GENERAL COUNSEL AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS STAFF
A. Zachary Faison Jr., Esq.
General Counsel and Vice President for External Affairs
320 Kresge Center
Phone: 334.727.8872
Email: afaison@tuskegee.edu
As a member of the president’s cabinet and senior leadership team, Faison’s duties include focused responsibilities and authority for developing and leading matters relating to the university’s legal and external affairs. His career experience includes serving as a practicing attorney, legal advisor and state prosecutor in both the private and public sectors. As a higher education administrator, Faison has held directorships in alumni affairs at Albany State University, and in external affairs and leadership gifts at Edward Waters College. He previously served as university chief of staff and executive assistant to the president at Mississippi Valley State University, and was later named interim vice president of university advancement and executive director of the MVSU Foundation Inc. Prior to Tuskegee, he also served as vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Virginia Union University. As a university teacher-educator, he has held professorial appointments at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and in academic disciplines that include political science, criminal justice and business administration.
ADMISSIONS
- Alabama (Certified as authorized House Counsel for Tuskegee University by the Alabama State Bar via the Alabama Supreme Court)
- Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia
EDUCATION
- Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) Fellow, American Association of State Colleges & Universities
- Institute for Educational Management (IEM), Harvard University Graduate School of Education
- Certification of Fundraising Management (CFRM), The Philanthropy School at Indiana University
- Juris Doctor (J.D.), The University of Georgia School of Law
- Executive Moot Court Board, Semi-Finalist Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition, Quarterfinalist (Top 8) Herman Talmadge Moot Court Competition
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), manga cum laude, Albany State University; Presidential Scholar, Velma Fudge Grant University Honors Program, Alpha Kappa Mu, ASU Merit Scholar Graduate
Constanza Hoffman, MBA
Executive Assistant
320 Kresge Center
Phone: 334.727.8872
Email: choffman@tuskegee.edu
In her capacity on behalf of the Office of the General Counsel and External Affairs, Hoffman provides executive-level administrative support to the office, organizes and maintains legal documentation, tracks legal activities, and monitors the university’s contract review process. She has more than 15 years of higher education experience in senior executive support roles in both academic and administrative settings. In addition to her office duties, she serves as a member of the Tuskegee University Staff Senate.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Faulkner University
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), South University
CONTACTING THE OFFICE
The Office of the General Counsel and External Affairs is located in Tuskegee University’s Kresge Center. Correspondence can be mailed to 1200 W. Montgomery Road, 322 Kresge Center, Tuskegee, Alabama 36088; faxed to 334.727.4453; and/or emailed to the appropriate staff member’s email address. All telephone inquiries should be made by calling 334.727.8872.