Steering Committee and Working Groups

The development of the self-study is supported by a Steering Committee and six Working Groups, comprised of members of the Columbia community.

Self-Study Co-Chairs

Portrait of Angela Olinto in a blue jacket with a scarf, standing outside.
Angela V. Olinto

Provost of the University and Professor of Astronomy and of Physics

Amy Hungerford
Amy Hungerford

Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Ruth Fulton Benedict Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Dana Palmer
Dana Palmer

Senior Associate Provost for Academic Programs; Associate Dean for Doctoral Education at the Mailman School of Public Health; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Weiping Wu
Weiping Wu

Vice Provost for Academic Programs; Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Director of MS Urban Planning Program at GSAPP

Carlos Alonso, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor in the Humanities; Vice President for Graduate Education

Melissa Begg, Dean, School of Social Work; Professor of Social Work and Biostatistics

Melanie Bernitz, Interim Executive Vice President for University Life; Senior Vice President for Columbia Health; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (in the Center for Family and Community Medicine)

Shih-Fu Chang, Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Sarah Cole, Dean, School of the Arts; Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Katharine Conway, Vice Dean of Administration and Chief Operating Officer, Columbia Business School; Associate Professor, TC

Gareth Cordery, PhD Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Jeanine D’Armiento, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Columbia University Senate; Professor of Medicine

Wafaa El-Sadr, Executive Vice President, Columbia Global; University Professor; Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Professor of Global Health (in Epidemiology)

Susan Glancy, Secretary of the University

David Greenberg, Executive Vice President for University Facilities and Operations

Joseph Defraine Greenwell, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, University Life

Mark Hawkins, Vice President, Finance and Controller

Cas Holloway, Chief Operating Officer

Amanda L. Irvin, Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Soulaymane Kachani, Senior Vice Provost; Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Barry Kane, Associate Vice President and Registrar

Eugenia Lean, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures 

Gillian Lester, Alphonse Fletcher Jr. Professor of Law; Dean Emerita of the School of Law 

Gerald Lewis, Vice President of Public Safety

Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean, School of General Studies; Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Dennis A. Mitchell, Interim Dean, School of Dental Medicine; Professor of Dental Medicine at CUMC; Senior Advisor for Inclusion and Belonging

Barclay Morrison, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Vice Dean of Academic Programs, Columbia Engineering

Franz Paasche, Executive Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications

Felice Rosan, General Counsel

Samuel Sia, Vice Provost for the Fourth Purpose and Strategic Impact; Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Josef Sorett, Dean, Columbia College and Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor; Vice President for Undergraduate Education; Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Anne Sullivan, Executive Vice President for Finance

Anne Taylor, John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at CUIMC; Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, VP&S; Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUMC

Ann Thornton, Vice Provost and University Librarian

Jeannette Wing, Executive Vice President for Research; Professor of Computer Science

Working Group Members

Felice Rosan, General Counsel (Co-Chair)

Jeanine D’Armiento, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Columbia University Senate; Professor of Medicine (Co-Chair)

Loftin Flowers, Vice President, Government and Community Affairs

Susan Glancy, Secretary of the University

Agnetha Jacob-Chen, Associate General Counsel

Geraldine McAllister, Director, University Senate

Dana March Palmer, Senior Associate Provost for Academic Programs; Director of Undergraduate Studies in Public Health; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at CUMC 

Justin Pearlman, Senior Advisor to the Provost

Susan Rushing, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Columbia Investment Management Company and Deputy General Counsel of Columbia

Remi Silverman, Associate General Counsel

Mark Hawkins, Vice President, Finance and Controller (Co-Chair)

Gillian Lester, Alphonse Fletcher Jr. Professor of Law; Dean Emerita of the School of Law (Co-Chair)

Lichinia Beltre, Executive Director of Compliance, Student Financial Services

Adina Berrios Brooks, Senior Adviser to the Dean for Special Initiatives, Columbia College

Vince Blasi, Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties in the Faculty of Law

Jessica Fenton, Associate General Counsel

Sonia Gugga, Assistant Provost for Planning and Institutional Research

Virginia Kaplan, Associate Vice President, Human Resource Operations

Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Chief of Division of Ethics and Professor of Medical Humanities and Ethics

Jessica Marinaccio, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid

Michael Patullo, Associate Dean for Planning, Communications, and Faculty Affairs, School of Law

Melissa Reynolds, Assistant Provost for Academic Programs, Academic Programs

Naomi Schrag, Vice President for Research Compliance, Training, and Policy

Anne Taylor, John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at CUIMC; Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, VP&S; Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUIMC

Donna Ulijn, Assistant Controller

Joan Waters, University Ombuds Officer

Eugenia Lean, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Co-Chair) 

Josef Sorett, Dean, Columbia College and Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor; Vice President for Undergraduate Education; Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies (Co-Chair) 

