The President’s Cabinet is comprised of the leaders of President Cruz Rivera’s strategic, operational, and advisory leadership team. This team advances, leads, and coordinates broad efforts across NAU’s academic and administrative departments to meet the vision of NAU 2025 – Elevating Excellence and to serve the students, communities, and people of Arizona and beyond.
Meet the team
![Headshot of Laurie Dickson.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/131/2022/07/1797_Laurie_Dickson_20210922.jpg)
Laurie Dickson
Vice President for University Strategy and Senior Associate to the President
![Headshot of Jonathan S. Gagliardi.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/131/2023/10/IMG_27191-scaled.jpg)
Jonathan S. Gagliardi
Vice President of Economic Mobility and Social Impact
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Laura Jones
Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning, Institutional Research, and Analytics; Chief Data Officer
![A portrait of Justin Mallett.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/131/2023/07/image001.png)
Justin Mallett
Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
![Headshot of Michelle Parker.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/131/2022/07/Michelle-Parker-300-300x300-1.jpeg)
Michelle Parker
Vice President of Legal Affairs & General Counsel
![Headshot of Brian Register.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/131/2022/07/Brian-Register-600x600-1.jpg)
Brian Register
Chief of Staff
![Professional photo of Katy Yanez, Interim Vice President, Government Affairs.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/131/2023/04/Yanez_headshot.png)
Katy Yanez
Interim Vice President, Government Affairs