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

Laurie Dickson
Vice President for University Strategy and Senior Associate to the President

Jonathan S. Gagliardi
Vice President of Economic Mobility and Social Impact

Katy Yanez
Interim Vice President, Government Affairs

Laura Jones
Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning, Institutional Research, and Analytics; Chief Data Officer

Michelle Parker
Vice President of Legal Affairs & General Counsel

Brian Register
Chief of Staff