Phoebe Ballard, Assistant Dean, Academic Services and Innovation

Jonathan Cain, Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning

Katharine Conway, Vice Dean of Administration and Chief Operating Officer, Graduate School of Business

Carmen DeLeon, Associate Provost for Academic Appointments

Lucy Drotning, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

Donna Fenn, Deputy General Counsel

Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia College

Amanda Irvin, Senior Director, Faculty Programs and Services, Center for Teaching and Learning

Helen Lu, Percy K. and Vida L.W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Engineering (in Dental Medicine); Senior Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs & Advancement, SEAS

Shannon Márquez, Dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement; Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

Caroline Marvin, Dean of Academic Affairs, General Studies

Robert Mawhinney, Professor of Physics

Rudi Odeh-Ramadan, Vice Dean for Finance and Administration, VP&S; Assistant Professor of Clinical Research (in Surgery)

Art Palmer, Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Associate Dean, VP&S Graduate Affairs

Andrew Plaa, Dean of Advising, Columbia Engineering

Dionida Ryce, Assistant Vice President for Faculty Affairs, VP&S

Andrea Solomon, Vice Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs, GSAS; Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature

Joseph Defraine Greenwell, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, University Life (Co-Chair)

Barry Kane, Associate Vice President and Registrar (Co-Chair)

Monica Avitsur, Deputy Registrar

Sandra Bernal Garcia, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health

Melanie Bernitz, Interim Executive Vice President for University Life; Senior Vice President for Columbia Health; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (in the Center for Family and Community Medicine)

Marilena Botoulas, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Programs, Graduate School of Business Associate Dean for Curriculum and Programs, Graduate School of Business

Gareth Cordery, PhD Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Donna Fenn, Deputy General Counsel

Jenny Mak, Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Student Affairs, SEAS; Adjunct Professor

Claudia Marin Andrade, Associate Vice President for Student Success and Intervention, University Life

Michael McNeil, Associate Vice President, Administration, and Chief of Staff, Columbia Health and Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Diana Mejia, Vice President, Student and Campus Services, CUIMC

Jeremiah Mercurio , Head, Humanities and History, University Libraries

Celina Chatman Nelson, Associate Provost for Faculty Inclusive Excellence and Pathways?

Clare Norton, Senior Associate Dean of Enrollment Management, Graduate School of Business

Dana Pavarini, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions

Peter Pilling, William Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education

Yadira Ramos-Herbert , Associate Dean of Student and Registration Services, School of Law

Maria Reynoso, Director of Compliance, International Students & Scholars Office

Curtis Rodgers, Vice Dean, General Studies

Ixchel Rosal, Senior Associate Vice President for Student Life, University Life

Ian Rottenberg, Dean of Religious Life; Director of the Earl Hall and Associate Chaplain

David Seltzer, Executive Director of University Financial Aid

Lisa Wade-Stewart, Director, CUIMC Registration Services

Scott Wright, Vice President for Campus Services

Tsuya Yee, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, SIPA

Sarah Cole, Dean, School of the Arts; Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Co-Chair)

Barclay Morrison, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Vice Dean of Academic Programs, SEAS (Co-Chair) 

Carlos Alonso, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor in the Humanities; Vice President for Graduate Education

Denise Cruz, Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Department Chair

Helen de Pinho, Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health at CUIMC

Marlyn Delva, Dean of Students, General Studies; Adjunct Assistant of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

Stuart Firestein, Professor of Biological Sciences; Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Sonia Gugga, Assistant Provost for Planning and Institutional Research

Sarah Hansen, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry

Garud Iyengar, Tang Family Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute

Rosa Lee, Associate Professor of Medicine at CUIMC; Senior Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs, VP&S

Monica Lypson, Rolf H. Scholdager Professor of Medicine CUIMC; Vice Dean for Education, VP&S

Erik Nelson, Lecturer in Professional Studies; Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, SPS

Alfredo Spagna, Lecturer in the Discipline of Psychology

Miguel Urquiola, Dean of Social Science; Professor of Economics and of International and Public Affairs

Katja Vogt, Professor of Philosophy

David Greenberg, Executive Vice President for University Facilities and Operations (Co-Chair)

Anne Sullivan, Executive Vice President for Finance (Co-Chair)

Patrick Burke, Vice President, Facilities Management, CUIMC Chief Operating Officer

Christopher Cronin, Associate University Librarian for Collections

Peter Cymrot, Associate General Counsel

Daniel Driscoll, Vice President of Human Resources 

Jeffrey Hensley, Assistant Vice President Finance

Robert Hornsby, Associate Vice President, Internal Communications

Nancy Johnson, Vice President, Budget and Financial Planning

Soulaymane Kachani, Senior Vice Provost; Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Gaspare LoDuca, Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology

Gerald McGillian, Vice President, Facilities

William McKoy, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, CUIMC

Peter Michaelides, Vice President of Finance

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