PERRYSBURG — With a background and experience well-suited for the role, Leslie Erwin, Ed.D., has been hired as Owens Community College’s vice president of Human Resources. She will join the executive leadership team reporting to Owens President Dione D. Somerville.

Erwin has served in key roles in higher education for more than 15 years including human resources, compliance, Title IX, diversity, equity and inclusion, student affairs and academic programming and accreditation. Her 10 years of human resources experience spans private industry, union environments and, most recently, education. She also has nine years of senior leadership experience.

Erwin comes to Owens from Heidelberg University, where she served as chief human resource officer since August 2021. She previously held multiple roles over 12 years at Mercy College of Ohio, finishing her tenure as director of compliance and risk management as well as Title IX coordinator. She also has held management roles at Chrysler and DaimlerChrysler.

Erwin attained her doctorate of education in higher education administration in 2022 from Northcentral University, taking a one-year break from these studies to earn a graduate certificate in higher education compliance in 2018 from the University of Toledo College of Law. Her qualitative research focused on Title IX policy implementation, specifically with the faculty experience. She also holds a master of arts in organizational management from Spring Arbor University and a bachelor of science degree in psychology with a minor in sociology from Ohio State University.

She currently serves on the Board for the Association of College and University Policy Administrators (ACUPA).