Leadership Notes
Messages from Northwestern Leaders
Our Leaders
President Morton Schapiro and Interim 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.
- Morton O. Schapiro, President and Professor
- Kathleen Hagerty, Provost
- Rob Asghar, Director of Presidential Communications
- Alex Darragh, Vice President for Facilities
- Stephanie Graham, Vice President and General Counsel
- Dévora Grynspan, Vice President for International Relations
- Craig Johnson, Senior Vice President for Business and Finance
- Bruce Layton, Special Assistant to the President for Government Relations
- Eugene Lowe, Jr., Assistant to the President
- Marilyn McCoy, Vice President for Administration and Planning
- William McLean, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
- Robert McQuinn, Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development
- Milan Mrksich, Vice President for Research
- Eric Neilson, Vice President for Medical Affairs
- Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, Vice President of Student Affairs
- James Phillips, Vice President for Athletics and Recreation
- Judith Remington, Director for the Office of the President and Assistant to the President
- Sean Reynolds, Vice President for Technology and Chief Information Officer
- Manuel Cuevas-Trisán, Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resource Officer
- Jeri Ward, Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
- Christopher Watson, Associate Vice President for Student Outreach, Dean of Undergraduate Enrollment
Deans
- Francesca Cornelli, Kellogg School of Management
- David Figlio, School of Education and Social Policy
- Thomas F. Gibbons, School of Professional Studies
- Marwan M. Kraidy, Northwestern University in Qatar
- Kelly Mayo, Interim Dean of The Graduate School
- Toni-Marie Montgomery, Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
- Eric G. Neilson, Feinberg School of Medicine
- E. Patrick Johnson, School of Communication
- Julio M. Ottino, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Sarah M. Pritchard, Libraries
- Adrian W. B. Randolph, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
- Charles Whitaker, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
- James Speta, Acting, Pritzker School of Law