PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2021
Brian Powell, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Chapman University, to Serve as Chair of CUPA-HR’s Western Region Board of Directors
Brian Powell, vice president and chief human resources officer at Chapman University and presidential advisor on staff diversification, has been elected by his peers to serve as chair of the Western Region board of directors of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) for the 2021-22 fiscal year. He will begin his term on July 1.
In addition to his service on the Western Region board of directors, Powell is also a member of the association’s learning and professional development committee.
Previously, Powell held HR leadership positions at Columbia University and the University of California, Merced. He is a licensed attorney and the author of several publications on employee privacy. He has previously served as an adjunct professor of law, teaching courses on sexual orientation and the law; AIDS law; and law, gender and sexuality. Known for his progressive HR philosophies and practices, he is often a guest speaker and panelist at regional and national HR conferences, most recently in a national telecast on “Building a Versatile Workforce for the Pandemic Era,” for The Chronicle of Higher Education in December 2020.
About CUPA-HR
CUPA-HR is higher ed HR. We serve higher education by providing the knowledge, resources, advocacy and connections to achieve organizational and workforce excellence. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, and serving over 33,000 HR professionals and other campus leaders at nearly 2,000 member institutions and organizations around the country and abroad, the association offers learning and professional development programs, higher education salary and benefits data, extensive online resources and just-in-time regulatory and legislative information.
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