Current leadership as president of Drexel University has set a standard for co-operative education and positioned the university to become a force for economic development in the Greater Philadelphia region. Former president of Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster; executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania, as a management consultant for higher education and nonprofit sectors, and as chair of the NCAA Division III Presidents Council for two terms. Serves on a number of boards, including Lafayette College, The Shipley School, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia