Ira Fuchs

Ira Fuchs has extensive experience in leadership roles across various organizations, currently serving as a Board Trustee for The Seeing Eye since June 2019 and as a Director for The Philadelphia Contributionship since May 2007. Fuchs held the position of Director at Ithaka until June 2022 and at Princeton Public Library from January 2004 to December 2012, where responsibilities included serving as both Director and Treasurer. Additionally, Fuchs was the Executive Director for Next Generation Learning Challenges at EDUCAUSE from September 2010 to March 2012. Previous roles include Vice President and Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Vice President for Computing and Information Technology at Princeton University, and Vice Chancellor for University Systems at City University of New York. Fuchs began a career in computing as Executive Director of the CUNY Central Computing Center. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Physics, both obtained from Columbia Engineering.