Wendy Rheault

President and CEO Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD, FASAHP, FNAP, DipACLM, who stepped into her new role on July 1, 2019, has served the university in numerous faculty and administrative capacities for nearly 40 years. Named the first provost of the institution in 2014, she spent the next four years working closely with the president, deans and vice presidents in developing academic priorities, providing strategic direction and ensuring academic accountability.

A national leader in health professions education reform, Dr. Rheault has worked throughout her career to redefine health care as an interprofessional team-based effort to improve the well-being of people and their communities. She led numerous curricular innovations at RFU aimed at producing professionals trained to practice in highly collaborative, interprofessional teams. Those include an expansion of simulation training, a population health program and community service models tied to learning outcomes and driven by the curriculum.