University Officials & Academic Leadership

Listing of University officials and leadership as of the publish date of the Courses of Study (6/9/2023). For a current listing, please see the Cornell Leadership page.

Senior University Officials

• Martha E. Pollack, President
• Michael I. Kotlikoff, Provost
• Francis S. Lee, Interim Provost for Medical Affairs; Interim Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine
• Donica Thomas Varner, Vice President and General Counsel
• Simon P.M. Allen, Vice President for Finance
• Avery August, Deputy Provost and Presidential Advisor for Diversity and Equity, Chair
• Frederick F. Burgess, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Services
• Curtis L. Cole, Vice President and Chief Global Information Officer
• Kelly E. Cunningham, Chief of Staff and Special Counsel to the President
• Joanne M. DeStefano, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Ryan T. Lombardi, Vice President for Student and Campus Life
• Christine D. Lovely, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
• Joel M. Malina, Vice President for University Relations
• Kenneth M. Miranda, Chief Investment Officer
• Aditya Misra, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
• Laura E. Syer, Vice President for Budget and Planning
• Fred Van Sickle, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development
• Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Vice President for Research and Innovation
• R. David Vernon, Interim Chief Information Officer

Academic Leadership

• Lynden A. Archer, Joseph Silbert Dean of the College of Engineering
• Kavita Bala, Dean of the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
• Colleen L. Barry, Dean of the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
• Kathryn J. Boor, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education
• Alexander J. Colvin, Kenneth F. Kahn Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations
• Eve De Rosa, Dean of Faculty
• Rachel E. Dunifon, Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean of the College of Human Ecology
• Benjamin Z. Houlton, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Hans A. Bethe Professor
• Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
• Mary Loeffelholz, Dean of the School of Continuing Education
• J. Gregory Morrisett, Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech
• Mark W. Nelson, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
• Jens D. Ohlin, Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Law School
• Kate M. Walsh, Dean of the Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration and E. M. Statler Professor of Hotel Administration
• Lorin D. Warnick, Austin O. Hooey Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine
• Elaine L. Westbrooks, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian
• J. Meejin Yoon, Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
• Jinhua Zhao, Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Office of the Provost

• Avery August, Deputy Provost and Presidential Advisor for Diversity and Equity, Chair
• Kathryn J. Boor, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education
• Paul Krause, Vice Provost for External Education
• Katherine A. McComas, Vice Provost for Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs
• J. Gregory Morrisett, Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech
• Lisa H. Nishii, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Interim Vice Provost for Enrollment
• Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Vice President for Research and Innovation
• Wendy W. Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs

Office of the Provost for Medical Affairs

• Francis S. Lee, Interim Provost for Medical Affairs; Interim Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine
• Javaid I. Sheikh, Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar
• Barbara L. Hempstead, Dean, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
• Deborah Hodys, Deputy University Counsel and Secretary of the Medical College
• Robert J. Min, President and CEO, Physician Organization
• Katherine A. Hajjar, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty
• Hugh C. Hemmings Jr., Senior Associate Dean, Research
• Yoon O. Kang, Senior Associate Dean, Education
• Rainu Kaushal, Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Research
• John P. Leonard, Senior Associate Dean, Innovation and Initiatives
• Geraldine McGinty, Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
• Michael G. Stewart, Senior Associate Dean, International Affairs and Affiliations
• Adam R. Stracher, Chief Medical Officer

Cornell University Board of Trustees

Leadership

• Kraig H. Kayser — Chair
• Douglas L. Braunstein — Co-Vice Chair of the Board
• Gary S. Davis — Co-Vice Chair of the Board
• Peggy J. Koenig — Co-Vice Chair of the Board & Chair of the Executive Committee

Ex-Officio Members

• Kathy Hochul — Governor (Deputy, Martin J. Mack, Esq.)
• Carl E. Heastie — Speaker (Deputy, Anna R. Kelles)
• Martha E. Pollack — President of Cornell University
• Andrea Stewart-Cousins — President Pro Tem (Deputy, Rachel May, Ph.D.)

