Verna Orr, Ph.D., currently serves as the Chief of Staff and Special Assistant for Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at Benedict College. Previously, Verna Orr held positions as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and as a Graduate Assistant in the Office of the Provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, Verna Orr worked as a Research Analyst at the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and served as Confidential Assistant to the President and Director of Correspondence at Howard University. Verna Orr's academic credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Doctor of Education in Educational Administration and Policy from Howard University.