About the
Vice President

Gage E. Paine
Vice President for Student Affairs

Gage E. Paine serves as Vice President for Student Affairs at The University of Texas at San Antonio. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from The University of Texas at Austin and J.D. from Texas Tech University. She has worked extensively in university student affairs, serving as Vice President for Student Affairs at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student Life at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas and Associate Dean of Students at the University of Texas at Austin. As the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of San Antonio, an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) she leads a staff of 450 full time and equal number of student employees, including overseeing the Athletics program. Dr. Paine serves as a consultant on Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation teams. In 2009, Dr. Paine was awarded the Dr. James (Jim) E. Caswell Distinguished Service Award for Excellence in Leadership by the Texas Association of College and Student Personnel Administrators.

Dr. Paine has presented workshops at numerous statewide and national conferences on student affairs topics and has presented various creative leadership programs. She served as the director of the New Professionals Institute for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), Region III, for 2008 and 2009. Dr. Paine’s innovative approach to creativity and leadership development and exploration includes the use of metaphors in workshops such as "The Leadership Dance," "The Heart of Leadership," and "Leadership Yoga." Dr. Paine successfully co-implemented Leadership UTSA, a collaborative cross-functional partnership between academic and administrative staff to cultivate leadership skills, institutional vision, and organizational change. Dr. Paine also delivers leadership and strategic planning consultations to a variety of academic and non-profit audiences.