues. He successfully achieved NASM accreditation and approval for degree title changes from Bachelor of Arts to Bachelor of Music, developed and implemented a new Bachelor of Music Education degree and helped develop a B.F.A. program in Music Theatre delivered in partnership with the Music and Theatre departments. He has guided assessment innovations in fine arts curriculum and has steered new standards in tenure and promotion guidelines appropriate to the music discipline. New initiatives to aid in recruitment and community service have included the addition of the UWF Summer High School Music Camp, the UWF Summer Kodály Workshop (level I certification) and the UWF Music Academy.  

Dr. Marrero has worked to establish and maintain community partnerships with the Pensacola Symphony, Pensacola Opera, Pensacola Museum of Art and the Pensacola Little Theatre. In working with Martha Lee Blodgett, director of Development at UWF, fundraising successes have included the purchase of 18 new Steinway pianos, making UWF a prestigious “All-Steinway” School and the naming of the Warren and Helen Wentworth “All-Steinway” Piano Program. During his short tenure at UWF, he has been involved in fundraising and grant endeavors totaling more than $2 million in future scholarship and equipment purchases. In addition, he secured annual funding from the Student Government Association (SGA) for the Music and Theatre Departments based on student attendance and its cultural value to the overall student community. He currently serves as the coordinator of the Phillips Jazz Piano Competition helping to promote this event to national prominence.  University service activities have included the UWF Integrated Marketing Team, College of Arts and Sciences Chairs Leadership Group and Chair Mentoring Team and he currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Rehabilitation Foundation of Northwest Florida.

As artistic director of Pensacola Opera, Dr. Marrero led the company tripling its annual budget and doubling its patronage in nine years. Mainstage productions continue to garner critical acclaim and have helped facilitate granting opportunities with the National Endowment of the Arts and Opera America. Demonstrating his commitment to education, he founded the Artist-in-Residence program at Pensacola Opera. The program, encompassing 13 weeks of residency, provides training to young artists newly out of graduate school and delivers outreach and educational programs reaching more than 25,000 children and 20,000 adults in Northwest Florida and South Alabama.

Past affiliations have included 11 years as an associate professor of voice at Louisiana State University, production director for Nevada Opera and artistic director of Opera Southwest in Albuquerque, N.M.

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