Board Members
Chair
Chevelle Newsome
Dean for
Tulane University
2026
Chair-elect
Michael Solomon
Dean of the Rackham Graduate School
Michigan State University
2027
Past Chair
Michael Cunningham
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research
Tulane University
2025
E. Scott Adler
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
University of Colorado Boulder
2027
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
Graham Hammill
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
University at Buffalo, SUNY
2025
Lidia Kos
Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
University of California, Riverside
2025
Thomas Lewis
Dean of the Graduate School
Brown University
2027
Chris Nelson
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
University of North Dakota
2027
Mary Stromberger
Vice Provost and Dean for Graduate Education
The Ohio State University
2027
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