Comprising students, faculty, staff, and administrators from across the Northeastern global campus system, the Presidential Council acts as an advisory body to the university’s leadership. It is one of the ways in which the university creates exchanges about the multi-faceted efforts to build a dynamic international community and about the efforts to interact responsibly with communities local and global. Members of the council regularly serve on working groups for specific projects, such as strategic planning groups for educational and research efforts. The council receives reports on major efforts in the university system and provides feedback; it also offers advice on new initiatives.
Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, College of Social Sciences and Humanities; and Chair of the Senate Agenda Committee; Ex-Officio