{"id":388,"date":"2024-11-26T16:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T21:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:20:24","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/about\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jonas-clark-hall-1887-1024x560.jpg\" alt=\"Jonas Clark Hall\" class=\"wp-image-4051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jonas-clark-hall-1887-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jonas-clark-hall-1887-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jonas-clark-hall-1887-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jonas-clark-hall-1887-1536x840.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jonas-clark-hall-1887-2048x1120.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p class=\"intro\">Since its founding in 1887, Clark University has benefited from leaders whose vision and resolve have created a learning institution of global consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the leadership of President David Fithian \u201987, the counsel of the Board of Trustees, and the commitment and innovation of the provost, deans, and vice presidents, Clark has established itself as an institution unafraid to press against the boundaries of traditional thinking. Our leaders know the decisions they make on behalf of the University will have a ripple effect in all areas where Clark makes an impact \u2014 from Worcester to points across the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"\/president\/\"\n    >\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Office of the President<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>President David Fithian \u201987 leads Clark University\u2019s mission to provide an education that inspires our students to become 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