Martin A. Schmidt became the 19th President of Rensselaer on July 1, 2022. Formerly, the provost of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Schmidt was MIT’s senior academic and budget officer, with overall responsibility for the Institute’s educational programs, as well as for the recruitment, promotion, and tenuring of faculty. As provost, he worked closely with MIT’s deans to establish academic priorities, and with other members of the Institute’s senior team to manage financial planning and research support.
Martin A. Schmidt
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Honorable Patrick Madden JD, Mayor of Troy
Member, Rensselaer Board of Trustees
John D. Bennett, MD, FACC, FACP
John M. Capek, B.S. ’83, M.E. ’84, M.E. ’85, MBA ’87, Ph.D. ’88
Gary T. DiCamillo ’73, MBA
David Ho '86
Mary Humiston, MBA '90
Linda Pitzi Jojo ’87, ’92G, Secretary of the Board
John E. Kelly, III ’78G, ’80PhD, D.H.L. (Hon.), Chair of the Board
Mark M. Little ’82 PhD
Kathryn I. Murtagh, Esq. '87
Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew, M.S. '72
Daniel Pickett, III ’90
Curtis R. Priem ’82, Vice Chair of the Board
Janet C. Rutledge ’83, MS, PhD
Paul J. Severino ’69
Paula L. Simon ’68, MS, MBA
Srinivasan “Siva” Sivaram ’85G ’86PhD
Jackson P. Tai ’72, MBA
T.J. Wojnar Jr. ’80
Cornelius J. Barton '58, '63G, '66PhD
Thomas R. Baruch '60, JD
Robert P. Bozzone '55, MS
John H. Broadbent Jr. '59, MBA
George Campbell Jr., PhD, D.Sc. (Hon.), D.H.L. (Hon.)
Wanda Denson-Low ’78, JD
The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa ’62, MA, JD
Arthur F. Golden ’66, JD
Michael E. Herman ’62, MBA, PhD (Hon.)
David M. Hirsch ’65, MBA
Nancy S. Mueller, BS
Linda S. Sanford '75
G. Robert Tod '61
Edward J. Zander ’68, MBA
Craig A. Cook
Secretary of the Institute and General Counsel
Robert Hull
Acting Vice President for Research
Ernie Katzwinkel
Vice President, Administration
John Kolb
Vice President, Information Services and Technology and Chief Information Officer
Peter Konwerski
Vice President for Student Life
Lee McElroy
Associate Vice President & Director of Athletics
Eileen McLoughlin
Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Lou Padula
Acting Vice President, Human Resources
Mary Simoni
Acting Provost
Pamela Smith
Acting Vice President, Strategic Communications and External Relations
Matthew J. Ter Molen
Vice President, Institute Advancement
Jonathan D. Wexler
Vice President, Enrollment Management
Curt Breneman
Dean, School of Science
Evan Douglis
Dean, School of Architecture
Chanaka Edirisinghe
Acting Dean, Lally School of Management
Shekhar Garde
Dean of Engineering
Vivek Ghosal
Acting Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Aric Krause
Dean, Rensselaer at Work
Jonathan S. Dordick
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