ACE Board of Directors

Officers

Tom Stritikus

Chair
President, Occidental College (CA)

Anne M. Kress

Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
President, Northern Virginia Community College

Félix V. Matos Rodríguez

Immediate Past Chair
Chancellor, The City University of New York

Ted Mitchell

Ex Officio
President, American Council on Education

Elected Board Members

Term Ending 2028

Neeli Bendapudi

President, The Pennsylvania State University

Reginald DesRoches

President, Rice University (TX)

Anne M. Kress

President, Northern Virginia Community College

Scott Pulsipher

President, Western Governors University (UT)

Term Ending 2027

Sian Leah Beilock

President, Dartmouth College (NH)

Robert W. Iuliano

President, Gettysburg College (PA)

James B. Milliken

President, The University of California

Term Ending 2026

Carmen Twillie Ambar

President, Oberlin College (OH)

Maria Gallo

Former Chancellor, University of Wisconsin–River Falls, Ex Officio

Madeline Pumariega

President, Miami Dade College

Philip G. Rogers

Chancellor, East Carolina University (NC)

Valerie Smith

President, Swarthmore College (PA)

José Luis Cruz Rivera

President, Northern Arizona University

Tracy Hartzler

President, Central New Mexico Community College

Anne M. Prisco

President, Holy Family University (PA)

Marlene Tromp

President, University of Vermont

Pam Eddinger

President, Bunker Hill Community College (MA)

Philomena V. Mantella

President, Grand Valley State University (MI)

Tom Stritikus

President, Occidental College (CA)

Gary B. Crosby

President, Saint Elizabeth University (NJ), Ex Officio

Juan Sánchez Muñoz

Chancellor, University of California, Merced

Félix V. Matos Rodríguez

Chancellor, The City University of New York

Lisa Marsh Ryerson

President, Southern New Hampshire University

Board Members Designated by Associations

William Serrata

President, El Paso County Community College District (TX)
American Association of Community Colleges
Term Ending 2027

Ron Rochon

President, California State University Fullerton (CA)
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Term Ending 2028

Adam Bush

Co-founder and President College Unbound
American Association of Colleges and Universities
Term Ending 2028

Reynold Verret

President, Xavier University of Louisiana
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Term Ending 2026

Terrence M. Sawyer

President, Loyola University Maryland
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Term Ending 2027

Makola Abdullah

President, Virginia State University
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Term Ending 2029

Association of American Universities

Vacant

Jorge G. Gonzalez

President, Kalamazoo College (MI)
The Council of Independent Colleges
Term Ending 2026

Melva K. Wallace

President and Chief Executive Officer, Huston-Tillotson University (TX)
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
Term Ending 2026

Constance Ledoux Book

President, Elon University (NC)
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Term Ending 2027

Ona Alston Dosunmu

President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of College and University Attorneys
Washington Higher Education Secretariat
Term Ending 2028

John O’Brien

President and Chief Executive Officer
EDUCAUSE
Term Ending 2027

Jee Hang Lee

President and Chief Executive Officer
Association of Community College Trustees
Term Ending 2027

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