Tamara Rozhon
Dr. Tamara Rozhon is a visionary leader with over 30 years of experience in higher education, including 25+ years as a senior administrator. Throughout her career, Dr. Rozhon has built a reputation as a change agent, consistently driving growth and innovation with a strong focus on healthcare education and training. Known for her direct, results-driven approach, she thrives in environments that demand forward-looking leadership and strategic transformation. Her ability to balance growth with student success and academic quality has been a hallmark of her career.
As the Provost at Southern California University of Health Sciences, Dr. Rozhon oversees critical areas including marketing, admissions, student affairs, alumni affairs, and academic affairs. She is deeply committed to ensuring that SCU graduates are competent healthcare professionals who understand the value of integrative, whole-person health and interprofessional collaboration. Her leadership is marked by her ability to challenge the status quo, encourage new ideas by fostering collaboration, and ensure that every decision aligns with SCU’s mission of transforming the future of healthcare and healthcare education.
Dr. Rozhon’s professional journey includes her role in establishing TCS Education System, where she helped grow a legacy single-purpose professional psychology school into a multi-campus system of independently accredited colleges. As president of Carrington College and executive dean of the health sciences division of the University of Phoenix, Dr. Rozhon led large, geographically diverse institutions with hundreds of employees. Early in her career, she worked as a community college faculty member, where she developed a passion for adult education, which has remained central to her philosophy of leadership: creating opportunities for students, staff, and faculty to grow and succeed.
She has overseen geographic and program expansion across the United States; developed international partnerships in China and South America; and overseen multiple mergers and acquisitions in the higher education space. As an independent consultant, Dr. Rozhon worked with institutions to execute strategic priorities, improve operations, manage accreditation efforts, and develop online and international programs.
Dr. Rozhon holds an EdD in Higher Education Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Adult Education from National-Louis University, and a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Journalism from Northern Illinois University. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband and two dogs, and is the parent of two adult children.
