Donna Covington Announced as New College of Business Dean

Delaware State University has named Donna T. Covington as its new dean of the College of Business.

Donna T. Covington

 

Ms. Covington arrives at DSU after serving over the previous year as the interim dean of the College of Business and Computer Science at Kentucky State University. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2013 she served as director of Title III and Special Projects at KSU.

 

Her tenure in academia was preceded by more than 25 years in director and executive posts in the corporate world and two years as an executive director in church administration.

 

After serving in managerial posts early in her career at Texas Instruments and IBM, Ms. Covington served in an ascending succession of director and executive posts with Lexmark International Inc. from 1991 to 2007. During that 16-year period, she held director posts in a diverse variety of areas including global reengineering, supply chain, and business systems. She would later be elevated to vice president of supply chain and vice president of customer service.

 

She also served as an executive director for Bethel Harvest Church in Nicholasville, Ky., from 2007-2009, and as an administrative and leadership development director for Consolidated Baptist Church of Lexington, Ky.

 

Ms. Covington possesses a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Centre College in Danville, Ky., a Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.

 

She will begin her tenure at DSU College of Business dean on Aug. 4