Rodin served at Yale University from 1972 to 1994, after which she was appointed president of the University of Pennsylvania, her alma mater. This made her the first female president of an Ivy League institution, and the first graduate of the University to take on its highest leadership role.

Peter Salovey is a social psychologist who is one of the early pioneers and leading researchers in emotional intelligence.

Christopher Eisgruber previously taught at New York University Law School after serving as a law clerk. He is also an expert on constitutional law.

Gutmann was named by Fortune magazine in 2018 as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders”. While serving at Princeton, she founded Princeton’s ethics center, the University Center for Human Values. In 2021, she was nominated by President Biden to serve as the US Ambassador to Germany.

Bacow started his career in 1977 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he worked as a professor for 24 years. He also served as the 12th president of Tufts University from 2001 to 2011.

As a computer scientist, Pollack's research specializes in artificial intelligence, including works such as natural language processing and activity recognition for cognitive assistance.

She also serves on the board of directors of IBM.

In 2010, Bollinger was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York board of directors. He is also a noted legal scholar of the First Amendment and freedom of speech, and has been at the center of two notable Supreme Court cases regarding affirmative action in admissions processes.

In March 2012, Paxson was selected as the 19th president of Brown University, officially succeeding Ruth Simmons.

She previously worked as an economics professor at Princeton University.