For the past sixth months, McCormick has served as interim president of the Maryland Institute College of Art. Prior to her interim appointment, she spent six years as the first woman president of Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.
Cecilia M. McCormick, who became the first woman president of Elizabethtown College in July 2019, cited the time requirements associated with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic during her brief tenure as president and her desire to focus on her personal and family life as the reasons for her departure.
Currently, McCormick serves as vice provost for academic strategy and special programs at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Earlier in her career, she was chief of staff to the senior vice president for finance and administration and chief operating officer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The new women deans are Elaine Clark, Shailey Menon, Evelyn B. Harrell, Sharon Meagher, Stacy A. Duhon, Elizabeth Dumont, Diane Helfers Petrella, Toni Doolen, and Jeannette Riley.