Richard Katzman Author & Editor

Ricardo Azziz is a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a research professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York; the director of the Center for Higher Education Mergers & Acquisitions (CHEMA) at the Foundation for Research and Education Excellence; and principal at SPH Consulting Group. He led the merger that created Georgia Regents (now Augusta) University, serving as its founding president. Lloyd A. Jacobs is President Emeritus of the University of Toledo, where he led the merger of UT with the Medical College of Ohio. Bonita C. Jacobs led the merger of Gainesville State College with North Georgia College and State University to form the University of North Georgia, where she served as the founding president. Richard Katzman is a fellow at CHEMA and a senior consultant at SPH Consulting Group.