Board Members
Chair
Michael Cunningham
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research
Tulane University
2025
Chair-elect
Chevelle Newsome
Dean for Graduate Studies
California State University, Sacramento
2026
Past Chair
Graham Hammill
Vice Provost for Educational Affairs Dean of the Graduate School
University at Buffalo, SUNY
2024
James Soto Antony
Dean, Division of Graduate education & Postdoctoral Affairs
University of California, San Diego
2025
Lisa Krissoff Boehm
Dean of the College of Graduate Studies
Bridgewater State University
2026
Susan Carvalho
Associate Provost & Dean
University of Alabama
2026
Mary Farmer-Kaiser
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research
University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
2025
Jeni Hart
Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost of Graduate Studies
University of Missouri
2024
Daniel Kleinman
Associate Provost for Graduate Affairs
Boston University
2024
Chris Nelson
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
University of North Dakota
2026
Michael Solomon
Dean of the Rackham Graduate School
University of Michigan
2025
Ex-Officios Board Members
Suzanne T. Ortega
President
Council of Graduate Schools
Keith I. Peregonov
Vice President for Finance, Human Resources, and Operations
Council of Graduate Schools
Affiliate Board Members
Carrianne Hayslett
Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Director of the Program Incubator, Marquette University
Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools
2024
Joshua Barker
Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Research and Education, University of Toronto
Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools
2024
Maribeth Watwood
Vice Provost for Academic Programming and Graduate Studies, Northern Arizona University
Western Association of Graduate Schools
2024