This biographical article is written like a résumé. (August 2018) |
Carmen Twillie Ambar (born July 3, 1968)[1] is an American attorney, academic, and the current president of Oberlin College in Ohio. She was appointed to the post in May 2017.
Carmen Twillie Ambar | |
|---|---|
| 15th President of Oberlin College | |
| Assumed office September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Marvin Krislov |
| 13th President of Cedar Crest College | |
| In office August 2008 – August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jill Leauber Sherman |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth M. Meade |
| 9th Vice President and Dean of Douglass College | |
| In office 2002–2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carmen Marie Twillie July 3, 1968 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Spouse | Saladin Ambar (m.1994, div. 2019) |
| Children | 3 |
In 2002, she became the ninth woman to lead Douglass College and the youngest dean in its history.[2] She was dean of Douglass College until August 2008 when she became president of Cedar Crest College. Ambar was appointed by Governor Corzine to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Board of Directors. In 2017, she was named 15th president of Oberlin College.
Education and career
editShe holds a bachelor's degree in foreign service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, a master's degree in public affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School. Ambar formerly served as board chair for the Public Leadership Education Network and is vice-chair of the New Jersey Commission on the Status of Women. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.[1] From 1994 until 2019, she was married to Saladin Ambar, who is also a graduate of Edmund A. Walsh School at Georgetown University and now teaches political science at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. He earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 2008. On April 19, 2007, Carmen Ambar gave birth to triplets.
On May 1, 2008, Carmen Ambar was named thirteenth president of Cedar Crest College and was officially inaugurated to the position on October 23, 2009. On May 30, 2017, she was named fifteenth president of Oberlin College, the first black person and the second woman to hold that position.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Carmen Twillie Ambar named dean of Douglass". Ur.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Dr. Carmen Twillie Ambar: Leading at the Crossroads of Gender and Race | IMPACT". sites.bu.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ "Carmen Twillie Ambar Named 15th President of Oberlin". Oberlin News Center. 2017-05-30. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-05-30.