Lyall among new SEC leadership fellows

Neil Lyall, associate dean for physical and mathematical sciences and professor of mathematics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is one of four accomplished University of Georgia faculty members named as Fellows of the 2025-2026 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program:

The program, which launched in 2007, seeks to prepare campus leaders for executive careers in higher education. Fellows are selected through a competitive process and come from a wide variety of backgrounds in leadership and academic interests.

UGA’s 2025 – 2026 SEC ALDP Fellows are:

• Philip Hong, dean and professor, School of Social Work
• Neil Lyall, associate dean and professor of mathematics, Franklin College
• Juan Meng, UGA Athletic Association Endowed Professor, head of the department of advertising and public relations, and director of the Cannes Lions Program, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Connie J. Rogers, professor and department head of nutritional sciences and Bill and June Flatt Chair in Foods and Nutrition, College of Family and Consumer Sciences

The SEC ALDP program includes three components: a university-level development program designed by each institution for its own participants; two SEC-wide three-day workshops held on specified campuses for all program participants; and a competitive fellowship designed to provide administrative growth opportunities for former Fellows.

UGA’s Fellows will meet monthly on campus with senior campus leaders and participate in leadership development activities that relate to the cohort’s interests.

Image: UGA's 2025-2026 SEC ALDP Fellows Philip Hong, Neil Lyall, Juan Meng, and Connie J. Rogers.