Leadership
Lee Bollinger, J.D.
President of the University
Ira Katznelson CC’66, Ph.D.
Interim Provost of the University
James J. Valentini, Ph.D.
Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education
Officers
James J. Valentini
Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education
B.S., Pittsburgh, 1972; M.S., Chicago, 1973; Ph.D., California (Berkeley), 1976
Corey S. Aronstam
Associate Dean for Columbia College Development and Deputy Vice President for Development, Columbia College and Arts and Sciences
B.A., Nazareth, 1998; M.B.A., Wagner, 2001
Susan Chang-Kim
Vice Dean and Chief Administration Officer
B.A., Maryland, 1993; M.A., Teachers College, 2005
Lisa Hollibaugh
Dean of Academic Affairs
B.A., Rice, 1990; M.A., Columbia, 1996; Ph.D., 2005
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
James T. McMenamin Jr.
Senior Associate Dean for Columbia College Development and Senior Director of Principal Gifts, Office of Alumni and Development
B.A., Johns Hopkins, 1971
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
Cristen Scully Kromm
Dean of Undergraduate Student Life
B.A., Wheaton, 1995; M.S.W., New York University, 1998
Kavita Sharma
Dean of Career Education
B.Sc., Southampton, 1989; M.Sc., London School of Economics, 1991; M.A., Teachers College, 2012
Bernice Tsai
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, Columbia College
B.A., Columbia, 1996; M.B.A., Northwestern, 2001
2019–20 Board of Visitors
Thomas W. Cornacchia CC’85, P: CC’17, CC’19
Chair
Nairi C. Balian CC’88, P: CC’16, CC’22, CC’23
Vice Chair
Michael I. Barry CC’89, P: CC’21
Jonathan D. Bram CC’87, P: CC’14, CC’17
Leslie Gittess Brodsky CC’88, P: CC’23
Joyce Chang CC’86
Douglas A. Cifu, Esq. CC’87, LAW’90
James H. Dignan CC’91
Michele A. Esposito CC’96
Anna Fang-Hamm CC’04
Andrew A. Fink CC’91, LAW’94
Dede Gardner CC’90
Michelle Jacobson Goldberg CC’91
Robert J. Grey CC’72, P: BUS’07
Peter A. Hatch CC’92
Nobuhisa Ishizuka CC’82, LAW’86
Britta Wilson Jacobson CC’96
Hugh James Lawson CC’91
Nicholas Paul Leone CC’88, P: CC’19, CC’22
Victor M. Lopez-Balboa CC’82, P: CC’14, CC’19
Dr. Paul C. McCormick CC’78, VPS’89, PH’00, P: CC’10, GS’12, CC’14, VPS’16
Eric A. Mendelson CC’87, BUS’89, P: CC’17, CC’19, BUS’20
Adam R. Meshel Esq. CC’92, LAW’95, P: CC’18, CC’23
Jen Maxfield Ostfeld CC’99, JRN’00
Renan Pierre CC’86, SEAS’87
John A. Rogovin CC’83, P: CC’23
Robert P. Rooney CC’89, P: CC’23
Teresa M. Saputo-Crerend CC’87, BU’92, P: CC’22
Michael S. Satow CC’88, P: CC’21
Michael J. Schmidtberger Esq. CC’82, LAW’85, P: SEAS’22
Xiangdong “Adam” Tan, P: CC’21
Mozelle W. Thompson Esq. CC’76, SIPA’79, LAW’81
Sharmila "Mila" H. Tuttle CC’96, SIPA’05
Shazi Visram CC’99, BU’04
William A. von Mueffling CC’90 BUS’95
Alisa Amarosa Wood CC’01, BUS’08