Dr. Jason N. Adsit, president of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh has joined the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC) Advisory Board of Directors in Poughkeepsie.
Adsit began his tenure as Mount Saint Mary College”™s seventh full-time president on June 1, 2018. Since then, he has ushered in a new era of service and outreach, supervised the college”™s 2020-2025 Strategic Plan, and helped to create the Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness.
Previously, Adsit served D”™Youville College in Buffalo as dean of the School of Arts, Sciences & Education and director of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program.
During his tenure at the University of Rochester Adsit held the role of associate provost for academic administration.
Earlier in his career, Adsit served as director of the Teaching and Learning Center at SUNY Buffalo and as assistant dean for Institutional Research and Assessment at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
He earned a doctoral degree in philosophy from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a bachelor”™s degree in philosophy from American University in Washington, D.C.
The Dominican Sisters of Hope established Mount Saint Mary College as a four-year institution in 1959.
