Leadership
Rensselaer ensures our students graduate with the intellectual agility, multicultural sophistication, and global view needed to become tomorrow’s global leaders.
President Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
Shirley Ann Jackson became the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on July 1, 1999. President Jackson’s career prior to becoming Rensselaer's president has encompassed senior positions in government, as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; in industry and research, as a theoretical physicist at the former AT&T Bell Laboratories; and in academe, as a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University.
Ex-Officio Member of Board of Trustees
The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson PhD, D.L. (Hon.), D.Sc. (Hon.), NAE President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Honorable Patrick Madden JD, Mayor of Troy Member, Rensselaer Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Trustees Emeriti
Members - Cabinet
Secretary of the Institute and General Counsel
Vice President, Institute Advancement
Provost
Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Acting Vice President for Research
Vice President for Strategic Communications and External Relations
Vice President, Information Services and Technology and Chief Information Officer
Vice President for Student Life
Associate Vice President & Director of Athletics
Vice President for Human Resources
Vice President, Administration
Vice President, Enrollment Management
Academic Deans
Dean, School of Science
Dean, School of Architecture
Acting Dean, Lally School of Management
Dean of Engineering
Dean, Rensselaer at Hartford
Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Direct Reports to the President
Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Biological Sciences, Special Adviser to the President for Strategic Initiatives Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Director, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Executive Director, Office of Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer & New Ventures
Director, Rensselaer Technology Park, Real Estate and New Venture Development for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute