Our Leaders
President Morton Schapiro and Provost Jonathan Holloway lead Northwestern, which is governed by a Board of Trustees.
Senior administrators
- Morton O. Schapiro, President and Professor
- Jonathan Holloway, Provost and Professor
- Rob Asghar, Director of Presidential Communications
- Pamela S. Beemer, Vice President for Human Resources
- Paul Castellucci, Vice President of Budget and Planning
- 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 C. Layton, Special Assistant to the President for Government Relations
- Eugene Y. Lowe, Jr., Assistant to the President
- Marilyn McCoy, Vice President for Administration and Planning
- William H. McLean, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
- Robert E. McQuinn, Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development
- Eric G. Neilson, Vice President for Medical Affairs
- Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, Interim Vice President of Student Affairs
- James J. Phillips, Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation
- Judith Remington, Director for the Office of the President and Assistant to the President
- Sean B. Reynolds, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
- Joseph Jay Walsh, Vice President for Research
- Jeri Ward, Vice President for Global Marketing and Communications
- Christopher Watson, Assistant Vice President of Student Outreach and Dean of Undergraduate Admission
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Contact a University officer:
Deans
- Francesca Cornelli, Kellogg School of Management
- Everette E. Dennis, Northwestern University in Qatar
- David Figlio, School of Education and Social Policy
- Thomas F. Gibbons, School of Professional Studies
- Toni-Marie Montgomery, Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
- Eric G. Neilson, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Barbara J. O'Keefe, 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
- Teresa Woodruff, The Graduate School
- Kimberly Yuracko, Pritzker School of Law