Contract Approved for New ASU President
The trustees of Alabama State University have approved a two-year contract that pays new President Gwendolyn Boyd $300,000 annually.
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The board, including Gov. Robert Bentley, approved the contract unanimously Friday. It includes benefits, such as a president’s home.
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University spokesman Ken Mullinax said Boyd will start Feb. 1. She has been executive assistant to the chief of staff of the Applied Physics Lab at John Hopkins University.
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She replaces Joseph Silver, who left in late 2012. He had an annual salary of $325,000, but only served a few months.
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The ASU trustees voted to hire Boyd last month. She grew up in Montgomery and got her bachelor’s degree from Alabama State. She has a master’s in mechanical engineering from Yale University and a doctorate in divinity from Howard University.
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