Undergraduate Education and Innovation
Ensure that our students are prepared for lives situated in complexity, and equipped for personal fulfillment and societal contribution.
Penn Forward working groups
Graduate and Professional Training
Prepare graduate and professional students for emerging and evolving fields and careers faster and less expensively, create more flexible pathways toward their goals, and support professional readiness across a wider spectrum of opportunities.
Research Strategy and Financing
Secure new forms of support for our research ambitions and reimagine approaches to innovation, while protecting the freedom and creativity essential for progress.
Global Opportunity and New Markets
Think across place and time—broadening Penn’s reach geographically and serving learners, alumni, and partners throughout their lives.
Access, Affordability, and Value
Make Penn be and feel more welcoming to those who can benefit from what we have to offer, clarify the cost and value of a Penn education, and more powerfully communicate its purpose and impact.
Operational Transformation
Redesign and simplify Penn’s business and financial operations, and position administrative staff for the opportunities ahead.
Undergraduate Education and Innovation
Ensure that our students are prepared for lives situated in complexity, and equipped for personal fulfillment and societal contribution.
Working group members
Russell J. Composto
Chair
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Max Annunziata
Chair External, Student Committee on Undergraduate Education; Degree Candidate ‘26
College of Arts & Sciences
Vance Byrd, Ph.D.
Presidential Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Department of Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies
Secondary Appointment, Department of History of Art
Special Advisor in the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty
Jennifer Canose
Director for Education and Academic Administration
D. Dennis Flores
Class of 1942 Endowed Associate Professor in Nursing
School of Nursing
Celina Gray
Senior Director of Academic Affairs, Undergraduate Division
Wharton School
Molly McGlone
Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Studies
School of Arts & Sciences
Nia Matthews
President, Undergraduate Assembly; Degree Candidate '27
Wharton School
Matthew Neff
Director of Undergraduate Fine Arts and Design
Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Desmond Upton Patton
31st PIK University Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice; Waldo E. Johnson Jr. Professor, Annenberg School for Communication
Secondary Appointments: Department of Psychiatry - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia & Perelman School of Medicine; Founding Director, SAFElab; Founding Faculty Director, Penn Center for Inclusive Innovation & Technology; Chief Strategy Officer, School of Social Policy & Practice
Gary Purpura
Associate Vice Provost for Education and Academic Planning
Michael R. Roberts
William H. Lawrence Professor; Professor of Finance
Wharton School
Florian Schwarz
Professor & Undergraduate Chair of Linguistics
School of Arts & Sciences
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
Inaugural Faculty Director, Arthur Ross Gallery; James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of History of Art
School of Arts & Sciences
Sunny Shin
Professor of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine
Lyle H. Ungar
Professor of Computer and Information Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Graduate and Professional Training
Prepare graduate and professional students for emerging and evolving fields and careers faster and less expensively, create more flexible pathways toward their goals, and support professional readiness across a wider spectrum of opportunities
Working group members
Kelly L. Jordan-Sciutto
Chair
Vice Provost for Graduate Education; Professor of Oral Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine
Faizan Alawi
Vice Dean of Academics; Professor of Pathology
Perelman School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine
Jennifer Canose
Director for Education and Academic Administration
Amy C. Durham
Professor of Pathology; Associate Dean for Education
School of Veterinary Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine
Malitta Engstrom
MSW Program Faculty Director; Associate Professor
School of Social Policy & Practice
Roberto G. Gonzales
Richard Perry University Professor, Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
School of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Education
Sukaina Hirji
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
School of Arts & Sciences
Leslie Hurtig
Vice Dean for Administration and Chief of Staff
Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Jennifer R. Kogan
Vice Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education; William Maul Measey President's Distinguished Professor in Medical Education
Perelman School of Medicine
Rachit Kumar
Medical Scientist Training Program
Perelman School of Medicine
Boon Thau Loo
Senior Associate Dean; RCA Chair Professor of Computer and Information Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Rachel McGarrigle, MSEd
Director of Education, MaC | ITMAT Ed
Perelman School of Medicine | University of Pennsylvania
Julie Nettleton
Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Dan Premauden
President for Graduate Student Government; Doctoral Candidate
School of Arts & Sciences
Janine Remillard
Chair, Learning, Teaching, and Literacies Division Director; Online Masters in Educational Studies Program; Chair, Penn Forum for Women Faculty and Gender Equity (PFWFGE); PI, Advancing Mentor Teachers’ Practices through Collaborative Pedagogical Reasoning (NSF – DRK-12)
Graduate School of Education
Julie A. Sochalski
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
School of Nursing
Luke Taylor
John B. Neff Professor in Finance; Professor of Finance Co-Director; Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research; Coordinator of Finance PhD Program
Wharton School
Polk Wagner
Michael A. Fitts Professor of Law; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs and Innovation
Penn Carey Law
Kelly Walsh
Director of Student and Academic Affairs
School of Arts & Sciences
Beth S. Wenger
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies; Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History
School of Arts & Sciences
Meridith Wooten
Executive Director, Graduate Student Center
Research Strategy and Financing
Secure new forms of support for our research ambitions and reimagine approaches to innovation, while protecting the freedom and creativity essential for progress.
