Savannah College of Art and Design is pleased to announce the appointment of Hannah Flower as Vice President for SCAD Atlanta and General Counsel, effective immediately. In this new role, Flower leads the university's fastest-growing location, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025.

Flower, formerly General Counsel and Vice President for SCAD International Student Services, has been a transformational leader at the university for more than 13 years, holding executive and senior leadership positions across departments including SCAD Academic Services, Legal Affairs, and International Student Services.

"Few have touched the lives of SCAD Bees like Hannah Flower, a lifelong educator and champion for students," said SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace, "Her new position is built upon 13 years of unwavering devotion to our students and our university's mission to launch their rewarding, lifelong careers. As SCAD Atlanta prepares to celebrate its 20th birthday, all of SCAD shines brighter through Hannah's commitment to the future of every Bee." 

As Vice President for SCAD Atlanta, Flower assures SCAD's reputational excellence as the global leader for entrepreneurial art and design education in the South's most dynamic metropolis and beyond. Flower is responsible for extending SCAD Atlanta's achievement of excellence across every aspect of operations, ensuring student success and satisfaction, elite academic outcomes, the finest built environment in higher education, and more. As General Counsel, Flower serves as Chief Legal Officer for the university and provides strategic legal guidance and leadership on issues impacting governance, compliance, and operations.

As the senior leader for SCAD Atlanta, Flower serves as university ambassador within the Atlanta community, promoting SCAD Atlanta's premiere cultural institutions, including SCADshow and SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, as well as community-facing initiatives, such as SCAD Art Sales, the university's premier art curation and installation service; SCADpro, our business and design innovation studio; and SCAD SERVE, the university's design studio focused on elevating quality of life across SCAD hometowns through the SCAD SERVE Community Fund.

"It is my honor to lead SCAD Atlanta, a transformative institution of academic excellence for innovation, art, and design, and an integral part of the cultural fabric of the Atlanta community," said Flower. "I am so profoundly energized to lead SCAD Atlanta into its 20th year and committed to continuing my service to SCAD students and expert faculty while strengthening SCAD Atlanta's profound impact on this international city."

As Vice President for International Student Services and Legal Affairs, Flower provided strategic leadership and vision for the successful provision of services to the university's robust international student population. Previously, Flower was the Associate Vice President for Academic Support, responsible for effectively leading academic support services across all university locations.

Prior to joining SCAD, Flower was a mergers and acquisitions attorney at international law firm Bryan Cave (now Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner) and began her career in education at Gwinnett County Public Schools. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Georgia State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Georgia State University.

The university is also pleased to announce that John Buckovich, previously Vice President for SCAD Atlanta and University Operations, has been appointed Vice President for University Safety and Operations. As the safety of SCAD students and the wider university community is paramount, Buckovich oversees a critically important initiative to unify all of SCAD's safety and security measures within an in-house model during the coming academic year. To realize and expand the SCAD University Safety department, Buckovich will strategically lead the implementation and recruitment of an additional 80 full-time university security guards across the university's Atlanta and Savannah locations.

SCAD Atlanta, founded in 2005, has experienced unprecedented growth, shaping the heart of Midtown with its best-in-class built environment, instruction, resources, and cultural venues over the past two decades. According to a recent study by Tripp Umbach, the leading national consulting firm for nonprofit, arts, and tourism sectors, SCAD's economic impact for the state of Georgia topped $1.3 billion, with $328.5 million having direct positive economic impact for metro Atlanta in fiscal year 2023. The study called out SCAD's positive influence on the vitality of the Georgia and metro Atlanta economy through jobs, student and visitor spending, large investment in capital projects, operational spending, public events, alumni earning power, charitable giving and public safety.

For more information about SCAD Atlanta, please visit scad.edu/atlanta.