Kathleen Waldron

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Dr. Kathleen M. Waldron is an American author, financial executive and educator. Since August 2004, she has been the president of Baruch College of the City University of New York, succeeding Edward Regan, the former New York State Comptroller. Dr. Waldron received her Master's degree and PhD (1977) from Indiana University. She taught at Bowdoin College from 1977 to 1981, and then as a Fulbright Scholar at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela. She was the dean of the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences of Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus. Prior to being an educator, Dr. Waldron held several executive positions at Citibank. From 1991 to 1996, she served as President of Citibank International in Miami. Before working at Citibank, Dr. Waldron worked at Chemical Bank on Latin American public and private sector lending.

Under Dr. Waldron's watch, Baruch College has received record amounts of donations from its alumni 1. In her first year as President, the college received donations from Baruch alumni of almost $54 million.