Long-time Immaculata University president Barbara Lettiere said she will retire next summer, following a decade at the helm of the Catholic school.
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Lettiere, an Immaculata alumna, donor, and former board chair, was named the first lay president of the Chester County university in 2017.
“The time has come in my life and the life of Immaculata for the next chapter,” Lettiere, 76, said in a statement. “I did not make this decision easily, and it comes with some very mixed emotions.”
The university, which is affiliated with the congregation Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,enrolled nearly 2,800 students last academic year and plans to do a national search for her replacement.
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“The board accepts her decision with deep gratitude for her outstanding leadership and dedicated service over the past ten years,” Peggy Behm, board chair, and Sister Mary Ellen Tennity, IHM‘s general superior, said in a statement. “Her deep dedication to Immaculata, its students, faculty and staff, and her love for the mission of the IHM Congregation have left a lasting and meaningful impact on the University community.”
Lettiere, a 1972 graduate, had previously served as vice president for finance and administration at Trinity Washington University.
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