University of Pittsburgh appoints first female chancellor in school history
The University of Pittsburgh announced on Monday who the school’s next chancellor will be.
Current chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced last year that he will be stepping down in the summer of 2023 to transition to being a professor at the school.
Joan T.A. Gabel, president and chief executive of the University of Minnesota System and Twin Cities campus, will be the university’s 19th chancellor and first female chancellor since its founding in 1787.
“I am excited and filled with optimism when I think of leading this institution into its important next chapter — to taking leaps when needed, and incremental steps as necessary, to ensure that every step we take, however large or small, moves us forward,” Gabel said. “I am humbled to have the opportunity to lead this world-class community of learners, leaders and discoverers from Pittsburgh and Bradford to Greensburg, Johnstown, Titusville and beyond.”
Gabel has been leading the University of Minnesota since 2019, where the school developed its first comprehensive systemwide strategic plan that resulted in record-setting graduation rates and annual research expenditures, as well as increased numbers of start-ups and patents. She also oversaw the completion of a 10-year, $4 billion capital campaign that exceeded its goal by 10%, a press release said.
Before working at Minnesota, Gabel served as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina from 2015 to 2019, and she was the University of Missouri’s dean of the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business from 2010 to 2015.
Chair of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees Doug Browning noted that Gabel will now be leading a university that’s recognized as one of the top 10 research institutions in the United States.
“I believe Pitt stands on the threshold of even greater accomplishments and achievements in the future under her guidance. She clearly reflects the vision, drive, experience and understanding of the issues and complexities of leading a major research university,” Browning said in a press release.
Gabel starts at Pitt on July 1.
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