Leadership

Periodically, AUC convenes the Presidents or Provosts of its member institutions to discuss the major issues facing higher education and the city. 

The Mayor is invited to the meeting to discuss the critical agenda items that higher education can affect. Current leadership representatives include:

Dr. Raymond E. Crossman, Ph.D.
President, Adler University
Dr. Michele Nealon, Psy.D.
President, The Chicago School
Zaldwaynaka "Z" Scott, J.D.
President, Chicago State University
Juan Salgado, M.U.P.
Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Dr. Kwang Wu Kim, Ph.D.
President, Columbia College Chicago
Dr. Rob Manuel, PhD
President, DePaul University
Dr. M. Wasiullah Khan, Ph.D.
Chancellor, East-West University
Dr. Raj Echambadi, Ph.D.
President, Illinois Institute of Technology
Mark C. Reed, Ed.D.
President, Loyola University Chicago
Dr. Nivine Megahed, Ph.D.
President, National Louis University
Dr. Katrina Bell-Jordan, Ph.D.
Interim President, Northeastern Illinois University
Michael H. Schill, JD.
President, Northwestern University
Dr. Ali Malekzadeh. Ph.D.
President, Roosevelt University
Dr. Reyes Gonzalez, Ph.D.
President St. Augustine College
Laurie Joyner, Ph.D.
President, St. Xavier University
Elissa Tenny, Ed.D.
President, School of the Art Institute Chicago
Dr. Paul Alivasatos, Ph.D.
President, University of Chicago
Dr. Marie Lynn Miranda, Ph.D.
Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago