Pace University Names Law Dean Robert "Bobby" Ahdieh as Next President

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 earned his JD from Yale Law School. He clerked for the Hon. James R. Browning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and subsequently served as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He has held visiting professorships at Princeton, Columbia Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center.