Carol Tecla Christ is an American former academic administrator. She served as the 11th Chancellor of the University of California,Berkeley,from 2017 to 2024.
Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane is an American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University. Until September 2014,Keohane was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She is now a professor in social sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study,Princeton,where she is researching the theory and practice of leadership in democratic societies.
Douglas Greenberg is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers,the State University of New Jersey. Previously,he was executive dean of the School of Arts and Sciences (2008–2012) at Rutgers. In the past,he served as a professor of history at the University of Southern California,executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education,and president of the Chicago Historical Society.
Dr. Betsy Vogel Boze,is an American academic and higher education administrator who is currently serving as the ninth President of The College of The Bahamas. Previously,she worked as a professor of marketing,department chair,dean,and CEO of Kent State University at Stark,before serving as the president of The College of The Bahamas. She is a senior fellow at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU),that researches alternative revenue streams for public colleges and universities.
Kent D. Syverud is the 12th Chancellor and President of Syracuse University. He began his term of office on January 13,2014. He was previously the dean at Washington University School of Law and Vanderbilt University Law School.
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior is a South Sudanese politician who currently serves as the 4th Vice President of South Sudan. She is also the head of the Gender and Youth Cluster.
Julie K. Underwood is a former dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Education and is the first woman to lead UW's School of Education as dean. She served in her role as dean of UW's School of Education from August 2005 to July 2015.
Deborah Platt Majoras is the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission,appointed May 11,2004,by President George W. Bush and sworn in on August 16,2004. President Bush had announced his intention to appoint her to the position on July 30,2004. Majoras is a member of the Republican Party.
Judith Ann Bense is an American academic,Florida historical archaeologist,and a former president of the University of West Florida. She is also the chairwoman of the Florida Historical Commission at the University of West Florida,she served as a faculty member and department chair in the anthropology program,which she started at the school. In 2008,she started her 7-year term as president of the university. Prior to this,she was the executive director of anthropology and archaeology at UWF. During her career,she was fundamental in drafting the legislation to create the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN).
Alan Edward Kazdin is Sterling Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry at Yale University. He is currently emeritus and was the director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic. Kazdin's research has focused primarily on the treatment of aggressive and antisocial behavior in children.
Scott S. Cowen is president emeritus of Tulane University in New Orleans,Louisiana,where he was also Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business and professor of economics in Tulane's School of Liberal Arts. He was interim president of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,Ohio from 2020 to 2021,and currently serves as Distinguished Presidential Visiting Professor of Leadership and Management at CWRU. He has written more than a hundred peer-reviewed journal articles and five books. His most recent book,Winnebagos on Wednesdays:How Visionary Leadership Can Transform Higher Education,was published by Princeton University Press in 2018. Cowen is the eponym of Tulane's Cowen Institute and chairs its board of advisors. Cowen served as Tulane's 14th president from July 1998 through June 2014.
Mary Rita Cooke Greenwood is an American academic and nutritionist.
Victoria Frances Nourse is the Ralph V. Whitworth Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the executive director of its Center on Congressional Studies. She currently serves as vice chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights as an appointee of President Joe Biden. She previously served as general counsel to the vice president under the Obama Administration. A nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,her nomination was returned to the president on December 17,2011,after the Senate adjourned for more than 30 days.
There is a long history of women in dentistry in the United States.
Ledivina Vidallon Cariño was a Filipino sociologist and political scientist. She was University Professor,and later University Professor Emeritus,at the National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP-NCPAG). She also once served as president of the Philippine Sociological Society.
Geraldine Lee Richmond is an American chemist and physical chemist who is serving as the Under Secretary of Energy for Science in the US Department of Energy. Richmond was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to her role on November 5,2021. In this position,she oversees the Office of Science,the Applied Energy offices,and 13 of the 17 Department of Energy national laboratories. Before this appointment,Richmond served as a Professor of Physical Chemistry and held the Presidential Chair in Science at the University of Oregon. Her research has focused on understanding the chemistry and physics of complex surfaces and interfaces,using laser-based experimental and theoretical computational methods. These understandings are most relevant to energy production,atmospheric chemistry and remediation of the environment. Throughout her career she has also worked to increase the number and success of women scientists in the U.S. and in many developing countries through the COACh program that she founded in 1999. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In recognition of her scientific achievements and contributions to women in science,she received the National Medal of Science from President Obama in 2013.
Janine Anne Davidson is an American public servant who has served as the President of the Metropolitan State University of Denver since 2017. Davidson is known for expertise on topics such as military operations,U.S. foreign policy and national security policy as well as higher education leadership.
Mariko Silver has been named president and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,and will begin her term on September 23,2024.
Sue Knight is an Australian philosopher,educator and academic whose research focuses on teaching reasoning skills and embedding philosophy within school curricula. She is the author of the Primary Ethics curriculum,which has been offered as an alternative to Scripture in New South Wales public schools for students from Kindergarten to Year 6 since 2010.
Cheryl Crazy Bull is an American academic administrator and Indigenous education activist. She has served as the president and chief executive officer of the American Indian College Fund since 2012. She was previously the third president of Northwest Indian College for ten years.
