Ivan V. Foster, a senior human resources administrator and entrepreneur, with a broad business background spanning more than three decades, has been named interim assistant vice chancellor for human resources (HR) at Winston-Salem State, effective May 1, WSSU officials announced.
As interim assistant vice chancellor of WSSU’s HR Department, Foster will be responsible for all WSSU personnel-related programs, including evaluation of functions and review of operations, staff recruitment support, classification, compensation, insurance, retirement plans and other benefits.
“We are fortunate to have someone with Mr. Foster’s considerable experience joining our team,” said WSSU Chancellor Donald J. Reaves. “Under his leadership, we will strive to enhance our human resources capacity, and to improve customer service throughout the university.”
In his capacity as the interim head of HR, Foster will report to Dorcas L. Colvin, the executive vice chancellor for management and strategic initiatives.
As director of Human Resources and Professional Staffing for Cleveland Consulting Associates (CCA), a business strategy and logistics consulting firm serving Fortune 500 corporations in Mayfield, OH, from 1987 to 1991, Foster designed and implemented a comprehensive HR system for recruitment, selection and performance appraisal. CCA is a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation, a leading global consulting, systems integration and outsourcing company. Foster also served as employee relations and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) manager at Technicare Corporation, a Johnson and Johnson company in Solon, OH, from 1980 to 1986. In that role Foster provided HR support that included recruitment to all divisions of a major producer of high tech medical equipment in a non-union environment.
From 1969 to 1980, Foster served the Fisher Body Euclid Plant of General Motors as HR staff and EEO coordinator. During his career there, Foster prepared affirmative action programs, led minority recruitment efforts, investigated discrimination complaints, drafted position statements for regulatory investigations, and administered General Motors’ HR management system.
Foster, owner of Envirocycle Specialty Chemicals in Ohio, succeeds Ed Hanes, who had served as associate vice chancellor for Human Resources at WSSU since August 2006. Hanes will assume his previous role as WSSU’s Equal Employment Opportunity officer.
Foster received his B.A. at Cleveland State University and his J.D. From Cleveland- Marshall College of Law in Cleveland, OH. He has been a recognized Attorney at Law in the State of Ohio since 1976.