# List of women presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities

Current and former female presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities are listed in order of the inaugural year.

## United States

* Julia Sears, 1872–1873, Mankato Normal School (now Minnesota State University, Mankato)
* Mary A. Hill, 1900–1901, Anna Draper, 1901–1903, Bertha Pinkham Dixon, 1903–1904, and Matilda Atkinson, 1904–1909, Training School for Christian Workers (now Azusa Pacific University)
* Mary Hayes Allen, 1906–1908, Virginia Theological Seminary and College (now Virginia University of Lynchburg)
* Emma Elizabeth Johnson, 1925–1927, Johnson University (Kimberlin Heights, TN)
* Mary Elizabeth Branch, 1930–1944, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX)
* Kate Galt Zaneis, 1935-1937, Southeastern Oklahoma State Teachers College (now Southeastern Oklahoma State University)
* Miriam Parker Schumacher, 1944–1967, Southwestern University (now Southwestern Law School)
* Mary McLeod Bethune, 1941–1942 and 1946–1947, Bethune-Cookman College (now Bethune-Cookman University)
* Isabel McKay, 1951–1965, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute
* Gertrude Shapiro, 1952–1971, New Hampshire School of Accounting and Secretarial Science, then renamed New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University)
* Dora E. Kirby, 1959–1977, Woodbury University
* Sr. Doris Smith, S.C., 1972–1992, College of Mount Saint Vincent
* Lorene Rogers, 1974–1979, The University of Texas at Austin
* Marjorie Downing Wagner, 1974–1976, Sonoma State College
* Alice Frey Emerson, 1975–1991, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
* Virginia Radley, 1977-1988,SUNY Oswego, https://ww1.oswego.edu/president/profile/virginia-radley
* Barbara Uehling, 1978–1979, University of Missouri, and 1987–1994, University of California, Santa Barbara
* Hanna Holborn Gray, 1978–1993, University of Chicago
* Sister Thomas Welder, 1978–2009, University of Mary (formerly Mary College in Bismarck, North Dakota)
* Janet Eisner, 1979–2022, Emmanuel College
* Betty Siegel, 1981-2006, Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, Georgia)
* Julia M. McNamara, 1982–2016, Albertus Magnus College
* Sharon Y. Hart, 1997-2000 (Middlesex Community College, CT); 2000-2006 (North Dakota State College of Science); 2011-2016 (Northern Marianas College); 2016-2019 (Rochester Institute of Technology (A.U.K) Kosovo.
* Sharon C. Diaz, 1982–2018, Samuel Merritt University
* Juliet V. García, 1986-1991, Texas Southmost College
* Diana Natalicio, 1988–2019, University of Texas at El Paso
* Donna Shalala, 1988–1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison
* Blenda J. Wilson, 1988-1992, University of Michigan - Dearborn; 1993-1999, California State University, Northridge
* Rita Bornstein, 1990-2004, Rollins College
* Juliet V. García, 1991-2014, University of Texas at Brownsville
* Jahnae H. Barnett, 1990–2021, (co-ed from 1996), William Woods University
* Mary L. Smith, 1991–1998, Kentucky State University
* Dale Rogers Marshall, 1992–2004, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
* Jean A. Dowdall, 1993-1995, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
* Nannerl O. Keohane, 1993–2004, Duke University
* Sister M. Elise Kriss, 1993–2019, University of Saint Francis (Indiana)
* Karen W. Morse, 1993–2008, Western Washington University
* Donna M. Carroll, 1994–2021, Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
* Mary Sue Coleman, 1995–2002, University of Iowa
* Sandra Featherman, 1995–2006, University of New England
* Karen S. Haynes, 1995–2004, University of Houston-Victoria
* Paula M. Rooney, 1995–2022, Dean College
* Kathleen H. Geoppinger, 1995–present, Midwestern University
* Linda J. Kaminski, 1995–2024, Yakima Valley College
* Jane O'Meara Sanders, 1996–1997, Goddard College, 2004–2011 Burlington College
* Portia Shields, 1996–2005, Albany State University
* Deborah F. Stanley, 1997–2021, State University of New York at Oswego
* Molly Corbett Broad, 1997–2006, University of North Carolina
* Davie Jane Gilmour, 1998–2022, Pennsylvania College of Technology
* Marye Anne Fox, 1998–2004, North Carolina State University; 2004–2012, University of California, San Diego
* Lisa Rossbacher, 1988-2014, Southern Polytechnic State University (Marietta, Georgia)
* Jennifer L. Braaten, 1999–2002, Midland Lutheran College, 2002–2016, Ferrum College, interim, 2017–2020, Blackburn College
* Shirley Ann Jackson, 1999–2022, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
* Pamela Brooks Gann, 1999–2013, Claremont McKenna College
* R. Barbara Gitenstein, 1999–2018, The College of New Jersey
* Jerilyn McIntyre, 2000-2009, Central Washington University
* Judy Genshaft, 2000–2019, University of South Florida
* Shirley C. Raines, 2001–2013, University of Memphis
* Jane A. Karas, 2001-present, Flathead Valley Community College
* Ruth Simmons, 2001–2012, Brown University
* Donna Shalala, 2001–2015, University of Miami
* Shirley M. Tilghman, 2001–2013, Princeton University
* Mary Sue Coleman, 2002–2014, University of Michigan
* Elaine Tuttle Hansen, 2002-2011, Bates College
* Karen A. Holbrook, 2002–2007, Ohio State University
* Kay Norton, 2002–2018, University of Northern Colorado
* Beverly Daniel Tatum, 2002–2015, Spelman College
* Denise Trauth, 2002–2022, Texas State University
* Nancy Cantor, 2004–2013, Syracuse University; 2014–present, Rutgers University
* Jo Ann M. Gora, 2004–2014, Ball State University
* Amy Gutmann, 2004–2022, University of Pennsylvania
* Karen S. Haynes, 2004–2019, California State University San Marcos
* Susan Hockfield, 2004–2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Sandra Kurtinitis, 2005–present, Community College of Baltimore County
* Zorica Pantic, 2005–2019, Wentworth Institute of Technology
