Stanley S. Litow

Stanley S. Litow was appointed as a member of the SUNY Board of Trustees on June 24, 2015. Effective July 1, 2015, his term on the Board expires June 30, 2022.

Stanley S. Litow is a Professor at both Columbia and Duke University. At Duke University he also serves as Innovator in Residence. Stan is the author of The Challenge for Business and Society: From Risk to Reward. He previously served as President of the IBM International Foundation and as Deputy Chancellor of Schools for the City of NewYork. Before his service at IBM and the NYC public schools he served as President and Founder of Interface and as Executive Director of the NYC Urban Corps, operated out of the Mayors Office. He has served on a multiple of Presidential and Gubernatorial Commissions and in addition to his service on the SUNY Board of Trustees he also serves on the board of Roosevelt House and the Citizens Budget Commission. Stan helped devise the innovative school to college to career program called, PTECH as well as the IBM Corporate Service Corps, often referenced as the corporate version of the Peace Corps. He has received multiple awards for his community service, from organizations such as the Ann Frank Commission, the Martin Luther King Commission, and the Center for an Urban Future as well as the Corning Award from the New York State Business Council.