University Officials & Academic Leadership

Listing of University officials and leadership as of 7/1/2024. For a current listing, please see the Cornell Leadership page.

Senior University Officials

Michael I. Kotlikoff, Interim President
John A. Siliciano, Interim Provost
Robert A. Harrington, Provost for Medical Affairs; Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine
Donica Thomas Varner, Vice President and General Counsel
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
Christopher J. Cowen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kelly E. Cunningham, Chief of Staff and Special Counsel to the President
Ryan T. Lombardi, Vice President for Student and Campus Life
Christine D. Lovely, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Ben Maddox, Chief Information Officer
Joel M. Malina, Vice President for University Relations
Kenneth M. Miranda, Chief Investment Officer
Aditya Misra, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
Thomas W. Stokes, Interim Vice President for Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Weill Cornell Medicine
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

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
Rachel Bean, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Jacob Gould Schurman Professor
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
Vishal Gaur, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Benjamin Z. Houlton, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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
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
Steven J. Jackson, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation
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

Robert A. Harrington, Provost for Medical Affairs; Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine
Barbara L. Hempstead, Dean, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Javaid I. Sheikh, Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar
Deborah Hodys, Associate Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Secretary of the Medical College
Cathy Garzio, Executive Vice Provost and Chief Operating Officer
Katherine A. Hajjar, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty
Hugh C. Hemmings Jr., Senior Associate Dean, Research
Rainu Kaushal, Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Research
John P. Leonard, Senior Associate Dean, Innovation and Initiatives
Geraldine McGinty, Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
Robert J. Min, President and CEO, Physician Organization
Michael G. Stewart, Senior Associate Dean, International Affairs and Affiliations; Interim Senior Associate Dean, Education
Thomas W. Stokes, Interim Vice President for Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Weill Cornell Medicine
Adam R. Stracher, Chief Medical Officer

Cornell University Board of Trustees

Leadership

Kraig H. Kayser — Chair
Howard L. Morgan — Co-Vice Chair of the Board
Beckie Robertson — Co-Vice Chair of the Board
Stephen C. Robinson, Esq. — Co-Vice Chair of the Board

Ex-Officio Members

Michael I. Kotlikoff — Interim President of Cornell University
Kathy Hochul — Governor (Deputy, Martin J. Mack, Esq.)
Carl E. Heastie — Speaker (Deputy, Anna R. Kelles, Ph.D.)
Andrea Stewart-Cousins — President Pro Tem (Deputy, Lea Webb)

Other Members

Deborah J. Arrindell
Juliet P. Tammenoms Bakker
Timothy M. Barry
Jessica M. Bibliowicz
Daniel S. Bromberg
Peter R. Call
Paul M. Cashman
John Ceriale
Mario Cilento
Ezra Cornell
Jennifer L. Davis
Hei Hei Depew
Kimberly Nicole Dowdell
Douglas F. Eisenberg
Eldora L. Ellison
Richard S. Emmet, II
Linda M. Gadsby, Esq.
Durba Ghosh
Eric Gonzalez, Esq.
Valisha Graves
Kevin Jacobs
Bobby Jain
Kevin P.B. Johnson
Eric Adam Kutcher
David R. Lee
Adam J. Levinson
William Lim
William J. Lipinski
Mary Armstrong Meduski
Howard P. Milstein
Stephen T. Mong
Reuben A. Munday, Esq.
Allan G .Mutchnik, Esq.
Gilda Perez-Alvarado
Ana G. Pinczuk
Bruce S. Raynor
Dale S. Rosenthal
Paul D. Rubacha
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
Ginger K. So
Bradley H. Stone
James (J.P.) Paul Swenson
Michael L. Thompson
John R. Toohey-Morales
A’ndrea L. Van Schoick, DVM
Enrique J. Vila-Biaggi
Kimberly A. Wagner, Ph.D.
Leslie A. Wheelock, Esq.
K. Lisa Yang

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
Matthew L. Biben, Esq.
C. Morton Bishop
Robert T. Blakely, III
Kenneth H. Blanchard
Franci J. Blassberg, Esq.
Richard L. Booth
Douglas L. Braunstein
David J. Breazzano
Gary S. Davis
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
David M. Einhorn
Anne Evans Estabrook
Mary C. Falvey
Miguel A. Ferrer
Stephen W. Fillo
David R. Fischell, Ph.D.
Stephanie Keene Fox
Cheryl A. Francis
Barbara B. Friedman
James Lowell Gibbs, Jr.
Blanche Savin Goldenberg
Kenneth A. Goldman
Paul A. Gould
Alexander D. Hanson
Patricia E. Harris
Robert S. Harrison
Myra Maloney Hart
Joseph H. Holland
Denis M. Hughes
Katrina E. James, Esq.
H. Fisk Johnson
Thomas W. Jones
Albert J. Kaneb
Robert J. Katz, Esq.
Karen Rupert Keating
Ruben J. King-Shaw
Harvey Kinzelberg
Peggy J. Koenig
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
Andrew M. Paul
Robert A. Paul
William D. Perez
Leland C. Pillsbury
Girish V. Reddy
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, Esq.
Barton J. Winokur, Esq.
Philip M. Young
Craig Yunker
Michael J. Zak
David W. Zalaznick
Jia (Jonathan) Zhu, Esq.
Karen P. Zimmer, M.D., MPH
Jan Rock Zubrow