President

Karl Scholz
541-346-3036
pres@uoregon.edu

John Karl Scholz is the 19th president of the University of Oregon. He began his tenure on July 1, 2023, after the UO Board of Trustees unanimously selected him as president on March 13, 2023. Scholz is a noted economist, professor, and higher education leader who served as an advisor in two federal administrations.

Prior to joining the UO, Scholz was the provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a position he’d held since August of 2019. While at UW-Madison he also served as the dean of the College of Letters and Science from 2013 to 2019. He joined the university’s department of economics in 1988 and was later named the Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy. He directed the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW–Madison from 2000-2004. 

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Executive Officers

Christopher P. Long
Provost and Senior Vice President
541-346-3081
provost@uoregon.edu

Christopher P. Long is the provost and senior vice president. As the university's chief academic officer, he is responsible for the programs, policies, and priorities that shape the university's academic life. Before joining the UO in June 2024, he served as the dean of both the College of Arts & Letters and the Honors College at Michigan State University, and associate dean for graduate and undergraduate education at Pennsylvania State University. He is a professor of philosophy with more than $7 million in funded research projects. Provost Long received his MA and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in New York and BA from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.

Yvette Alex-Assensoh
Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
541-346-3175
yalex@uoregon.edu

Yvette Marie Alex-Assensoh, a political scientist and attorney who served on the Indiana University faculty for 18 years and as dean for women’s affairs from 2008-2012, was named vice president for equity and inclusion on March 2, 2012. By training and profession, she is a political scientist and a licensed attorney, who has been registered as a family mediator. Alex-Assensoh has worked effectively on a variety of issues related to inclusion, equity and diversity for students, faculty and staff, coupled with duties dealing with admissions, compliance, mentoring, policy design, professional development, recruitment and retention efforts.

Joseph Buck
Vice President for Advancement
541-346-0556
jebuck@uoregon.edu

Joseph Buck is the vice president of advancement at the University of Oregon. He joined the UO in September 2023 and leads its fundraising and alumni engagement efforts. He came to the UO from Lehigh University, a top-tier private research university in Bethlehem, Penn., where he served as vice president of development and alumni relations. Buck previously held several fundraising leadership roles at the University of Chicago over nine years, including the Associate Dean of Advancement at the Booth School of Business. He also worked as a major-gifts fundraiser at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and La Salle University.

Angela Lauer Chong
Vice President for Student Life
541-346-1137
vpsl@uoregon.edu

Angela Lauer Chong is the Vice President for Student Life. She joined the University of Oregon in August 2024 and is responsible for leading the Division of Student Life, an organizational unit broadly responsible for the engagement and support of students at every juncture of their UO experience, from first enrollment through graduation, including career readiness. She joins the University of Oregon with 26 years of experience at institutions ranging from a mid-size, private to large, state research institutions. Most recently, Angela served as the associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Florida State University where she led the health, wellness, and student support portfolio of the Division of Student affairs. Angela earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from Southeast Missouri State University, a Master of Science in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University, followed by a juris doctor from Stetson University College of Law.

Kassy Fisher
Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President
541-346-2807
kmfisher@uoregon.edu

Kassy Fisher has served as the chief of staff and senior advisor to the president since June 1, 2023. Before that, Fisher was chief of staff to the provost and executive vice president, 2021-2023, and to the vice president for finance and administration, 2015-2021. Fisher came to the UO in 2006 to work in the Graduate School (now Division of Graduate Studies). She has previously worked in student affairs at California State University, Chico, and at Salisbury University in Maryland, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education degrees.

Jane Gordon
Vice President for UO Portland
503-412-3742
jgordon@uoregon.edu

Jane Gordon is vice president for UO Portland and oversees the university’s operations in Portland, including the upcoming move to a new 19-acre campus. She became vice provost for Portland in 2016, launching programs such as the Portland Internship Experience, growing support services for Portland students, and providing operational integration of academic programs. Prior to her work at UO Portland, she served as a senior project leader for the Office of Academic Affairs, working on the faculty union contract and shared governance policy implementation. She earned an undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a law degree from the University of Oregon. She spent more than 25 years in leadership positions in the School of Law, building and leading the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center and serving as associate dean for student and program affairs.

Robert Guldberg
Vice President and Executive Director of Knight Campus
541-346-3110
guldberg@uoregon.edu

Robert Guldberg is the vice president and Robert and Leona DeArmond executive director of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. He holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering as well as a master’s degree in bioengineering, all from the University of Michigan. Guldberg completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular biology at Michigan before joining the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996. At Georgia Tech, Guldberg was a professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering, and served as executive director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.

Carol Keese
Vice President for University Communications and Chief Marketing Officer
541-346-2383
ckeese@uoregon.edu

Carol Keese is the vice president for university communications and the chief marketing officer at the University of Oregon. She joined the UO in December 2023. She previously worked at the University of Virginia as the associate vice president for marketing and brand strategy. Prior to that, Keese was the vice president of marketing for Children’s National Health System. She also previously served in leadership roles at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Virginia Health System. She earned her bachelor’s at the University of Virginia and a master’s in business administration from the University of Phoenix, and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at UVA's Darden School of Business.