Philip Hunt

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Chief of Staff to the President, University of Connecticut

As Chief of Staff, Phil works to advance UConn’s priorities through collaboration with campus leadership, facilitating the integration of initiatives with academic, administrative, and student success objectives as well as lead the development and implementation of university-wide strategic, operational, and policy initiatives.

Phil earned his undergraduate degree and a master’s in education from UConn, and has more than two decades of experience in education administration. Before coming to UConn in 2024, he served as Special Assistant to the President and University Registrar at North Dakota State University, Registrar of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and Director of Access & Diversity/FOIA Compliance Officer at George Mason University prior to that, among other roles.

He earned his juris doctorate from the University of New Hampshire and a LL.M in Higher Education Law and Compliance from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.





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