University Governance
Princeton University is led by President Shirley M. Tilghman, who served as a faculty member for 15 years and as founding director of Princeton's multidisciplinary Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics before being named president in 2001.
The Trustees of Princeton University, a 40-member board, is responsible for the overall direction of the University. It approves the operating and capital budgets, supervises the investment of the University's endowment and oversees campus real estate and long-range physical planning. The trustees also exercise prior review and approval concerning changes in major policies, such as those in instructional programs and admission, as well as tuition and fees and the hiring of faculty members.
Princeton's academic officers and officers of the corporation oversee various aspects of University governance.
The Council of the Princeton University Community was created in 1969 and serves as a forum for the discussion of issues. The CPUC examines and makes recommendations on questions of policy that govern and affect the welfare of the University community. Chaired by the president, the council is composed of faculty, staff, students and alumni.
| President |
|---|
| Shirley M. Tilghman |
| Academic Officers | |
|---|---|
| Provost | Christopher L. Eisgruber |
| Dean of the Faculty | David P. Dobkin |
| Dean of the Graduate School | William B. Russel |
| Dean of the College | Valerie Smith |
| Dean for Research | A.J. Stewart Smith |
| Dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science |
H. Vincent Poor |
| Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs | Cecilia Rouse |
| Dean of the School of Architecture | Alejandro Zaera-Polo |
| Officers of the Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Provost | Christopher L. Eisgruber |
| Vice President and Secretary | Robert K. Durkee |
| Executive Vice President | Mark Burstein |
| Vice President for Finance and Treasurer | Carolyn N. Ainslie |
| Vice President for Development | Elizabeth Boluch Wood |
| Vice President for Campus Life | Cynthia Cherrey |
| Vice President for Facilities | Michael E. McKay |
| Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer |
Jay Dominick |
| Vice President for Human Resources | Lianne Sullivan-Crowley |
| Vice President for University Services | Chad Klaus |
| General Counsel | Peter G. McDonough |
| President of the Princeton University Investment Company |
Andrew K. Golden |
| Chief Audit and Compliance Officer | Nilufer K. Shroff |