Yale Higher Education Leadership Summit: Rebounding from Surviving to Thriving: Higher Education Regaining its Footing
Tuesday, Jan 27 2026
New Haven, CT
Invite Only
Alan M. Garber, 31st president of Harvard University, accepted the Legend in Leadership Award presented by Maurie McInnis, Yale’s 24th president; Amy Gutmann, 8th President of the University of Pennsylvania; Jon Levin, 12th president of Stanford University; Ned Lamont, 89th Governor of Connecticut, and Harvard Classmate of President Garber; and Rafael Reif, 17th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
James E. Ryan, ninth president of the University of Virginia, accepted the Legend presented by Maurie McInnis, Yale’s 24th president; Peter Salovey, Yale’s 23rd president; Valerie Smith, Swarthmore College’s 15th president; and Phil Hanlon, Dartmouth University’s 18th president.