Frank Macchiarola

Macchiarola attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn, the Columbia University School of Law, and Columbia University Graduate Facilities, Department of Public Law and Government. Throughout his career, he has developed interests and expertise in areas of public service, academia, executive management, and law. As Chancellor of the New York City School System from 1978 to 1983, he instituted a series of reforms that have served as models for school systems across the nation. As President of the...See more

Macchiarola attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn, the Columbia University School of Law, and Columbia University Graduate Facilities, Department of Public Law and Government. Throughout his career, he has developed interests and expertise in areas of public service, academia, executive management, and law. As Chancellor of the New York City School System from 1978 to 1983, he instituted a series of reforms that have served as models for school systems across the nation. As President of the New York City partnership from 1983 to 1988, he coordinated the chief executive officers of 120 corporations in an effort to improve economic and social conditions in New York. He has also served inter alia as a Professor of Business and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Columbia University, a Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York, Deputy Director of the New York State Emergency Financial Control Board, President of the Academy of Political Science, and Dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. In 1996, he returned to his alma mater, where he currently serves as President of St. Francis College. St. Francis is a Franciscan liberal arts college founded in 1884 by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn. It is an independent Catholic College with approximately two thousand undergraduates and 160 faculty members. At St. Francis, in addition to his executive responsibilities, he teaches political science, philosophy, and business law. See less