President

Middlebury College, one of the nation’s top institutions of higher learning based in the liberal arts and sciences, highly sought after by talented students and excellent faculty, and distinguished in its global reach and leadership in environmental sustainability, invites nominations and applications for the position of president. The president is the chief executive officer of Middlebury’s full constellation of academic programs, including Middlebury College, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Middlebury Language Schools, Bread Loaf School of English, C.V. Starr Schools Abroad, and School of the Environment. Its network of programs aims to keep the world safer, smarter, and civically engaged through its leading role in contributing to global policy, pioneering language education, and training future leaders to lead lives of inquiry and understanding. The next president of Middlebury will strategically employ and organize the institution’s distinctive assets to best support its undergraduate and graduate populations and realize its full potential as a global leader in and model for 21st-century liberal arts and sciences.

Middlebury’s next leader will inherit an impressive institution following the successful, nearly decade-long tenure of President Laurie Patton. Over the past decade, Middlebury saw its highest demand for enrollment in the undergraduate College, experienced record fundraising, and launched important programs such as the Collaborative in Conflict Transformation and Energy2028, Middlebury’s pioneering renewable energy plan. The Middlebury experience produces fiercely loyal alumni as evidenced by support for its $600 million capital campaign, the most ambitious in its history, which has seen enormous success and is running one year ahead of schedule. The institution’s place-based assets include degree-granting campuses on both U.S. coasts and schools abroad in 16 countries that have positioned Middlebury as a truly global institution. Its people include an accomplished and collaborative Board of Trustees and a dedicated community of 5,500 students (of whom close to 2,800 are undergraduates), 808 faculty, and 1,353 staff across all of its programs, which includes those who work and study in shorter summer programs at many of its schools. 

As Middlebury’s new leader assumes the presidency, priorities for the next administration include increased attention to the changing landscape of higher education with a forward-thinking commitment to the liberal arts and sciences; a careful eye on financial sustainability and academic programs of the highest quality; and a focus on faculty success, staff satisfaction, and student success and well-being. The president will also maintain the undergraduate College’s strong and mutually beneficial relationships with the town of Middlebury and the state of Vermont, which are critical to the success and mission of the institution. 

Inquiries, nominations, and applications, which will remain confidential, should be directed electronically below.

Kate Barry and Ericka Miller are leading this search with Diana Carmona.

Middlebury College does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.