COLUMBUWS – The Ohio State University Board of Trustees Wednesday morning named State University of New York Chancellor Kristina Johnson the next president of the university.
Trustees name Kristina M. Johnson the 16th president in @OhioState history. A highly accomplished academic and entrepreneur, Johnson will begin her tenure September 1. https://t.co/fqBUkdqssu
— Ohio State News (@OhioStateNews) June 3, 2020
She will succeed Michael Drake as the 16th president of OSU.
As SUNY’s chancellor, Johnson led a system of 64 public colleges and universities.
She has also served as under secretary of energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Johnson has close family ties to Ohio State and Ohio. Her grandfather graduated from Ohio State in 1896, university officials said.
She will take over on Sept. 1.
Drake announced in November that he planned to retire this month.