Amy B McIntosh

Chancellor James B. Milliken announced June 29 2017 he appointment of Amy B. McIntosh, acting Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education in the Obama administration, as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Strategy, a new role where she will be responsible for guiding implementation of the University’s Strategic Framework and other important CUNY strategic objectives. Ms. McIntosh has deep experience as a leader in education. Her responsibilities during the Obama Administration included policy development, creation and implementation of Education Department budgets, and advancement of financial aid programs for low-income college students. Ms. McIntosh served in the U.S. Department of Education from January 2014 to this past January, most recently as acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. In that post, she led a team shaping policy development from Pre-K-12 to higher education. Previously, she was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for P-12 Policy, where she launched a new 50-state teacher-equity planning requirement to improve poor and minority students’ access to excellent educators, and launched a Preschool Development Grant program to increase state-funded preschool in 18 states. Ms. McIntosh worked in the New York State Education Department from October 2010 to December 2013 as a Senior Fellow with the privately funded Regents Research Fund, providing policy and strategic leadership to the New York State Education Commissioner and the Board of Regents. Ms. McIntosh holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She worked in the private sector from 1984 to 2004 at companies including American Express, where her last position was Senior Vice President-Marketing for the Consumer Card Group; Verizon, where she was President/General Manager, Consumer Internet Business; Zagat Survey, where she was CEO; and D&B, where she was Senior Vice President.