Molly Corbett Broad

Molly Corbett Broad is the twelfth president of the American Council on Education (ACE). She is the first woman to lead the Washington, DC-based higher education organization since its founding in 1918.

An economist, Broad came to UNC from the California State University system, where she had served as Senior Vice Chancellor for administration and finance, and as executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer from 1993 until her election as UNC President. She served as Deputy Director of the New York State Commission on the Future of Postsecondary Education, a blue-ribbon panel charged with evaluating the organizational structure and financing of the state's two public university systems.
 

She is Chair of the National Association of State Universities and Land-grant Colleges (NASULGC) board of directors and past President for the International Council for Distance Education. 
 

Molly Corbett Broad Broad graduated from the Syracuse University with a baccalaureate degree in economics. She holds a Master’s degree in the field from Ohio State University.