The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents (BOR) unanimously voted to appoint Wendy Hensel as the next president of the UH 10-campus system.
Hensel is currently the Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost at the City University of New York (CUNY) and has served in that position since 2022.
Prior to CUNY, Hensel held leadership positions at Georgia State University as the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Law. She is a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and earned a bachelor’s degree with highest honors from Michigan State University, where she was a Harry S. Truman Scholar and an intern at the U.S. Supreme Court
The Board of Regents worked out the following terms of appointment for Hensel, and is awaiting her formal approval.
- $675,000 annual salary
- $7,000 a month housing allowance
- Up to $60,000 for moving expenses
- Tenure fallback position in the UH Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law
- Term: three years with up to a two year extension subject to BOR approval
Hensel will succeed David Lassner who announced in September 2023, that he would retire at the end of 2024 after serving as president for more than 11 years. The extensive nationwide search for his replacement attracted 93 applicants.