About Luke Figora

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Luke Figora was appointed the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2023. He leads central university teams for facilities, information technology, risk and compliance, internal audit, neighborhood and community relations, and campus safety and security. Figora reports to University President Mike Schill.

Previously Figora served as Vice President for Operations and prior to that as Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer.

Prior to Northwestern, Figora led risk management at the University of Chicago and held roles in commercial insurance. Recognized as 2019 Risk Manager of the Year by RIMS, he served as URMIA President (2018-2019).

Figora has a master’s in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s in economics from Lake Forest College.