SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher Nancy Zimpher became the 12th chancellor of the State University of New York on June 1, 2009. With more than 440,000 students, SUNY is the nation’s largest comprehensive public university system. She is the first woman to serve in this capacity in the system’s 60-year history. A dynamic and nationally recognized leader, Chancellor Zimpher is known as an effective agent of change in higher education. The chancellor began her career as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in the Ozarks and has never lost her passion for providing accessible, quality education for every student. As president of the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Zimpher led a bold, aggressive strategic planning process, which transformed the campus into a national powerhouse and a model for urban universities in the 21st Century. Under her leadership, UC’s retention and graduation rates, student satisfaction ratings and national rankings all improved. Prior to her tenure at UC, Dr. Zimpher served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Executive Dean of the Professional Colleges and Dean of the College of Education at The Ohio State University. Chancellor Zimpher began her work at SUNY by engaging a strategic planning process for the SUNY system that will serve as a model for statewide collaboration for public higher education in New York State and beyond. Type of News/Audience: 2010 IHE Report
