Dr. Jethro W. Brooks Jr.

Acting Vice-Chancellor, Regional Maritime University

Academic Administrator, Management Consultant, Business Administration Scholar

Dr. Jethro W. Brooks Jr. is an academic administrator and management professional whose career spans higher education leadership, organisational restructuring, institutional governance, business-process improvement and management consultancy. His professional background includes more than 35 years of work experience and 16 years in education, according to his official university biography. His work has involved institutional administration, academic programme development, financial oversight and management training across public and private sector settings. Brooks holds a PhD in Business Administration, a master’s degree in Management from Cuttington University in Liberia, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and an Associate of Arts degree from Stella Maris Polytechnic in Liberia. Before becoming Acting Vice-Chancellor of Regional Maritime University, he served as Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Stella Maris Polytechnic. During that period, he contributed to the introduction of a Bachelor of Science in Economics and an educational enrichment programme for secondary-school leavers. His tenure also coincided with student enrolment growth from 822 to 2,200 by 2010, as reported in his institutional biography.