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People make the UNT System work… and we want you to meet them.

More than 350 System staff enable the components of the UNT System achieve their extraordinary accomplishments in education, research and health care. These employees also drive the visions for the future, such as the UNT College of Law.

This “Spotlight on System Staff” feature highlights the people that make it all work. Every week you’ll be introduced to a new staff member. Enjoy finding out about this System member, and then click on the link at the bottom of the interview to see other profiled UNT System members.

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Vice Chancellor - General Counsel

Nancy S. Footer has been Vice Chancellor and General Counsel since March 2004. Previously, Ms. Footer was General Counsel for Bowling Green State University, where she also served as an adjunct faculty member in the College of Education and Human Development teaching higher education law. Prior to her tenure at BGSU, she served as Associate General Counsel for the University of Houston System. Ms. Footer was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys from 1995-98 and is a past president of the Texas Association of State University Attorneys. She received her J.D. from the University of Houston College of Law and her B.A. in History with special honors from the University of Texas at Austin, where she gave the History Department commencement address in May 2007. She is licensed to practice in Texas and Ohio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

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