The first female to lead the institution, Dr. Suber is an experienced educator and administrator with 24 years of teaching, consulting and administrative experience in preschool and higher education. She has served as a classroom teacher; elementary and middle school principal, university professor and consultant to several national educational organizations.
For several years, she authored a "kids' page" and wrote a column on societal issues for The New Journal and Guide, the nation's third-oldest African-American newspaper.
Prior to assuming the helm at Saint Augustine's College, Dr. Suber held administrative positions of increasing responsibility at Hampton University in Hampton, Va., including: vice president for administrative services (1998-99); assistant provost for academic affairs (1996-97); assistant provost (1994-95); dean of administrative services (1992-93); and adjunct professor in the Graduate College of Education (1986-90).
A native of Tallahassee, Fla., Dr. Suber received a bachelor of science degree in early childhood education at Hampton (Institute) University, a master's of education in curriculum development from the University of Illinois--Urbana and a doctorate of education in educational administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va.
Dr. Suber currently serves on President Bush's Board of Advisors to the White House Initiative on Historically Black College and Universities, the Central Region Board of Directors of Wachovia Bank, NA, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Board of Directors and the Business and Technology Center's Board of Directors, the North Carolina Martin Luther King Resource Center's Founding Board of Directors, the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges (CRC) Board of Directors and the Easter Seal Board of Directors. She also serves on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Race Relations Center Task Force, the Advisory Board for the Raleigh City Museum and is a member of the Rotary Club of Raleigh, the Wake County Commission for Women, the Southeast Raleigh Improvement Assembly and the Consortium of Doctors, LTD.
Dr. Suber has two daughters - Nichole Reshan, a Temple University graduate and Raegan LaTrese, a Hampton University graduate who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and their son, Nyjil Brevard.