leadership team
![Joy Gaston Gayles](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/10/joygastongayles.jpg)
Auburn Magazine: The Teacher’s Coach
![Karen Hollebrands](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/HollebrandsPhoto2018-scaled.jpg)
Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Karen Hollebrands ’95MED Named Interim Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
![Lee Stiff](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/06/Lee-Stiff-Lifetime-Achievement-Award-2r-scaled.jpg)
Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs Lee V. Stiff ’78PHD to Retire July 1 After 44-year Career in Education
![Erin Horne](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/06/Horne-16x9-1.jpg)
Erin Thomas Horne ’10PHD Named Assistant Dean for Assessment and Professional Education
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A Message to the Community
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Associate Dean Lee V. Stiff ’78PHD Receives NCTM Lifetime Achievement Award
![New wolf statue on central campus.](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/02/OBJ.wolf_.2499-1.jpg)
Associate Dean Lee V. Stiff ’78 PHD Receives NCTM Lifetime Achievement Award
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Dr. Carla C. Johnson Named Executive Director of Friday Institute and Associate Dean
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