Matthew Derr | |
|---|---|
| Derr in 2018 | |
| 11thPresident of Sterling College | |
| Assumed office May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Will Wootton |
| Succeeded by | Lori Collins-Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 12,1967 Flint,Michigan |
| Alma mater | Antioch College,University of Michigan,New York University |
| Profession | Academic |
Matthew Derr (born July 12,1967) is an American educator. He presently serves as editor at Chelsea Green Publishing and as a trustee and executive director of the company's philanthropic foundation. [1]
From 2007 to 2010 he served as interim president of Antioch College in Ohio and from 2012 to 2021 as President of Sterling College in Vermont. [2] [3]
Derr was born on July 12,1967,in Flint,Michigan. His grandparents and parents were autoworkers. He attended public schools before earning a Bachelor of Arts in History from Antioch College in 1989 and Masters of Social Work in Community Organizing and Social Systems from the University of Michigan in 2012. [3] He has also studied at the George Heyman Center for Philanthropy at New York University. [4]
After the closure of his alma mater Antioch College in 2007,Derr led an alumni drive to reopen the institution and raised $25 million. [5] He served as interim president of Antioch from 2007 to 2010. [6]
In 2010,the Council for Advancement and Support of Education awarded Derr with the organization's Chief Executive Leadership Award for his efforts "in saving Antioch College from permanent closure." [7] The Great Lakes Colleges Association recognized his efforts on behalf of liberal education with a visiting fellowship. [8] [9]
Derr was hired as president of Sterling College in Vermont in 2012. Its enrollement was under 100 students,one of the smallest undergraduate institutions of higher learning in the United States. [10]
Under his leadership,Sterling expanded its emphasis on global field studies. In 2015,it created a continuing education program named the School of the New American Farmstead. [11] In 2016,with support from the Endeavor Foundation, [12] the college launched the Rian Fried Center for Sustainable Agriculture &Food Systems. [13]