Cady Short-Thompson

Short-Thompson completed a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in communication from the University of Cincinnati.^[1]

From 1996 to 2010, Short-Thompson served as a professor of communication, graduate program director, and department chair at the Northern Kentucky University (NKU).^[1] She was a professor and provost at Hope College.^[2] She served as dean of the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College.^[2] She later served as the chief executive officer and executive director of Breakthrough Cincinnati.^[3]

In September 2023, Short-Thompson was announced as the seventh president of NKU. She began on October 2, 2023.^[2] She succeeded interim president Bonita Brown.^[3]