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)
• Lucy Robertson, 1902—1913, Greensboro Female College (now Greensboro College)
• 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
• Hanna Holborn Gray, 1977–1978, Yale University (acting); 1978–1993, University of Chicago
• Gail Fullerton, 1978–1991, San Jose State University
• Barbara Uehling, 1978–1979, University of Missouri, and 1987–1994, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 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. Goeppinger, 1995–2025, 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
• Jolene Koester, 2000–2011, California State University, Northridge; 2022-2023, California State University System (interim)
• Jerilyn McIntyre, 2000-2009, Central Washington University
• Judy Genshaft, 2000–2019, University of South Florida
• Mildred García, 2001–2007, Berkeley College; 2007–2012, California State University, Dominguez Hills; 2012–2018, California State University, Fullerton; 2023–present California State University System
• Jane A. Karas, 2001-present, Flathead Valley Community College
• Shirley C. Raines, 2001–2013, University of Memphis
• Donna Shalala, 2001–2015, University of Miami
• Ruth Simmons, 2001–2012, Brown University
• 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
• Denice Denton, 2005–2006, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Martha Dunagin Saunders, 2005–2007, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; 2007–2012, University of Southern Mississippi; 2017–2025, University of West Florida
• Sandra Kurtinitis, 2005–present, Community College of Baltimore County
• Zorica Pantic, 2005–2019, Wentworth Institute of Technology
• 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, 2006–2023, 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 HawaiÊ»i 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; 2011–2022, Amherst College
• Susan Martin, 2008–2015, Eastern Michigan University; 2015–2016, San Jose State University (interim)
• 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 HawaiÊ»i 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, 2010–2025, Montana State University
• Dana G. Hoyt, 2010–2020, 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, 2010–2017, University of Louisiana system; 2017–present, University of Texas of the Permian Basin
• Cheryl Evans, 2011–present, Northern Oklahoma College
• Susan Herbst, 2011–2019, University of Connecticut
• Carolyn Long, 2011–2022, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
• Mary Ellen Mazey, 2011–2017, Bowling Green State University
• Joy McDaniel, 2011–present, Murray State College
• Carol Quillen, 2011–2022, 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, 2014–2025, California State University, Long Beach
• Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012–present, Central State University
• Mary A. Papazian, 2012–2016, Southern Connecticut State University; 2016–2021, San Jose 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, 2012–2023, 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, 2013–2024, 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, 2014–2019, University of Denver
• Sheri Everts, 2014–2024, 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
• Cynthia Teniente-Matson, 2014–2022, Texas A&M University–San Antonio; 2023–present, San Jose State University
• Colette Pierce Burnette, 2015–2022, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX)
• Ana Mari Cauce, 2015–2025, 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; 2021–present, California State University, Northridge
• Laura Casamento, 2016–2023, Utica College
• Soraya M. Coley, 2016–2025, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Gayle E. Hutchinson, 2016–2023, California State University, Chico
• Karla Hughes, 2016–present, University of Arkansas at Monticello
• Ellen Junn, 2016–present, California State University, Stanislaus
• Danielle Laraque-Arena, 2016–2019, State University of New York, (SUNY) Upstate Medical University
• Judy K. Sakaki, 2016-2022, Sonoma State University
• Claire E. Sterk, 2016–2020, Emory University
• Elissa Tenny, 2016–2024, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Cynthia Kelley, 2016–present, Madisonville Community College, KCTCS
• Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 2017–2024, American University (Washington, D.C.)
• Shirley M. Collado, 2017–2021, 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, 2017–2019, 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, 2018–2021, 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, 2019–2025, University of Southern California
• Joan T.A. Gabel, 2019–2023, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Kathleen E. Harring, 2019–2020, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
• Anne Holton, 2019-2020, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
• Hilary L. Link, 2019—2022, 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)
• 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. Edward's University (Austin, Texas)
• Terri Goss Kinzy, 2021–2023, 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)
• Heather Hulburt Norris, 2024–Present, Appalachian State University
• Jeanette M. Nuñez, 2025-President, Florida Internacional University
• 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

See also

• List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in the United States
• Timeline of women's colleges in the United States
• Seven Sisters (colleges)

Notes