James E. Ryan is off to a fast start as the new president of the University of Virginia although he actually hasn’t begun the job.
Ryan, the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has moved up his start date at U.Va., announced two search committees to fill top leadership roles and named a former law school colleague to oversee an ambitious capital campaign for the university’s third century.
Ryan will succeed U.Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan on Aug. 1, two months earlier than originally planned. His appointment was announced last fall.
