University Leadership and Governance

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees governs the university by establishing policy and exercising fiduciary responsibility for the long-term well-being of the institution. The board and its Executive Committee act on recommendations from board committees, university officers, and the University Senate.

Learn about the Board of Trustees 

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Executive Leadership

Meet the executive team whose senior leaders represent the university’s major operational units; their role is to advise and work with the president to advance Emory’s mission.


Portrait of Leah Ward Sears

Leah Ward Sears

Interim President

Luke Anderson

Luke Anderson

Vice President, Communications and Marketing

Christopher Augostini

Christopher L. Augostini

Executive Vice President for Business and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Emory University; Chief Financial Officer, Emory Healthcare; Vice Chair Emory Healthcare Board of Directors

Allison K. Dykes

Allison K. Dykes

Vice President and Secretary of the University

Joon Lee

Joon S. Lee

Chief Executive Officer of Emory Healthcare, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Lanny Liebeskind

Lanny Liebeskind

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (Interim)

Joshua R. Newton

Joshua R. Newton

Senior Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Engagement

Brad Slutsky

Brad Slutsky

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Cameron Taylor

Cameron Taylor

Vice President, Government and Community Affairs

Deans

The deans are the chief academic officers for the university’s nine schools and colleges. Working closely with central administration, they oversee their school or college’s budget, teaching, scholarly activity, service, and advancement.


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Badia Ahad

Dean, Oxford College

Kimberly Jacob Arriola

Kimberly Jacob Arriola

Dean, James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies

M. Daniele Fallin

M. Daniele Fallin

Dean, Rollins School of Public Health

Richard Freer

Richard D. Freer

Dean, School of Law

Gareth James

Gareth James

Dean, Goizueta Business School

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Barbara Krauthamer

Dean, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Linda A. McCauley

Linda A. McCauley

Dean, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Jonathan Strom

Jonathan Strom

Dean, Candler School of Theology

Sandra Wong

Sandra Wong

Dean, School of Medicine

Advisers to the President


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Lynell Cadray

University Ombuds

Portrait of Robert M. Franklin Jr.

Robert M. Franklin Jr.

Senior Adviser to the President

Gregory W. McGonigle

Gregory W. McGonigle

University Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life