Amy Parsons, who was appointed President in 2023, announced she will step down at the end of the calendar year(2026). No other information was provided at this time.

Effective July 1, 2027, Marvin Krislov who currently serves as President of Pace University (through December 2026) will be the new President of Bard College. Prior to serving as President of Pace University since 2017, Krislov was President of Oberlin College. Following law school, Krislov worked at the US Department of Justice, Office of Counsel to the President under President Bill Clinton, and US Department of Labor, before becoming Vice President and General Counsel at

Texas A&M University Law Dean Bobby Ahdieh has been named as the next President of Pace University in New York effective January 1, 2027, succeeding lawyer president Marvin Krislov. Prior to joining Texas A&M where he held numerous leadership roles, Ahedieh was at Emory University School of Law for almost two decades where he served as the K.H. Gyr Professor of Private International Law, Vice Dean, and Director of the Center on Federalism & Intersystemic Governance. Ahdieh ea