Todd Adams

Todd comes to UR from the University of Denver where he served as Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs overseeing a portfolio of 23 departments and, with the provost, led the 4D Experience, DU's holistic student learning initiative. Prior to DU Todd served as associate vice president and dean of students at Northwestern University. Previously Todd held numerous leadership positions in student affairs at Duke University. Throughout his career, Todd has led areas that provide resources, services and support that are significant to student engagement, including the first-year experience, new student and family programs, career advancement, off-campus life, housing and residential education, student assistance and support services, and student conduct. He has been responsible for crisis response and emergency preparedness and collaborated frequently with academic, auxiliary, and other institutional and community partners to serve students.

In his senior leadership roles, Todd has been a member of the academic (deans) council at both the University of Denver and Northwestern University. In addition, he has taught courses in the Morgridge College of Education at DU, the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, and the Program in Education at Duke University.

Todd is a longtime member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, where he has served as the national co-chair of the Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community. He also assisted in creating the Highly Selective Institution Network for the National Orientation Directors Association and served as its inaugural co-chair. At Duke, He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and holds a doctorate from the Peabody School at Vanderbilt University.