Susan Traverso

Susan Traverso is the President of Thiel College. She is their first female President, taking office August 1, 2016 and chosen from a field of 70 candidates Traverso was the provost of Elizabethtown College from 2007-2016. Her Peace Corps service in Yemen and further service of educational coordinator was of interest to the search committee. She also served in Morocco and Yemen.

Traverso was one of three final candidates for the position of President at Marymount Manhattan College but students felt she was the "safe bet" and she didn't get the job.

She has a bachelor’s degree in history and communication from Simmons College (1983) and doctoral and master’s degrees in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1989 and 1995).

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