Johnson C. Smith University Alum Valerie Kinloch Hired as Charlotte HBCU's Next President

Valerie Kinloch has been hired as Johnson C. Smith University’s new president, replacing Clay Armbrister, who is retiring this summer after five years at the school. Kinloch, a Charleston native who earned her undergraduate degree from JCSU in 1996, is now the dean of the school of education at the University of Pittsburgh. She will start here on Aug. 1.