Mark Richards joined the University of Washington as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs on July 1, 2018. A geophysicist, Richards also holds a faculty appointment in the College of the Environment’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences. As provost, he is the University’s chief academic and budget officer.
Richards came to the UW from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was professor of Earth and Planetary Science. While at Berkeley, he served as dean of mathematical and physical sciences, and simultaneously as executive dean of the College of Letters and Science. For his work on racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in the STEM fields, Richards received Berkeley’s two highest awards for promoting equity and inclusion.
Named the University of Washington’s 15th Director of Athletics on May 24, 2016, Jennifer Cohen has been with the UW for 20 years, primarily overseeing the athletic department’s fundraising efforts. In just two years under her watch, Cohen has led Husky Athletics to unprecedented success in the classroom, in competition and in the community
Additionally, Cohen secured a 10-year, $119 million apparel partnership with adidas that is set to get underway July 1, 2019.
Highlighting the excitement on the field in Cohen’s first two years was a Pac-12 championship and trip to the College Football Playoff in 2016 for Husky football. UW hit the 10-win mark again in 2017, making its third trip to a New Year’s Six Bowl in as many seasons, most recently capping the 2018 season with a trip to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl.