Leadership Team

SVP Ballentine leads a four-year pilot aimed at tackling major, cross-cutting strategic initiatives for the university. In addition to heading the Office of Strategy, he serves as Senior Adviser to the President.

SVP Branch provides strategic leadership to promote equity and inclusion in every aspect of the university. She coordinates university-wide efforts around diversity, equity, and inclusion involving faculty, staff, and students, and ensures that the institutional commitment to equity is reflected in the research, educational, and public engagement activities that occur throughout the university.

SVP and Chief of Staff Bueschel is responsible for the administration and day-to-day operations of the Office of the President and Office of the Secretary, oversees the flow of information within the university’s senior administration, and serves as the president’s point person for a wide array of initiatives and projects.

EVP Calcado is responsible for the stewardship of all of the university’s physical assets, totaling over 29 million square feet, valued in excess of $10 billion across the state of New Jersey. He is responsible for public safety, crisis and emergency management, housing operations, parking, transportation, and facilities operations, design, and construction.

Chancellor Cantor is responsible for the daily administration of Rutgers University–Newark, a diverse, urban, public research university with 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students, nearly 600 faculty, and 770 full-time staff.

Chancellor-Provost Conway has direct responsibility for the administration of Rutgers University–New Brunswick, a comprehensive public research university and member of the AAU and Big Ten with 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 4,000 full- and part-time faculty, and 6,600 full- and part-time staff.

SVP Fernández oversees all facets of University Human Resources, which provides the leadership, service, expertise, policies, and standards necessary to support Rutgers University as an employer of choice.

EVP Gower works with chancellors, unit CFOs, deans, senior administrators, and budget officers throughout Rutgers to implement the university’s responsibility center budget management system, and directs efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of financial and administrative functions. He also serves as the University Treasurer.

Director Hobbs oversees intercollegiate athletics at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including 22 NCAA Division 1 women’s and men’s teams.

SVP Hoffman leads the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel, responsible for addressing legal issues arising from the activities of the university and its schools and units—offering advice regarding applicable laws, facilitating transactions, and providing representation to Rutgers clients.

President Hopely leads the Rutgers University Foundation, coordinating the institution’s fundraising for professorships, scholarships, fellowships, capital projects, research, academic and student life programs, athletics, and other priorities, and overseeing alumni relations across the university.

SVP McDonough coordinates relations with federal, state, and local governments and oversees universitywide communications and marketing, including media relations, publications, social media, advertising, and the university’s website.

EVP Moghe is the chief academic officer of the university. He coordinates academic programs throughout Rutgers, manages the tenure and promotion process, and oversees offices for enrollment management, academic administration, global affairs, diversity and inclusion, libraries, continuing studies, and distance education.

SVP Norin directs the Office of Information Technology in developing processes to improve services, standards, policies, and procedures at Rutgers, including initiatives core to central administrative business operations and enterprise-wide computing services.

Chancellor Strom leads Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, the university’s health sciences division, which comprises eight schools in Newark and New Brunswick/Piscataway and their attendant faculty practices, centers, institutes, and clinics; New Jersey's largest behavioral health care network, University Behavioral Health Care; and numerous additional centers, institutes, and clinics.

Chancellor Tillis holds direct responsibility for the daily administration of Rutgers University–Camden, which enrolls more than 7,300 graduate and undergraduate students and employs 313 full-time faculty and more than 1,300 employees.

SVP Zwick is responsible for oversight and strategic planning for the university’s $700 million in annual research expenditures, management of the many offices that support Rutgers’ research and economic development activities, including technology transfer, patents, and startups, and development of public-private partnerships.