Venus D. Boston is the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the University at Lincoln University in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. She previously served as the Deputy Chief Legal Counsel and Adjunct Professor of Business Law at the College of Economics and Finance at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU). Prior to her work in higher education, Venus worked for the Washington County Public School District in Eastern North Carolina where she served as the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator and Legal Advisor. 

Venus has been a NACUA member since 2014. As a volunteer, she has served as the leader of the African American Affinity Group, as well as a member of the Board Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusivity and the Committee on Strategic Planning. In 2023, she was a recipient of NACUA’s First Decade Award. 

Additional honors include the Winston Under 40 Award for Outstanding Young Leaders in the Winston-Salem community as well as the NCCU 40 Under 40 Award. 

She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and a three-time honors graduate of North Carolina Central University (NCCU), earning a Bachelor of Arts in English (2004), a Master of Public Administration (2006), and a Juris Doctorate from NCCU School of Law (2012).