President

Laura Carlson

• Interim President
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Updated on 07/19/2025

Administration

Laura Carlson

• Interim President
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William Farquhar

• Interim Provost
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Melissa L. Bard

• Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
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Beth G. Brand

• Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
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Glenn Carter

• Vice President for Communications and Marketing
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Angela Downin

• Vice President and General Counsel, and University Secretary
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Miguel Garcia-Diaz

• Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Innovation
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Carol Kissal

• Interim Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration
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José-Luis Riera

• Vice President for Student Life
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Rhett Ruggerio

• Director for Government Relations
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Jordan Skolnick

• Interim Director of Athletics, Community and Campus Recreation
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Brian Farkas

• Dean College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Caleb Everett

• Dean College of Arts and Sciences

Oliver Yao

• Dean Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
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Fabrice Veron

• Dean College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
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Rena Hallam

• Interim Dean College of Education and Human Development
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Pamela Norris

• Dean College of Engineering
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Louis Rossi

• Dean Graduate College
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Jillian Trabulsi

• Interim Dean College of Health Sciences
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Michael Chajes

• Dean Honors College
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Joseph Trainor

• Interim Dean Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration
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Board

Terri L. Kelly

• Chair
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William M. Lafferty

• Vice Chair

Terence M. Murphy

• Vice Chair

Kathleen V. Hawkins

• Secretary/Treasurer
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Laura Carlson

• Interim President of the University of Delaware ex officio
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Jeremie M. Axe

• Orthopedic Surgeon and Partner, First State Orthopedics
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Christopher W. Baker

• President & CEO, George & Lynch, Inc.
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Udit Batra

• President and Chief Executive Officer at Waters Corporation
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Shawn Brittingham

• President of the State Board of Education ex officio

Allison Castellanos

• Educator, Delaware Technical and Community College
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Joan F. Coker

• Physician in Private Practice
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Beth W. Cooper

• Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
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Claire DeMatteis

• Former Secretary, Department of Human Resources, State of Delaware
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William J. DiMondi

• Retired General Manager, The Delaware State Fair, Inc.
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Donna M. Fontana

• Retired Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments

Shanté A. Hastings

• Secretary, Delaware Department of Transportation
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Thomas W. Horne

• Managing Director – Head of US Consumer Branch Banking, Delaware Market President, JPMORGAN CHASE & CO
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Nisha Lodhavia

• Adjunct Professor
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Guy F. Marcozzi

• Retired CEO, Duffield Associates
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Nicholas M. Marsini, Jr.

• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, PFPC Worldwide, Inc.
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Michael R. McMullen

• Advisor to the CEO, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
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Matt Meyer

• Governor of the State of Delaware ex officio

Debra Norris

• Chair and Professor, Department of Art Conservation Unidel – Henry Francis DuPont Chair of Fine Arts Director – Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation

John W. Paradee, Esq.

• Director/Partner, Baird, Mandalas, Brockstedt P.A.
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Claudia Peña Porretti

• CEO, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay
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Donald J. Puglisi

• Managing Director of Puglisi Associates
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Robert F. Rider Jr.

• President/CEO, O.A. Newton
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Edmond J. Sannini

• Retired Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
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Stephen Seuberth

• Master of the State Grange ex officio

Kenneth C. Whitney

• Former Senior Managing Director at Blackstone

Freeman Williams

• President of the Newark Chapter of NAACP

Howard E. Cosgrove

• Retired Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, Conectiv
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Robert A. Fischer Jr.

• General Partner in R.A. Fischer Family LP

Updated on 07/19/2025