{{Short description|American academic administrator}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lynn Perry Wooten | office = 9th President of Simmons University | term_start = July 1, 2020 | predecessor = Helen Drinan | children = 2 | education = North Carolina A&T State University<br>Duke University<br>University of Michigan | spouse = David Wooten }}
'''Lynn Perry Wooten''' is an American academic administrator serving as the 9th president of Simmons University since 2020. She is its first Black president. Wooten was the David J. Nolan Dean and Professor of Management and Organizations at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University from 2017 to 2020.
== Life == Wooten was raised in Philadelphia where she attended an all girls high school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tauber |first=Rebecca |date=2022-04-12 |title=Lynn Perry Wooten invested as Simmons University's first Black president |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2022-04-12/lynn-perry-wooten-invested-as-simmons-universitys-first-black-president |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=GBH |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About President Wooten {{!}} Simmons University |url=https://www.simmons.edu/why-simmons/university-leadership/president/about-president |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.simmons.edu}}</ref> She earned a B.S. in accounting in 1988 from North Carolina A&T State University.<ref name=":0" /> She completed a M.B.A. from Duke University Fuqua School of Business in 1990.<ref name=":1" /> In 1995, she earned a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.<ref name=":1" /> Her dissertation was titled, ''Strategic Management of Professional Service Firms: Balancing the Demands of Human Resource Management, Client Service, and Financial Performance''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite thesis |last=Wooten |first=Lynn Perry |title=Strategic Management of Professional Service Firms: Balancing the Demands of Human Resource Management, Client Service, and Financial Performance |date=1995 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=University of Michigan |oclc=34760026}}</ref> Stuart L. Hart was her doctoral advisor.<ref name=":3" />
Wooten was an assistant professor of management at the Warrington College of Business.<ref name=":1" /> In 1998, she joined Ross School of Business as a faculty member.<ref name=":1" /> She later served as its senior associate dean for student and academic excellence.<ref name=":1" /> From 2017 to 2020, Wooten was the David J. Nolan Dean and Professor of Management and Organizations at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bologna |first=Jamie |last2=Dearing |first2=Tiziana |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Lynn Perry Wooten Will Be The First Black President Of Simmons University |url=https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2020/03/10/wooten-president-simmons |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> On July 1, 2020, she succeeded Helen Drinan as the 9th president of Simmons University.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> She is its first Black president.<ref name=":2" /> Her investiture ceremony was delayed until April 11, 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=":0" />
Wooten is married to marketing professor David Wooten.<ref name=":1" /> They have two children.<ref name=":1" />
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