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As Vice Provost for Faculty, I work to advance the recruitment, retention, development, promotion, happiness, and well-being of Penn faculty. I am honored to work with colleagues across the University to advance our shared goals.

- Laura W. Perna, Vice Provost for Faculty & GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education

As Senior Vice Provost for Research, I work with faculty colleagues, students and postdoctoral fellows to advance research at Penn by targeting emerging opportunities that define new frontiers, supporting collaborative initiatives and multi-disciplinary centers, and providing infrastructure that underpins Penn’s research, innovation and commercialization.

- Dawn A. Bonnell, Senior Vice Provost for Research & Henry Robinson Towne Professor of Engineering

As Penn’s Ombuds, I am committed to providing a safe, confidential place for all in the Penn community to air concerns about work-related issues and to help identify solutions. I believe firmly in the importance of work-life balance for both physical and mental health.

- Jennifer A. Pinto-Martin, Penn's Ombuds & MacInnes Professor of Nursing

Since my days as an undergraduate student here at Penn, I've tried to serve and improve our beloved university and to serve and improve our society through our beloved university.

- Charles Howard, Vice President for Social Equity and Community & University Chaplain

As Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, I provide strategic direction for Penn’s global endeavors, with a focus on providing the widest range of opportunities for global engagement in education and research for Penn’s students and faculty.

- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives & Special Advisor to the World Health Organizaiton

- Eric A. Feldman, Chair, Faculty Senate, Heimbold Chair in International Law; Professor of Law; Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy

Beth is Eduardo D. Glandt President’s Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Neurosurgery. Before her tenure as Interim Provost, she served as both Deputy Provost and Vice Provost for Education. A former Penn undergraduate, she returned to Penn as a faculty member where she has taught for almost twenty years and is one of the world’s leading innovators in research on new treatments for traumatic injuries and pain.

- Beth A. Winkelstein, Deputy Provost & Eduardo D. Glandt President's Distinguished Professor Bioengineering

Penn's tradition of strong faculty governance has served the university and its faculty and students well. I encourage the faculty to watch their inboxes for word of upcoming Faculty Senate Seminars which provide a venue for the faculty to engage the university's leadership in discussion of ways to make Penn an even better place to work and learn.

- Vivian L. Gadsden, Past Chair, Faculty Senate, William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education; Director, National Center on Fathers and Families; Associate Director, National Center on Adult Literacy

- Kathleen M. Brown, Chair-Elect, Faculty Senate, David Boies Professor of History