Stacy Volnick
{{Short description|American academic administrator}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|59|2023|11|14}}
| name = Stacy Volnick
| image = Stacy Volnick (cropped).jpg
| caption = Volnick in 2024
| office = Former president of Florida Atlantic University
| status = Interim
| term_start = January 1, 2023
| predecessor = John W. Kelly
| education = Florida Atlantic University (BA, MA, PhD)
| succeeded = Adam Hasner
}}
Stacy A. Volnick is an American academic administrator who served as the interim president of Florida Atlantic University from 2023 to 2025.
Life
According to Volnick, she moved from Poughkeepsie, New York to South Florida at nine years old and grew up near the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU).{{cite magazine |last=Volnick |first=Stacy |issue=3 |date=Spring 2023 |title=PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE |url=https://issuu.com/floridaatlanticmagazine/docs/florida-atlantic-magazine-spring-2023/s/27306581 |magazine=Florida Atlantic University Magazine |location= |publisher=Florida Atlantic University |access-date=September 9, 2024}} She completed a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in educational leadership at the FAU.{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Peter |date=2022-09-20 |title=Stacy Volnick named interim president of Florida Atlantic University |url=https://www.wptv.com/news/education/stacy-volnick-named-interim-president-of-florida-atlantic-university |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm |language=en}} She completed a Ph.D. at FAU.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Vice President |url=https://www.fau.edu/admin-affairs/about/meet-the-vice-president/index.php |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=www.fau.edu |language=en}} Her dissertation was titled, Women University Presidents Who Break Through the Glass Ceiling: At What Price?.
Volnick joined the FAU faculty in 1991. In 2013, she became vice president for administrative affairs and chief administrative officer.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-05 |title=Stacy Volnick Selected to Lead Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton |url=https://www.wiareport.com/2022/10/stacy-volnick-selected-to-lead-florida-atlantic-university-in-boca-raton/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Women In Academia Report}} In August 2022, Volnick was promoted to chief operating officer and vice president of administrative affairs.{{Cite web |last=Volnick |first=Stacy |date=October 28, 2022 |title=CV |url=https://www.flbog.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Volnick-Interim-Pres.-CV-10-28-22.pdf |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=State University System of Florida}} On September 19, 2022, the FAU board of trustees selected Volnick as the interim president.{{Cite web |title=Office of the President |url=https://www.fau.edu/president/index.php |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Florida Atlantic University |language=en}} Her selection as confirmed by the Florida Board of Governors on November 9, 2022. She assumed the role on January 1, 2023, succeeding John W. Kelly. In November 2023, her term as interim president was extended to the end of the 2024 calendar year.{{cite news |last1=Cone |first1=Allen |title=FAU extends interim president Stacy Volnick's term through next year |url=https://www.wptv.com/news/education/fau-extends-interim-president-stacy-volnicks-term-through-next-year |access-date=9 September 2024 |publisher=WPTV |date=14 November 2023 |language=en}} In March 2025, she was succeeded by Adam Hasner.
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Category:21st-century American academics
Category:21st-century American women academics
Category:Florida Atlantic University alumni
Category:Florida Atlantic University faculty
Category:Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
Category:Jewish American academics
Category:People from Boca Raton, Florida
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)