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