* Denice Denton, 2005–2006, University of California, Santa Cruz
* Lou Anna Simon, 2005–2018, Michigan State University
* Susan C. Scrimshaw, 2006-2008, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
* Janet Cunningham, 2006–2022, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
* Maria Klawe, 2006–present, Harvey Mudd College
* Danielle N. Ripich, 2006–2017, University of New England
* Ann Weaver Hart, 2006–2012, Temple University; 2012–2017, University of Arizona
* Drew Gilpin Faust, 2007–2018, Harvard University
* Sally Mason, 2007–2015, University of Iowa
* Gail Carberry, 2007–2017, Quinsigamond Community College
* Barbara Snyder, 2007–2020, Case Western Reserve University
* France Córdova, 2007–2012, Purdue University
* Virginia Hinshaw, 2007–2012, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
* Judith A. Bense, 2008–2016, University of West Florida
* Margaret Drugovich, 2008–present, Hartwick College
* Helen G. Drinan, 2008-2020, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
* Linda P. Brady, 2008–2015, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
* Carolyn Martin, 2008–2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2011–present, Amherst College
* Elsa A. Murano, 2008–2009, Texas A&M University
* Renu Khator, 2008–present, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston
* Pamela Trotman Reid, 2008–2015, University of Saint Joseph
* Paula Allen-Meares, 2009–2015, University of Illinois at Chicago
* Bernadette Gray-Little, 2009–2017, University of Kansas
* M. R. C. Greenwood, 2009–2013, University of Hawaiʻi System
* Linda Katehi, 2009–2016, University of California, Davis
* Nancy L. Zimpher, 2009–2017, State University of New York System
* Barbara Couture, 2010–present, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces
* Waded Cruzado, 2010–present, Montana State University
* Dana G. Hoyt, 2010–present, Sam Houston State University
* Nivine Megahed, 2010–present, National Louis University
* Carolyn Meyers, 2010–2016, Jackson State University
* Mary Jane Saunders, 2010–2013, Florida Atlantic University
* Teresa Sullivan, 2010–2018, University of Virginia
* Regina Stanback Stroud, 2010–2019, Skyline College (San Bruno, CA) and 2019–present, Perlata Community College District
* Sandra K. Woodley, 2010–present, University of Louisiana system
* Cheryl Evans, 2011–present, Northern Oklahoma College
* Susan Herbst, 2011–present, University of Connecticut
* Carolyn Long, 2011–present, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
* Mary Ellen Mazey, 2011–2017, Bowling Green State University
* Joy McDaniel, 2011–present, Murray State College
* Carol Quillen, 2011–present, Davidson College
* Renée M. Wachter, 2011-present, University of Wisconsin-Superior
* Angela L. Walker Franklin, 2011–present, Des Moines University
* Phyllis Wise, 2011–2015, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
* Judy L. Bonner, 2012–2015, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
* Jane C. Conoley, 2014–present, University of California, Long Beach
* Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012–present, Central State University
* Christina Paxson, 2012–present, Brown University
* Dianne F. Harrison, 2012-2021, California State University, Northridge
* Wendy Robinson, 2012–present, Helene Fuld College of Nursing
* Cheryl B. Schrader, 2012–2017, Missouri University of Science and Technology
* Clayton Spencer, 2012–present, Bates College
* Rebecca Blank, 2013–2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison and President-designate of Northwestern University
* Barbara A. Farley, 2013–present, Illinois College
* Carol Folt, 2013–2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* Morna K. Foy, 2013–present, Wisconsin Technical College System
* Glenda Baskin Glover, 2013–present, Tennessee State University
* Karen M. Scolforo, 2013–present, Central Penn College
* Janet Napolitano, 2013–2020, University of California System
* Jeanie Webb, 2013–present, Rose State College
* Robin E. Bowen, 2014–2023, Arkansas Tech University
* Gwendolyn Boyd, 2014–2016, Alabama State University
* Rebecca Chopp, 2014–present, University of Denver
* Sheri Everts, 2014–present, Appalachian State University
* Carine M. Feyten, 2014–present, Texas Woman's University
* Leigh Goodson, 2014–present, Tulsa Community College
* Elmira Mangum, 2014–2016, Florida A&M University
* Melody Rose, 2014–2018, Marylhurst University
* Lisa Rossbacher, 2014-2019, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
* Colette Pierce Burnette, 2015–present, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX)
* Ana Mari Cauce, 2015–present, University of Washington
* Kina Mallard, 2015–2020, Reinhardt University
* Jaquie Moloney, 2015–present, University of Massachusetts Lowell
* Andrea Lewis Miller, 2015–2019, LeMoyne-Owen College (Memphis, TN)
* Fayneese Miller, 2015–present, Hamline University (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
* Valerie Smith, 2015–present, Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)
* Marion Terenzio, 2015–present, State University of New York at Cobleskill
* Margaret H. Venable, 2015–present, Dalton State College (Dalton, Georgia)
* Erika D. Beck, 2016-2020, California State University, Channel Islands
* Laura Casamento, 2016–present, Utica College
* Soraya M. Coley, 2016–present, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
* Gayle E. Hutchinson, 2016–present, California State University, Chico
* Karla Hughes, 2016–present, University of Arkansas at Monticello
* Ellen Junn, 2016–present, California State University, Stanislaus
* Mary A. Papazian, 2016–2021, San Jose State University
* Judy K. Sakaki, 2016-2022, Sonoma State University
* Claire E. Sterk, 2016–2020, Emory University
* Elissa Tenny, 2016–present, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
