Rebecca Chopp

Rebecca is a well-known expert in higher education, leadership, and organizational transformation. She has coached and mentored dozens of university presidents, vice presidents, deans, and boards, helping them to realize professional, cultural, and structural change. Rebecca has served as Chancellor at the University of Denver, and as President of Swarthmore College and Colgate University. She is the co-founder of Strategic Positioning Associates.

Rebecca’s administrative career began in 1998, with her appointment as Provost of Emory University, and thereafter she served as Dean of the Yale University Divinity School. She has served on the boards of the American Council of Education, the American Association of Colleges and Universities, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition to her consulting work, Rebecca is a popular speaker on transformation and higher education. She is a scholar of higher education and religion and change in America and is the author of seven books and more than 60 articles. She is the co-editor of Remaking College: Innovation and the Liberal Arts.