Tania Tetlow to be first woman president of Fordham University
Tania Tetlow has been unanimously elected the next president of Fordham University. Tetlow will be the first woman and the first layperson to lead the 181-year-old Jesuit institution. She replaces Joseph McShane, who announced his intention to step down from nearly two decades of leadership last fall.
Tetlow joins Fordham from Loyola University New Orleans, where she was also the first woman and layperson to serve as president. She is credited with increasing both enrollment and student retention at Loyola during her four-year tenure.