CLEO D. RUCKER has been appointed chief human resources officer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Rucker has served as senior director of human resources consulting, employee, and labor relations for the past three years and has been on the staff at the university since 2011. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a master’s degree in religion from Trevecca Nazarene University and a juris doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.