Mark Gearan
Mark Gearan | |
|---|---|
| 26th and 30th President of Hobart College 15th and 19th President of William Smith College | |
| Assumed office July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Joyce Jacobsen |
| In office August 1999 – August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Richard H. Hersh |
| Succeeded by | Gregory J. Vincent |
| 14th Director of the Peace Corps | |
| In office September 26, 1995 – August 11, 1999 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Carol Bellamy |
| Succeeded by | Mark L. Schneider |
| White House Communications Director | |
| In office June 7, 1993 – August 14, 1995 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | George Stephanopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Don Baer |
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
| In office January 20, 1993 – June 7, 1993 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Robert Zoellick |
| Succeeded by | Roy Neel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 19, 1956 Gardner, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary Herlihy |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
| Website | Official website |
Mark Daniel Gearan (born September 19, 1956) is an American lawyer and the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He previously served as a director at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics from 1995 to 1999 and as the director of the Peace Corps. He is the longest-serving president in the history of HWS, serving from 1999 to 2017 and again since 2022.
The HWS Board of Trustees awarded him an honorary degree in 2017 and named him President Emeritus of the Colleges. In 2018, Gearan joined Harvard University as 'President in Residence'.
Gearan has served as Chair of the National Campus Compact, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Annapolis Group of selective liberal arts colleges, and the Talloires Network Steering Committee, an organization of college and university presidents.