She began her career on the faculty of the University of the Pacific, becoming an award winning associate provost until she was asked to take over as provost at Andrews University. In 2009, she became the 21st President of Pacific Union College.
Biography
Personal life
Heather Joy Knight was born in Jamaica and lived there for the first nine years of her life. She immigrated to the United States, settling in the Bronx, New York, with her parents Austin and Herolin Evelyn. Knight is married to professor and outreach chaplain, Norman Knight. They have five sons and three daughters.
Heather Clare Knight (born 26 December 1990) is an Englishcricketer who plays international cricket for the England women's cricket team. She is a right-handed batsman and occasional right arm medium pace bowler.
A prolific batsman at county level for her native Devon, Knight has played for the Diamonds, the Rubies and England Academy Women in addition to the England Women's team. She topped the county run scoring aggregates in both 2008 (390 runs) and 2009 (622).
Knight plays club cricket for Plymstock Cricket Club in the Devon Cricket League where she opens the batting for the first team. Heather started attending colts training sessions at just 8 years old and progressed through the youth system at Plymstock.
A man walks into a pub, orders a drink and sits down ...Heather Knight’s dismissal as England captain exposes a lack of succession planning, says Raf Nicholson. Knight’s departure, of course, followed that of the head coach, Jon Lewis, a day earlier ... .
Ben Duckett left Twitter last week ... And Duckett really is a regular guy ... All things considered, he’s a good story ... For England’s women, the double sacking of coach Jon Lewis and captain Heather Knight was the easy part after the Ashes whitewash ... .
Heather Knight is to leave her role as Captain of the EnglandWomen’s cricket team after nearly nine years ... Knight has captained England ... Knight’s successor will be appointed shortly. Heather Knight said.
On Friday, Jon Lewis was sacked as head coach of EnglandWomen’s team and 24 hours later Heather Knight followed him out of the door ... Nat Sciver-Brunt was Heather Knight’s official deputy as ...
A lengthy England and Wales Cricket Board review was mandated in the aftermath of the chastening defeat to Australia, and the decision made that Heather Knight would move on as captain, after taking ...
Heather Knight has left her role as England captain after nine years as skipper as the fallout from a disastrous Women’s Ashes tour continues ... Knight’s leadership came under further scrutiny this ...