Presenter Bio - Tamara L. Greenfield King
Tamara L. Greenfield King, J.D., currently serves as the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Student Life at the University of Pennsylvania since 2019.
Greenfield King supervises 5 departments: Career Services, Naval ROTC, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Office of Student Affairs, and Platt Student Performing Arts House. Prior to her arrival at Penn, Greenfield King worked at Washington University in St. Louis for nearly 20 years, where she served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Support and Wellness for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. At Washington University, Greenfield King oversaw the Health and Wellness Center, which provides medical, mental, and pharmaceutical services as well as outreach and prevention programming; the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center; and the WashU Cares and Students of Concern Behavioral Intervention Team. She also directed services to first-generation and low-income students, addressing needs related to food, shelter, clothing, housing, and health insurance.
She was the first African American National President of the Association of Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) from 2009-2010. She spent 9 years as a member of the ASCA Board of Directors. Greenfield King taught Civil Pretrial Practice & Procedure at Washington University’s St. Louis School of Law for nearly 15 years. She has also been an adjunct faculty member at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri), The Pennsylvania State University (Lehigh Valley Campus, Pennsylvania) and Northampton Area Community College (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania). Prior to transitioning to higher education, Greenfield District Attorney in Northampton County, Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1998. She grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania and earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Sociology and Black Diaspora Studies. She received her law degree from New York University. King practiced law from 1988 to 1998. Greenfield King served as the first African American Assistant.
