Teresa MacCartney will be the acting chancellor of Georgia’s university system as regents remain at an apparent impasse over efforts to name former Gov. Sonny Perdue as the leader of 26 universities and colleges.
Regents voted unanimously Wednesday to name MacCartney to take the reins from outgoing Chancellor Steve Wrigley when he retires June 30. But the “acting” title could signify that they expect MacCartney, now the system’s executive vice chancellor of administration, to hold the post for only a short while.
Otherwise, she might have been given an interim title, as Wrigley was given before regents decided he should lead the system permanently.
Prior to serving as executive vice chancellor, McCartney was state budget director under Governor Nathan Deal. She moved to the university system in 2019
