Susan Rae Wente

Susan Wente
14th President of Wake Forest University
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2021
Preceded byNathan O. Hatch
Provost of Vanderbilt University
In office
July 2014 – June 2021
Preceded byRichard C. McCarty
Succeeded byC. Cybele Raver
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
EducationUniversity of Iowa (BS)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)

Susan Wente (born 1962) is an American cell biologist and academic administrator currently serving as the 14th President of Wake Forest University. From 2014 to 2021 she was Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Vanderbilt University.[1] Between August 15, 2019 and June 30, 2020, she served as interim Chancellor at Vanderbilt.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Dr. Susan Rae Wente - Leadership Profile". Leadership Directories. Leadership Directories, Inc. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. ^ "What to know about Vanderbilt University's soon-to-be interim chancellor Susan Wente". The Tennessean.
  3. ^ "Internationally renowned scholar Daniel Diermeier named Vanderbilt University chancellor". 4 December 2019.