Gregory Heileman

Gregory (Greg) L. Heileman currently serves as the vice provost of undergraduate education and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Arizona, where he is responsible for facilitating collaboration across campus to strategically enhance institutional capacity related to academic administration. He has served in various administrative capacities in higher education since 2004.  His experience includes work in the areas of faculty development, institutional research, accreditation and academic program review, curriculum management, student success, academic advisement, tutoring, student health \& wellbeing, student conduct, budget and finance, economic development, policy development, information technology and data governance, and strategic planning. 

From 2017-2019, he served as the associate provost for student and academic life and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Kentucky, where he was responsible for providing vision, leadership and strategic direction for campus-wide student success efforts, while also serving as the university’s Chief Student Affairs Officer. From 2011-2017, he served as the associate provost for curriculum and then as the vice provost for teaching, learning and innovation at the University of New Mexico (UNM). During that time, he led campus-wide student academic success initiatives, and worked with key stakeholders on campus, to produce all-time record retention and graduation rates.

He earned a BA in biology from Wake Forest University, a MS in biomedical engineering and mathematics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1986 and his PhD in computer engineering from the University of Central Florida.