Dr. Amy Novak

Dr. Amy Novak

Dr. Amy Novak is president of Dakota Wesleyan University. She became president in 2013 and is the first woman to serve as president of DWU. Under her leadership, DWU has experienced dramatic growth in enrollment, retention, and fundraising. Novak serves on a variety of boards and is a frequent writer and speaker, regionally and nationally, on innovation in higher education as well as women in leadership. She routinely mentor’s young female leaders working in multiple roles, and she coaches them in establishing new patterns of work that enhance wellbeing. Novak is a native South Dakotan and graduate of Mitchell High School.

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