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, B.S. '81, Ph.D.
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Carmella Mantello, Mayor-elect of Troy
Member, Rensselaer Board of Trustees
John D. Bennett, B.S. '74, MD, FACC, FACP
John M. Capek, B.S. ’83, M.E. ’84, M.E. ’85, MBA ’87, Ph.D. ’88
Tom Capek, B.S. '86
Gary T. DiCamillo, B.S. '73, MBA
Darío Gil, PhD
David Ho, B.S. '86
Mary Humiston, MBA '90
Linda Pitzi Jojo, B.S. ’87, M.S. ’92, Secretary of the Board
John E. Kelly, III, M.S. ’78, Ph.D. ’80, D.H.L. (Hon.), Chair of the Board
Jeffrey L. Kodosky, B.S. '70
Mark M. Little, Ph.D. ’82
Kathryn I. Murtagh, B.S. '87, JD
Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew, M.S. '73, Ph.D.
Daniel Pickett III, B.S. ’90
Curtis R. Priem, B.S. ’82, Vice Chair of the Board
Janet C. Rutledge, B.S. ’83, M.S., Ph.D.
Paula L. Simon, B.S. ’68, M.S., MBA
Srinivasan “Siva” Sivaram, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’86
Jackson P. Tai, B.S. ’72, MBA
T.J. Wojnar Jr., B.S. ’80, MBA
Thomas Baruch, B.S. '60, JD
Robert P. Bozzone, BMT '55, M.S.
John H. Broadbent Jr., BCH '59, MBA
George Campbell Jr., Ph.D, D.Sc. (Hon.), D.H.L. (Hon.)
Wanda Denson-Low, B.S. ’78, JD
The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa, BEE ’62, MA, JD
Arthur F. Golden. B.S. ’66, JD
Michael E. Herman, BMT ’62, MBA, Ph.D. (Hon.)
David M. Hirsch, BEE ’65, MBA
Nancy S. Mueller, B.S.
Linda S. Sanford, M.S. '75, Ph.D. (Hon.)
Paul J. Severino, B.S. ’69, Ph.D.
Edward J. Zander, B.S. ’68, MBA, Ph.D. (Hon.)
Martin A. Schmidt ’81
President
Craig A. Cook
Secretary of the Institute and General Counsel
Rebecca W. Doerge
Provost
Jonathan S. Dordick
Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Translation
Institute Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Biological Sciences
Robert Hull
Vice President for Research
Ernie Katzwinkel
Vice President, Administration
John Kolb
Vice President, Information Services and Technology and Chief Information Officer
R. May Lee
Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Institutional Impact
Eileen McLoughlin
Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Lou Padula
Vice President, Human Resources
Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Vice President and Co-Head of the Office of Community Engagement and Communications
Pamela Smith
Vice President and Co-Head of the Office of Community Engagement and Communications
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
Shekhar Garde
Dean of Engineering
Aric Krause
Dean, Rensselaer at Work
William Gibbons
Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Liad Wagman
Dean, Lally School of Management
CHIPs Focus Team
- Rebecca Doerge, Provost
- Robert Hull, Vice President for Research
- Shekhar Garde, Dean of Engineering
- Dr. Bijan Davari, consultant
Coordinating Focus Team
- Rebecca Doerge, Provost
- Eileen McLoughlin, Chief Financial Officer
- R. May Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President for Institutional Impact
- Jonathan Dordick, Vice President for Strategic Alliances and Translation
- Jenn Brock, Manager of President’s Office Operations and Board Relations