Dave Marchick Named Interim President of AU

On July 1, 2026, David Marchick, Dean of the Kogod School of Business, will be the interim president of American University, following Jonathan Alger who is stepping down.

He served in both the Clinton and Biden Administrations. First in the White House and in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and later as the deputy assistant secretary for trade development in the Commerce Department. At the State Department, Marchick served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation. Biden appointed him as the COO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.

Marchick later joined the law firm of Covington & Burling where he was a partner. He then joined the Carlyle Group, a global asset management firm specializing in private equity.

Marchick has taught at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and at Georgetown Law.

He earned his JD from George Washington University School of Law.

Jonathan Alger Steps Down as AU President

American University President, Jonathan Alger, JD, announced plans to step down as president as he was named the inaugural America 250 Fellow. Alger served at the helm of AU for only two years.

Brigadier General Shane Reeves Appointed President of the University of Wyoming

Brigadier General Shane Reeves, dean of the Academic Board of the U.S Military Academy at West Point has been appointed as the 29^th President of the University of Wyoming effective July 2026.  Reeves  holds a Master of Laws in military law from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, a Juris Doctor from the College of William and Mary and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is admitted to practice law before the Virginia State Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Commissioned in 1996 from USMA, he attending law school in 2003 and transitioned into the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. As a judge advocate, he served in several legal positions, including chief of legal assistance at Fort Riley, Kansas; brigade judge advocate in the 1st Armored Division in Taji, Iraq; senior trial counsel for the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley; professor of international and operational law at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia; and deputy staff judge advocate of Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Reeves taught for 10 years in USMA's law department.