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Office of the President of Utica University, Dr. Todd Pfannestiel
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200 DePerno Hall
Dr. Todd Pfannestiel
Tenth President of Utica University
Dr. Todd Pfannestiel is the tenth President of Utica University, taking office on August 1, 2023.
President Pfannestiel has 25 years of experience in higher education, as a faculty member, school dean, and senior administrator. Through the course of his tenure as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Utica, he has led and collaborated closely with faculty on a variety of initiatives to raise the academic profile of the University and further its mission. Chief among these achievements was the recently implemented redesign of the University’s general education curriculum, as well as the launch of a number of innovative academic programs designed to address emerging workforce and societal needs.
Drawing on his own experience as a first-generation college student at the University of Arkansas, Dr. Pfannestiel possesses a deep and abiding appreciation for the transformative power of higher education. Under his leadership, the University has met a rapidly changing undergraduate market with its first A.S. and B.B.A. degree programs, providing a greater variety of career pathways for students of all backgrounds.
Prior to joining Utica University, Dr. Pfannestiel served on the faculty of Clarion University of Pennsylvania for 20 years, earning the rank of Professor of History. During his time at Clarion, he also served as Dean of the College of Arts, Education, and Sciences, Interim Provost, and Acting President.
Dr. Pfannestiel earned his Ph.D. in History from the College of William and Mary, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellow in the Humanities; completed post-graduate studies at Duke University as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow in Economics, and completed his B.A. in History and Economics at the University of Arkansas as a Fulbright College Scholar summa cum laude.
A native of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, he is married to Dr. Aimee Zellers, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Carlow University.
Dr. Winton Tolles
Dean of Utica University
1946 - 1947
Ralph F. Strebel
Dean of Utica University
1947 - 1959
Dr. James W. Harrison
Dean of Utica University
1959 – 1962
Dr. J. Kenneth Donahue
President of Utica University
1963-1970
Ambrose J. deFlumere
President of Utica University
1970 – 1976
Dr. Harold J. Rankin
Acting President of Utica University
1976 – 1977
Dr. Thomas D. Sheldon
President of Utica University
1977 – 1982
Dr. Lansing G. Baker
President of Utica University
1982 - 1987
Dr. Michael Simpson
President of Utica University
1988 – 1997
Dr. Thomas G. Brown
Interim President of Utica University
January - July 1998
Dr. Todd S. Hutton
President Emeritus of Utica University
1998 - 2016
Dr. Laura M. Casamento
President of Utica University
2016 - 2023
Dr. Todd Pfannestiel
President of Utica University
2023 - Present
President's Cabinet Members
- President
- VP Pres.Affairs/ Mkt & Comm
- VP DEI/Student Transition/CDO
- Senior Associate Provost
- Director PE & Athletics
- Provost, SVP Academic Affairs
- SVP for Market Innovation and New Ventures/ Senior Associate Provost for OES
President's Office Staff
- VP Pres.Affairs/ Mkt & Comm
- Special Asst. to the President
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