Dr. Lindsay has served as the second woman president of Anne Arundel Community College for over a decade. She is slated to retire from her position at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year.
Dr. Gaba is the first woman and the first African American to serve as president of Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey. Before her current role, she was provost of Union County College in New Jersey for 15 years.
Dr. Hagerty is the first woman to ever serve as provost of Northwestern University, where she has taught for the past four decades. She is slated to retire from her position at the end of the current academic year.
Susan Wente became the first woman president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in July 2021. A biochemist by training, she previously served as the first woman provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
Three years before the end of her five-year contract, Wayne State University's first woman president, Kimberly Andrews Espy has resigned from her post. Although she says she resigned for personal reasons, a source told Bridge Michigan she had clashed with the board and faculty members who expressed concerns regarding her respect and personnel decisions.
“It has been an immense privilege to serve as Westminster University’s nineteenth president,” said Dr. Dobkin. “Working together with faculty, students, staff, alumni, and our generous community has been the honor of a lifetime.
First appointed chancellor of Penn State Hazelton in 2022, Dr. Wright gained oversight of the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre campuses in 2024. She has taught English at the Hazelton location since 2000.
"I am deeply proud of all that LLCC’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community leaders have accomplished and continue to accomplish together," said Dr. Warren. "LLCC is an institution of learning and so much more. It’s a place where dreams take root and bright futures take shape.”
Dr. Matin assumed the presidency of Notre Dame de Namur University in California in 2021. Over the past four years, she has focused on improving graduate and online programs, financial stability, and student enrollment.
Dr. Riordan became the first woman president of Adelphi University in New York in 2015. In addition to her administrative background, she researches leadership, talent development and career success, and DEI.
“It has been an honor to serve the research community these last four years," said Dr. Harvey "In a challenging environment for research funding, we showed that it is possible to attract significant philanthropic support for rigorous and impactful social and behavioral science that helps communities thrive."
After more than three decades of service to the campus, Dr. Lynda Goldstein has stepped down as chancellor of the Wilkes-Barre campus of Pennsylvania State University. She has served as the institution's chancellor for the past four years.
