Leadership

We believe in collaborative leadership that considers and values all the voices in our global community.

Strategic Planning

Andrew Ramsammy

Interim President

Meet Our Interim President

PRESIDENT'S CABINET

Katie Gustafson

CFO/VP for Finance & Administration

Mary-Kim Arnold

Dean of the Faculty & Academic Affairs

Katie Rasmussen

Dean of Students

Katrine Trantham

Executive Director of Enrollment Management

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Mary-Kim Arnold

Dean of the Faculty & Academic Affairs

Rafael Attias

Program Director, MFA in Film

Carol Beatty

Program Director, MFA in Music Composition

brandon brown

Program Director, MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults

James Chae

Faculty Chair, MFA in Graphic Design

Marya Cohn

Faculty Chair, MFA in Film

Eshrat Erfanian

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in Visual Art

Natalia Ilyin

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Sam Jacobson

Program Director, MFA in Writing

Carla Kihlstedt

Co-Chair, Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Adam McOmber

Faculty Co-chair, MFA in Writing [fiction/hybrid forms]; Editor in Chief, Hunger Mountain Review

Sue William Silverman

Faculty Co-chair, MFA in Writing [CNF/hybrid forms]; Postgraduate Writers' Conference

Katrine Trantham

Executive Director of Enrollment Management

Linda Urban

Faculty Chair, MFA in WCYA

Roger Zahab

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in Music Composition

The Academic Council is composed of the program directors and faculty co-chairs of each program, and convened by the Dean of the Faculty and Academic Affairs.

View Academic Council Meeting Minutes

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Melissa Cobb

Trustee

Paul Cronson

Trustee

Michael Goldstein

Chair, Board of Trustees

Joan Grubin

Trustee

Steven Holley

Trustee

Kate Hosford

Trustee

Barry Johnson

Trustee

Chebon Marshall

Trustee

Alexandra Moore

Trustee

Tina Perry

Trustee

Ravi Rajan

Trustee (ex-officio)

Mark Swicegood

Trustee

Heidi Mohlman Tringe

Trustee

Jeff Wiggins

Trustee

ADVISORY BOARD

Catherine Carvelli

Advisory Board

Michael Hogan

Advisory Board

Michael Rosenfeld

Advisory Board

TRUSTEES & ADMINISTRATORS EMERITI

Leslie Ward, President Emeritus

Thomas Christopher Greene, President Emeritus

Gary Moore, Dean Emeritus

Jim Nolte, Library Director Emeritus

Robert Atwell, Trustee Emeritus

Kathleen Dolan, Trustee Emerita

Harry Groome, Trustee Emeritus

Madeleine Kunin, Trustee Emerita

Sydney Lea, Trustee Emeritus

Casper Martin, Trustee Emeritus

Susan Newbold, Trustee Emerita

Katherine Paterson, Trustee Emerita