Leadership
Lee Bollinger, J.D.
President of the University
John Coatsworth, Ph.D.
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 Planning and Administration
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
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 and Acting Dean of Global Programs
B.Sc., Southampton, 1989; M.Sc., London School of Economics, 1991; M.A., Teachers College, 2012
Bernice Tsai
Associate Dean for Columbia College Alumni Relations and Communications
B.A., Columbia, 1996; M.B.A., Northwestern, 2001
Joseph Ayala
Executive Director, The Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center
B.A., Columbia, 1994; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence, 1999
2016–17 Board of Visitors
Victor H. Mendelson CC’89, P: CC’18, CC’20
Chair
Thomas W. Cornacchia CC’85, P: CC’17, CC’19
Vice Chair
Nairi Balian CC’88, P: CC’16
Kyra Tirana Barry CC’87, P: CC’17
Michael I. Barry CC’89
Jonathan D. Bram CC’87, P: CC’14, CC’17
James T. Brett CC’84, BUS’90, P: CC’18
Joyce Chang CC’86
Margaret A. Conklin, P: CC’13, CC’16
Anna Fang-Hamm CC’04
Dede Gardner CC’90
Leslie Gittess CC’88
Peter A. Hatch CC’92
Sandra H. Hoffen CC’87
Nobuhisa Ishizuka CC’82, LAW’86
Julie Jacobs Menin CC’89
George Jiang P: CC’19
Joel I. Klein CC’67
Josh A. Krevitt CC’89
Victor M. Lopez-Balboa CC’82, P: CC’14, CC’19
Paul C. McCormick CC’78, PS’89, PH’00, P: CC’10, CC’14
Eric A. Mendelson CC’87, BUS’89, P: CC’17, CC’19
Adam R. Meshel CC’92, LAW’95, P: CC’18
Alex Navab CC’87
Jen Maxfield Ostfeld CC’99, JN’00
Renan Pierre CC’86, SEAS’87
Robert P. Rooney CC’89
Michael S. Satow CC’88
Michael J. Schmidtberger CC’82, LAW’85
David B. Stanton CC’77, P: CC’09, CC’11
Lisa Stanton P: CC’09, CC’11
Mozelle W. Thompson CC’76, SIPA’79, LAW’81
Stephen S. Trevor CC’86
Alisa Wood CC’01, BUS’08