John Sexton BA, MA, PhD, JD

John Sexton is President Emeritus of New York University, the Dean Emeritus of NYU Law School, and the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law. He joined the Law School faculty in 1981, was named the School's Dean in 1988 and became the University's President in 2001. In January, 2016, he returned to the faculty. In addition to these positions at NYU, Sexton serves as President of the Catalyst Foundation for Universal Education, Chair of the University of the People President’s Council, and Chair of the Mary Christie Foundation. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves on the boards of the Institute of International Education, the College Advising Corps, and the Trinity School (New York). He is past Board Chair of the American Council on Education, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, the New York Academy of Sciences, and (while Dean) President of the Association of American Law Schools. He served as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2003-2006) and Chair of the Federal Reserve Systems Council of Chairs (2006). Earlier, he had served on the board of the National Association of Securities Dealers (1996-1998) and was Founding Chair of the Board of NASD Dispute Resolution (2000-2002). He served as co-chair of the UK/US Study Group, an education policy group convened by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and was a member of the Public Policy Research's Commission on the Future of Higher Education (UK), which issued its report in June 2013.