* Cynthia Kelley, 2016–present, Madisonville Community College, KCTCS
* Martha Dunagin Saunders, 2017–present, University of West Florida
* Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 2017–present, American University (Washington, D.C.)
* Shirley M. Collado, 2017–present, Ithaca College
* Laurie Aleta Carter, 2017–present, Shippensburg University
* Lorrie Clemo, 2017-present, D'Youville University, Buffalo, NY
* Beverly J. Davenport, 2017–2018, University of Tennessee
* Barbara Lettiere, 2017–present, Immaculata University
* Linda Livingstone, 2017–present, Baylor University
* Karol V. Mason, 2017–present, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
* Kelly M. Miller, 2017–present, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, Texas)
* Patricia Moulton, 2017–present, Vermont Technical College
* Katricia Pierson, 2017–present, East Central University
* Lana Reynolds, 2017–present, Seminole State College
* Cheryl B. Schrader, 2017–present, Wright State University (Fairborn, Ohio)
* G. Gabrielle Starr, 2017–present, Pomona College
* Cynthia Warrick, 2017–present, Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
* Wendy Wintersteen, 2017–present, Iowa State University
* Alissa Young, 2017–present, Hopkinsville Community College (Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
* Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., 2017–present, Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)
* Carmen Twillie Ambar, 2018–present, Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio)
* Roslyn Clark Artis, 2018–present, Benedict College (Columbia, SC)
* Irma Becerra, 2018–present, Marymount University(Arlington,VA)
* Neeli Bendapudi, 2018–present, University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)
* Martha Burger, 2018–present, Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
* Cathie Cline, 2018–present, East Arkansas Community College (Forrest City, Arkansas)
* Marion Ross Fedrick, 2018–present, Albany State University (Albany, Georgia)
* Merodie A. Hancock, 2018–present, Thomas Edison State University (Trenton, New Jersey)
* Michelle R. Johnston, 2018–present, College of Coastal Georgia (Brunswick, Georgia)
* Maud Mandel, 2018–present, Williams College (Williamstown, Massachusetts
* Lily McNair, 2018–2021, Tuskegee University
* Polly Peterson, 2018–present, Jamestown College (Jamestown, North Dakota)
* Tania Tetlow, 2018-2022, Loyola University New Orleans
* Adela de la Torre, 2018–present, San Diego State University
* Astrid S. Tuminez, 2018–present, Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah)
* Ruth V. Watkins, 2018–present, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)
* Lynnette Zelezny, 2018–present, California State University, Bakersfield
* Paige Comstock Cunningham, 2019–present, Taylor University (Upland, IN)
* Christina Drale, 2019–present, University of Arkansas Little Rock (Little Rock, Arkansas)
* Marcheta P. Evans, 2019–present, Bloomfield College(Bloomfield, New Jersey)
* Carol Folt, 2019–present, University of Southern California
* Joan T.A. Gabel, 2019–present, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota)
* Kathleen E. Harring, 2019–present, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
* Anne Holton, 2019-2020, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
* Hilary L. Link, 2019—present, Allegheny College (Meadville, PA)
* Sarah Mangelsdorf, 2019–present, University of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
* Joyce McConnell, 2019–present, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)
* Wendy Raymond, 2019–present, Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania)
* Terisa C. Riley, 2019–present, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
* Lori S. White, 2020–present, DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana)
* Gilda Barabino, 2020–present, Olin College (Needham, Massachusetts)
* Erika D. Beck, 2021–present, California State University, Northridge
* Anne F. Harris, 2020–present, Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)
* Kristina M. Johnson, 2020–present, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
* Courtney Martin, 2020–present, Ohio Valley College of Technology(East Liverpool, Ohio)
* Suzanne Rivera, 2020–present, Macalester College (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
* Lynn Wooten, 2020–present, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
* Lesia Crumpton-Young, 2021–present, Texas Southern University
* Barbara J. Wilson, 2021–present, University of Iowa
* Montserrat Fuentes, 2021–present, St Edwards University (Austin, Texas)
* Terri Goss Kinzy, 2021–present, Illinois State University
* Candice McQueen: 2021–present, Lipscomb University
* Neeli Bendapudi, 2022–present, Penn State University
* Jennifer Bonds-Raacke, 2022–present, Saint Martin's University (Lacey, Washington)
* Nora Demleitner, 2022–present, St. John's College - Annapolis
* M. Elizabeth Magill, 2022–2023, University of Pennsylvania
* Jayathi Murthy, 2022–present, Oregon State University
* Tania Tetlow, 2022–present, Fordham University (New York City, New York)
* Nancy Niemi, 2022–present, Framingham State University (Framingham, Massachusetts)
* Michaele Whelan, 2022–present, Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, Massachusetts
* Julie Sullivan, 2022-present, Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California)
* Sally A. Kornbluth, 2023-President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Sian Beilock, 2023-Present, Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire)
* Susan Rundell Singer, president-elect, St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota)
* Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, President-elect, Columbia University (New York City, New York)

## Australia

* Dianne Yerbury, 1987–2005, Macquarie University
* Ingrid Moses, 1997–2006, University of New England
* Janice Reid, 1998–2013, Western Sydney University
* Margaret Gardner, 2005–2014, RMIT University; 2014–present, Monash University
* Sandra Harding, 2007–2022, James Cook University
* Annabelle Duncan, 2014–2019, University of New England
* Margaret Sheil, 2018–present, Queensland University of Technology
* Brigid Heywood, 2019–2022, University of New England
* Deborah Terry, 2020-present, University of Queensland
* Patricia M. Davidson, 2021–present, University of Wollongong
* Harlene Hayne, 2021–present, Curtin University
* Renée Leon, 2021–present, Charles Sturt University

## Canada

* Pauline Mills McGibbon, 1971–1974, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
* Eva Mader MacDonald, 1974–1977, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
* Isabel Auld, 1977–1986, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
* Naomi L. Hersom, 1986–1991, Mount St Vincent University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
* Rose Wolfe, 1991–1997, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
* Marie Smallface Marule, 1992–2014, Red Crow Community College (Kainai Nation, Alberta)
* Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, 1995–1998, University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
* Emőke Szathmáry, 1996–2008, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
* Martha Piper, 1997–2006, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)
* Heather Munroe-Blum, 2003–2013, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
* Suzanne Fortier, 2013–2022, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
* Indira Samarasekera, 2005–2015, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
* M. Elizabeth Cannon, 2010–2018, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
* D. Rose Patten, 2018–present, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
* Anne Mahon, 2019–present, University of Manitoba, (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

## Ecuador

* Cecilia A. Paredes, 2017–present, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (Guayaquil)
* Sonia A. Roca, 1997–present, Universidad Del Pacífico – Ecuador : Escuela de Negocios

## New Zealand

* Dawn Freshwater, 2020–present, University of Auckland
* Cheryl de la Rey, 2019–present, University of Canterbury
* Jan Thomas, 2018–present, Massey University

## Philippines

* Rosita L. Navarro, 2001–2006, Centro Escolar University (Manila)

## Turkey

* Gülsün Sağlamer, 1996–2004, Istanbul Technical University (Istanbul)
* Gülay Barbarosoğlu, 2012–2016, Boğaziçi University (Istanbul)

## United Kingdom

* Louise Richardson: 2009–2015, University of St Andrews; 2016–present, University of Oxford
* Sally Mapstone: 2016–present, University of St Andrews
* Elizabeth Treasure: 2017–present, Aberystwyth University
* Madeleine Atkins: 2018–present, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University