Randolph-Macon College names next president

Ashland’s Randolph-Macon College has chosen Michael E. Hill as its 16th president, effective Aug. 1, the college announced Tuesday.

Hill is currently president of Chautauqua Institution, a western New York nonprofit educational institution for children and adults that runs extensive theater, music and other arts programming during its nine-week summer season.

He will succeed Randolph-Macon President Robert R. Lindgren, who is retiring in July after nearly 20 years.

Hill previously led the nonprofit Youth for Understanding USA and served in senior roles at United Cerebral Palsy, Washington National Cathedral and The Washington Ballet. He was also a founding faculty member at George Mason University’s master of arts management program, where he taught in an adjunct role for more than a decade and was named faculty member of the year in 2011, according to RMC’s news release.

He is an alumnus of St. Bonaventure University, where he served on its board of trustees, and received a master’s degree in arts and cultural management from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and a doctorate in education from Vanderbilt University. Hill also was a visiting lecturer at Georgetown University and serves on the board for the Robert H. Jackson Center and the American Enterprise Institute’s leadership network.

According to RMC, Hill plans to move to Ashland with his husband, Peter, and their golden retriever, Wilbur, this summer.