Troy A Stovall

Stovall’s most recent position in higher education was as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Howard University in Washington, DC. Prior to his time at Howard, Stovall served as the Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations, for Jackson State University (JSU) in Jackson, MS. Stovall spent many years advising corporate and nonprofit clients on strategy, fundraising and operational performance. Several of his projects had a heavy education focus, including the design of a Balanced Scorecard for a multi-campus higher education system and advising a software development firm in its efforts to introduce new technology services to higher education institutions. During his more than five years at the management-consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Stovall helped lead the firm’s Telecomm practice and led a multi-national team of more than 20 McKinsey employees in re-designing the firm’s internal training curriculum for new consultants. Stovall was appointed to several Mississippi State Commissions by two separate Governors . Stovall holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University with a minor in Mathematics, an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.