Donna T. Mayo has been selected to lead the Mike Cottrell School of Business at North Georgia College & State University.The position was effective July 1, 2012“We are delighted to have Dr. Mayo join us,” said Richard Oats, associate vice president of academic affairs and who also has served as the interim dean since January. “Her credentials as a leader and as an academician are well documented. I know she will serve the Mike Cottrell School of Business and the surrounding region well.”The former dean, Max Burns, took a position as president of Gordon College.Mayo comes to North Georgia by way of Dalton State College where she was dean and professor of marketing at Dalton’s school of business.She spent 10 years at Dalton State and has held faculty positions at Middle Tennessee State University, Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.“Dr. Mayo is a dynamic, engaging leader,” said Pat Donat, vice president for academic affairs at North Georgia.