Other Members

• Beth Anderson
• Deborah J. Arrindell
• Matthew L. Biben, Esq.
• Jessica M. Bibliowicz
• David J. Breazzano
• Dan Bromberg
• Peter R. Call
• John Ceriale
• Mario Cilento
• Abigail C. Cohn, Ph.D.
• Ezra Cornell
• Cynthia A. Cuffie, M.D.
• Hei Hei Depew
• Kimberly Nicole Dowdell
• David M. Einhorn
• Eldora L. Ellison
• Richard S. Emmet, II
• Stephanie Keene Fox
• Linda M. Gadsby, Esq.
• Lorette Simon Gross
• Alexander D. Hanson
• Kevin Jacobs
• Robert Jain
• Katrina E. James, Esq.
• Kevin P.B. Johnson
• Eric Adam Kutcher
• David R. Lee
• William Lim
• William J. Lipinski
• Mary Armstrong Meduski
• Howard P. Milstein
• Doug Mitarotonda, Ph.D
• Howard L. Morgan
• Reuben A. Munday, Esq.
• Gilda Perez-Alvarado
• Ana G. Pinczuk
• Bruce S. Raynor
• Girish V. Reddy
• Beckie Robertson
• Stephen C. Robinson, Esq.
• Dale S. Rosenthal
• Hernán J.F. Saenz, III
• Martin F. Scheinman, Esq.
• Harriet P. Schleifer
• Susan C. Schnabel
• Robert W. Selander
• Aryan Shayegani, M.D.
• Anne Meinig Smalling
• J. Allen Smith
• Bradley H. Stone
• Michael L. Thompson
• A’ndrea L. Van Schoick, DVM
• Enrique J. Vila-Biaggi
• Kimberly A. Wagner, Ph.D.
• Selam Woldai
• Jia (Jonathan) Zhu, Esq.

Emeritus Chairmen

• Robert S. Harrison
• Harold Tanner

Emeritus Members

• Robert H. Abrams
• Ellen Gussman Adelson
• John E. Alexander
• Stephen B. Ashley
• Richard A. Aubrecht
• Richard A. Baker
• C. Morton Bishop
• Robert W. Bitz
• Robert T. Blakely, III
• Kenneth H. Blanchard
• Franci J. Blassberg, Esq.
• Richard L. Booth
• Ann Schmeltz Bowers
• James L. Broadhead
• Dwight L. Bush, Sr.
• Michael W. N. Chiu
• Laura J. Clark
• J. Thomas Clark
• Abby Joseph Cohen
• Paul F. Cole
• Robert A. Cowie
• David D. Croll
• Diana M. Daniels, Esq.
• Nicole B. DelToro
• Kenneth T. Derr
• Ira Drukier
• John S. Dyson
• Robert R. Dyson
• Anne Evans Estabrook
• Mary C. Falvey
• Miguel A. Ferrer
• Stephen W. Fillo
• David R. Fischell, Ph.D.
• Cheryl A. Francis
• Barbara B. Friedman
• H. Laurance Fuller
• James Lowell Gibbs, Jr.
• Blanche Savin Goldenberg
• Kenneth A. Goldman
• Paul A. Gould
• Patricia E. Harris
• Robert S. Harrison
• Myra Maloney Hart
• Joseph H. Holland
• Denis M. Hughes
• H. Fisk Johnson
• Thomas W. Jones
• Albert J. Kaneb
• Robert J. Katz, Esq.
• Karen Rupert Keating
• Ruben J. King-Shaw
• Harvey Kinzelberg
• Elizabeth C. Everett Krisberg
• Robert S. Langer, Jr.
• Benson P. Lee
• Jon A. Lindseth
• Marcus H. Loo, M.D.
• Linda R. Macaulay
• Carol Britton MacCorkle
• Eli Manchester, Jr.
• Thomas A. Mann
• Lowell C. McAdam
• Ronald McCray
• Kevin M. McGovern
• Ronay A. Menschel
• Robert W. Miller
• Elizabeth D. Moore, Esq.
• Rebecca Q. Morgan
• Edwin H. Morgens
• N. R. Narayana Murthy
• John P. Neafsey
• Carolyn Chauncey Neuman
• John A. Noble
• Peter J. Nolan
• Barbara Goldman Novick
• Lubna Suliman Olayan
• Armando J. Olivera
• Donald C. Opatrny
• Margaret Osmer-McQuade
• Roy H. Park, Jr.
• Jeffrey P. Parker
• Robert A. Paul
• Andrew M. Paul
• William D. Perez
• Leland C. Pillsbury
• Philip R. Reilly
• Gene Resnick, M.D.
• Irene Blecker Rosenfeld
• Jerold R. Ruderman, Esq.
• Robert L. Ryan
• Paul A. Salvatore, Esq.
• William D. Sanders
• Nelson Schaenen, Jr.
• Robert W. Staley
• Dalia P. Stiller
• Sherri Koenig Stuewer
• Martin Y. Tang
• Harold Tanner
• Chiaki Tanuma
• Ratan N. Tata
• Lisa M. Skeete Tatum
• Peter G. Ten Eyck, II
• Allan R. Tessler, Esq.
• Samuel O. Thier
• Andrew H. Tisch
• Paul R. Tregurtha
• Michael A. Troy
• Sheryl Hilliard Tucker
• M. Eileen McManus Walker
• Sanford I. Weill
• Roger J. Weiss, Esq.
• Laura A. Wilkinson
• Barton J. Winokur, Esq.
• Philip M. Young
• Craig Yunker
• Michael J. Zak
• David W. Zalaznick
• Karen P. Zimmer, M.D., MPH
• Jan Rock Zubrow