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
Roy N. Davis '78
Wanda Denson-Low ’78, JD, Vice Chair of the Board
Gary T. DiCamillo ’73, MBA
Arthur F. Golden ’66, JD, Chair of the Board
David M. Hirsch ’65, MBA
David Ho '86
Mary Humiston, MBA '90
Linda Pitzi Jojo ’87, ’92G
John E. Kelly, III ’78G, ’80PhD, D.H.L. (Hon.)
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, Secretary 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
Edward J. Zander ’68, MBA
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.)
The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa ’62, MA, JD
Michael E. Herman ’62, MBA, PhD (Hon.)
Nancy S. Mueller, BS
Linda S. Sanford '75
G. Robert Tod '61
Frank Fischer ’64, ’65G
John Nigro, D.H.L. (Hon)
Craig A. Cook
Secretary of the Institute and General Counsel
Graig Eastin
Vice President, Institute Advancement
Prabhat Hajela
Provost
Robert Hull
Acting Vice President for Research
Ernie Katzwinkel
Acting 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
Curtis Powell
Vice President for Human Resources
Jonathan D. Wexler
Vice President, Enrollment Management
Gary Zarr
Interim Vice President for Strategic Communications and External Relations
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
Aric Krause
Dean, Rensselaer at Hartford
Mary Simoni
Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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
Johannes Goebel
Director, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)