Council of Presidents

The Council of Presidents is a standing advisory group of college, university, and system chief executives who provide guidance to the association on issues, trends, and practices related to higher education and citizen trusteeship. Council members are eminent professional leaders in higher education and are highly knowledgeable about the roles, responsibilities, and practices of effective governance. The council meets annually.

Chair
Charles Reed
California State University System

Vice-chair
Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran
Kalamazoo College

Dennis D. Berkey
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ronald Carter
Johnson C. Smith University

Clayton Christian
Montana University System

Alecia A. DeCoudreaux
Mills College

Donald Eastman
Eckerd College

Jerry B. Farley
Washburn University of Topeka

Bobby Fong
Ursinus College

Antoine M. Garibaldi
University of Detroit Mercy

Mark D. Gearan
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Jo Ann Gora
Ball State University

M.R.C. Greenwood
University of Hawaii System

Walter Harrison
University of Hartford

William R. Harvey
Hampton University

Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC
University of Notre Dame

Arthur F. Kirk Jr.
Saint Leo University

Robert K. Kustra
Boise State University

Mary E. Lyons
University of San Diego

Patricia A. McGuire
Trinity College

Georgia Nugent
Kenyon College

M. Lee Pelton
Emerson College

Sidney Ribeau
Howard University 

Thomas Ross
University of North Carolina System

David J. Schmidly
University of New Mexico

Jake B. Schrum
Southwestern University

William Sederburg
Utah System of Higher Education

Laura Skandera Trombley
Pitzer College

Teresa A. Sullivan
University of Virginia

Henry N. Tisdale
Claflin University

Edwin H. Welch
University of Charleston

Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran
Kalamazoo College

Mark G. Yudof
University System of California