Dr. Jessica S. Kozloff, 1994-2007

Dr. Jessica Sledge Kozloff became president of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania on July 1, 1994. Prior to joining Bloomsburg, Dr. Kozloff served as vice president for academic and student affairs for the State Colleges of Colorado, a system of four regional campuses serving 26,000 students. Before that, she held several administrative positions at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.

Dr. Kozloff taught undergraduate courses in political science at the University of Nevada-Reno, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the University of Northern Colorado, and Metropolitan State College of Denver, and was a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Northern Colorado.

An author, lecturer and consultant, she earned her Ph.D. in political science from Colorado State University. She completed her master's work in political science at the University of Nevada-Reno, where she also earned a bachelor's degree in education.

Dr. Kozloff served as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow during the 1985-86 academic year. Her fellowship involved her in the research by the National Governors Association on improving undergraduate education. She also worked with the Education Commission of the States on a similar project. Following her fellowship year, Dr. Kozloff was elected president of the Council of Fellows, the alumni organization of ACE Fellows.

Active in organizations on the local, national and international levels, Kozloff served as chair of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the regional accrediting body for Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and was a member of the board of directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, which represents more than 430 public colleges, universities and systems of higher education throughout the U.S. and its territories. She served on the Presidents Leadership Group of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and, locally, on the Geisinger Health Plan and the Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Co. board of directors and the Geisinger Health System Community Advisory Council.

Dr. Kozloff's community involvement included service as the chair of the Columbia County United Way campaign and honorary chair of the Bloomsburg Fire Department capital campaign. She was a member of the board of directors of the United Way of Columbia County, Columbia-Montour Boy Scouts of America and Columbia-Montour Chamber of Commerce and a member of the steering committee for the Town of Bloomsburg's Bicentennial Celebration In 2002, she received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Columbia-Montour Council on Scouting.

Dr. Kozloff was involved in educational missions to Mexico, China, Israel, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Russia. In 2004, she received an honorary doctorate from the Russian Finance Academy in Moscow; in 2007, she was named an honorary alumna of Bloomsburg University.

She and her husband, Stephen Kozloff, MD, live in Arizona. They are the parents of two married children and have four grandchildren