Eric Fulcomer
President & CEO, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Eric W. Fulcomer, PhD, became president and CEO of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) in December 2022. WAICU represents the twenty private, nonprofit institutions of higher education in the state. Dr. Fulcomer is also president and CEO of the WAICU Benefits Consortium, the WAICU Educational Technology Consortium, the WAICU Multiple Employer Retirement Plan Collaboration, and the WAICU Retirement Readiness Church Plan Collaboration.
Dr. Fulcomer is a member of the Wisconsin Technology Council and sits on the Steering Committee of “Future Wisconsin,” a project of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. He is a member of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), where he currently serves on the Committee on Student Aid Policy, and is a member of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities State Executives (NAICUSE). He is a member of the National Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and serves on its State Council Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the American Council on Education (ACE). Dr. Fulcomer is a past chair of the Wisconsin Distance Learning Authorization Board (DLAB). He is also a member of the Wisconsin College Savings Program Board, a member of the Governor’s Early Childhood Advisory Council, and a member of the Governor’s Council for Workforce Investment. Dr. Fulcomer is a gubernatorial appointee to the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) and to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), where he currently serves on the Executive Committee.
Previously, Dr. Fulcomer served for more than six years as Rockford University’s eighteenth president. He has thirty years of administrative work at independent colleges in Ohio and Illinois, primarily in student life and enrollment management.
Dr. Fulcomer received his doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Toledo, his master’s degree in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University, and his bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature, cum laude, from Eastern Michigan University.