Working group members
David F. Meaney
Co-Chair
Vice Provost for Research; Solomon R. Pollack Professor of Bioengineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
E. Michael Ostap
Co-Chair
Professor of Physiology; Senior Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer
Perelman School of Medicine
José A. Bauermeister
Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations
School of Nursing
Sanya Carley
Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning
Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Caitlyn X. Chen
Degree Candidate '26
College of Arts & Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Science
Bhuvnesh Jain
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences
School of Arts & Sciences
Myra F. Laird
Assistant Professor, Department of Basic and Translational Sciences
School of Dental Medicine
Alexis Ogdie
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
Elizabeth (Missy) Peloso
Senior Associate Vice Provost; Senior Associate Vice President for Research
Office of Research Services
Aswin Punathambekar
Professor of Communication; Associate Dean
Annenberg School for Communication
Gabby Scher
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine
Phillip Scott
Professor of Immunology; Vice Dean for Research and Academic Resources
School of Veterinary Medicine
Eric A. Stach
Robert D. Bent Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
John S. Swartley
Chief Innovation Officer
Christopher Woods
Professor of Assyriology and Sumerology; Avalon Professor in the Humanities; Williams Director
Penn Museum
Ludwig Zhao
Doctoral Candidate, Bioengineering Graduate Group
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Global Opportunity and New Markets
Think across place and time—broadening Penn’s reach geographically and serving learners, alumni, and partners throughout their lives.
Working group members
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Co-Chair
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives; Levy University Professor
Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School
Megan S. Ryerson
Co-Chair
UPS Professor of Transportation
Stuart Weitzman School of Design and School of Engineering and Applied Science
Veronica Baladi
Degree Candidate '27
School of Arts & Sciences
Betty Chandy
Director for Online Learning at Catalyst
Graduate School of Education
Peter Decherney
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Chair in the Humanities
Annenberg School for Communication
Benjamin Dibling
Associate Vice Provost for Research; Managing Director
Penn Center for Innovation
Amy E. Gadsden
Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives
Kathryn (Kate) Griffo
Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
Rebecca (Becca) Hayward
Executive Director, Office of Academic Innovation
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Nora E. Lewis
Vice Dean for Professional and Liberal Education
School of Arts & Sciences
Andres Mondragon
MSE Candidate '26
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Scott M. Moore
Managing Director, Global Initiatives, Research, and Strategy, Penn Global; Practice Professor of Political Science
School of Arts & Sciences
Ariel Schwartz
Managing Director, Center for Social Impact Strategy
School of Social Policy & Practice
Nicholas Smith
Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
Director of Financial Planning
Harsha Thirumurthy
Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Perelman School of Medicine
Karl T. Ulrich
CIBC Endowed Professor
Wharton School
Access, Affordability, and Value
Make Penn be and feel more welcoming to those who can benefit from what we have to offer, clarify the cost and value of a Penn education, and more powerfully communicate its purpose and impact.
Working group members
Sara (Sally) Bachman
Co-Chair
Dean
School of Social Policy & Practice
Patrick T. Harker
Co-Chair
Rowan Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions
Wharton School
Rachel B. Baker
Associate Professor, Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division
Graduate School of Education
Angela L. Bostick
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Wharton School
Brighid Dwyer
Vice Dean for Academic Excellence and Engagement; Professor of Practice
School of Arts & Sciences
Emmanuel (Manny) Fernandez
Doctoral Candidate
School of Nursing
Trevor C. Lewis
Interim Vice President for Finance & Treasurer; Vice President of the Office of Budget Planning & Analysis
Budget Planning and Analysis,
Division of Finance
Marc A. Lo
Executive Director
Penn First Plus
Meiling Mathur
Degree Candidate '27
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Joann Mitchell
Senior Vice President for Institutional Affairs
Benjamin Nathans
Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History
School of Arts & Sciences
Laura W. Perna
Vice Provost for Faculty; GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education
Graduate School of Education
E. Whitney Soule
Vice Provost; Dean of Admissions
Penn Admissions
Mariana Valdes-Fauli
Associate Vice President
Student Registration & Financial Services
Heather Weiss Frattone
Vice Dean for External Affairs
Penn Carey Law
Operational Transformation
Redesign and simplify Penn’s business and financial operations, and position administrative staff for the opportunities ahead.
Visit the Operational Transformation Initiative website.
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Working group members
Tom Murphy
Chair
Senior Vice President; Chief Transformation Officer
Joshua Beeman
Interim Vice President of Information Systems & Computing and Interim Chief Information Officer
Information Systems and Computing
Mark Dingfield
Executive Vice President
John L. Jackson, Jr.
Provost
Vijay Kumar
Nemirovsky Family Dean
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Matt Lane
Associate Provost for Finance and Planning
Trevor C. Lewis
Interim Vice President for Finance & Treasurer; Vice President of the Office of Budget Planning & Analysis
Budget Planning and Analysis,
Division of Finance
Christopher D. Masotti
Senior Vice Dean of Finance and Operations
Perelman School of Medicine
Elizabeth (Missy) Peloso
Senior Associate Vice Provost; Senior Associate Vice President for Research
Office of Research Services
Jason Presley
Vice Dean, Finance and Administration
Graduate School of Education
Mark Trodden
Dean; Thomas S. Gates Jr. Professor
School of Arts & Sciences
Felicia Washington
Vice President of Human Resources
Division of Human Resources