关于约翰H. 生气

约翰H. 生气 was announced as 哥伦比亚大学’s twenty-first president on April 20, 2023.

A native of Columbia, 南卡罗来纳, 生气 brings a broad range of experiences as an educator, industry executive and corporate leader, 企业家, and administrator to bear in his role as 哥伦比亚大学’s president. Beginning his career as a corporate consultant and executive, he has served as a higher education senior administrator for the past 21 years. At the City Colleges of Chicago, 生气 held pivotal roles, including Chief 信息 Officer, Vice President of 学术 and 学生事务, and President of Kennedy-King College. At the University of 南卡罗来纳, he served as the first Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Associate 教务长, spearheading community engagement and strategic initiatives aimed to enhance belonging and equity across the university.

生气 joined 哥伦比亚大学 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he served as Institute Community and Equity Officer since March 2020. He played a crucial role in shaping the Institute’s response to the pandemic and was a thought leader on many of the social challenges confronted by college and university communities across the nation. He led the development and implementation of MIT’s first central strategic plan (focused on belonging, 成就, 和组成), the creation and implementation of their first values statement, and he expanded the Institute’s Martin Luther King, Jr. 访问ing Scholars Program.

生气 received the Richard A. Rempel 教师 Award from the University of 南卡罗来纳 in 2016 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from 南卡罗来纳 State University in 2015. He has served on numerous boards and committees, including Historic Columbia (2012-2017), EdVenture Children’s Museum (2013-2019), Central Carolina Community Foundation (2019-2020), Serve and Connect (2019- 2023), Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (2020-2023), and American Heart Association – Boston Affiliate (2021-2023). He is a current member of the Boston Arts Academy Foundation Board, the MIT Press Management Board, and the Midlands 业务 领导 Group.

生气 holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from 南卡罗来纳 State University and a Master of 业务 Administration and Doctor of Education degrees from DePaul University (Chicago, IL). He and his wife, Victoria, have been married for 26 years. They owned and operated The Language Buzz, Columbia’s first world-language learning center. Victoria holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of 南卡罗来纳 and a Master of 业务 Administration from Belmont University (Nashville, TN). Together, they have three children: Olivia (22), Evans (19), and Sophia (17).