Leadership Notes
Messages from Northwestern Leaders
Our Leaders
President Michael Schill and Provost Kathleen Hagerty lead Northwestern, which is governed by a Board of Trustees.
Senior administrators
Northwestern's senior administrators lead offices that support the university's mission.
- Michael H. Schill, President and Professor
- Kathleen Hagerty, Provost
- Julie Allen, Board Secretary and Advisor to the President
- Emily Babb, Associate Vice President for Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance
- Susan M. Davis, Vice President for Student Affairs
- Amanda Distel, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Amy Falls, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
- Luke Figora, Vice President for Operations and Chief Operating Officer
- Lorraine Goffe, Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
- Derrick Gragg, Vice President for Athletic Strategy
- Stephanie Graham, Vice President and General Counsel
- Dévora Grynspan, Vice President for International Relations
- Mark Jackson, Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation
- Stacey Kostell , Vice President and Dean of Enrollment
- Jennifer L. Kunde, Interim Special Assistant to the President for Government Relations
- David Lively, Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development
- Michelle Manno, Interim Chief Diversity Officer
- Eric Neilson, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of Feinberg School of Medicine
- Eric Perreault, Vice President for Research
- Sean Reynolds, Vice President for Technology and Chief Information Officer
- Greg Stripp, Chief of Staff
- Jon Yates, Vice President for Global Marketing and Communications
Deans
- Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, School of Education and Social Policy
- Francesca Cornelli, Kellogg School of Management
- Thomas F. Gibbons, School of Professional Studies
- Jonathan Bailey Holland, Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
- E. Patrick Johnson, School of Communication
- Marwan M. Kraidy, Northwestern University in Qatar
- Kelly Mayo, The Graduate School
- Eric G. Neilson, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Hari Osofsky, Pritzker School of Law
- Adrian W. B. Randolph, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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Christopher Schuh, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Xuemao Wang, Libraries
- Charles Whitaker, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications