Leadership
Claire Shipman '86, SIPA'94
Acting President of the University
Angela V. Olinto, Ph.D.
Provost of the University
Josef Sorett, Ph.D.
Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education
Officers
Josef Sorett
Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education
B.S., Oral Roberts, 1996; M.Div., Boston University, 2000; Ph.D., Harvard, 2008
Corey S. Aronstam
Deputy Vice President of Development, Columbia College and Arts and Sciences and Dean for Development and Alumni Relations, Columbia College
B.A., Nazareth, 1998; M.B.A., Wagner, 2001
Jean C. Gallagher
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
B.A., University of Michigan, 1987; M.B.A., New York University, 1992
Lisa Hollibaugh
Dean of Academic Affairs
B.A., Rice, 1990; M.A., Columbia, 1996; Ph.D., 2005
Jonathon S. Kahn
Senior Associate Dean of Columbia College
A.B., Princeton University, 1991; M.A., Columbia University, 1997; M.Phil., 2000; Ph.D., 2003
Kamala C. Kiem
Dean of Undergraduate Student Life
B.B.A., Florida International University, 1999; M.A., Michigan State University, 2001; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts, 2006; Ph.D., 2023
Cynthia C. Kong
Chief of Staff to the Dean of Columbia College
B.A., New York University, 1989; M.P.A., 1993
Jessica Marinaccio
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid
A.B., Harvard, 1991; M.Ed., 1994
Shannon Márquez
Dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement
B.S.M.E., Prairie View A&M University, 1992; M.Eng, Texas A&M University, 1993; Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill, 1998
Andrew Plaa
Dean of Advising for Columbia College and Columbia Engineering, James H. and Christine Turk Berick Center for Student Advising
B.A., McGill (Canada), 1983; M.A., Columbia, 1986; M.Phil., 1987; Ph.D., 1994
Kavita Sharma
Dean of Career Education
B.Sc., Southampton, 1989; M.Sc., London School of Economics, 1991; M.A., Teachers College, 2012
2025–26 Board of Visitors
Michael J. Schmidtberger Esq. ’82, LAW’85
Chair
Peter A. Hatch ’92
Vice Chair
Sharmila Atmosudirdjo Tuttle ’96, SIPA’05
Vice Chair
Dean Josef Sorett
Jonathan D. Bram ’87
Germaine Choe ’95
Maurice Coleman ’91, SIPA’99
James H. Dignan ’91
Michele A. Esposito ’96
Andrew A. Fink ’91, LAW’94
Dede Gardner ’90
Michelle Jacobson Goldberg ’91
Robert J. Grey ’72
Alicia Guevara ’94
Douglas S. Horowitz ’97
Britta Wilson Jacobson ’96
Sarkis Jebejian ’91, LW’94
Michelle Estilo Kaiser '87, PH'92, VPS'97
Mojdeh L. Khaghan, Esq. ’88 LW91
Sungwan Kim
Grace Lang ’93
Ji Liu
Nicholas Paul Leone ’88
Christopher McGowan '92
Vijay Mohan ’01
Rachel Neuhut '03, VPS'07
Luis Penalver '89
Jenny Fan Raj ’00
John A. Rogovin ’83
Teresa M. Saputo-Crerend ’87, BUS’92
Mozelle W. Thompson Esq. ’76, SIPA’79, LAW’81
Kevin Toner ’86
Patrick O. Tsang ’94
Anthony Tutrone '86
Raymond Yu '89, SEAS'90