Jo Ellen Parker

Senior Vice President

Council of Independent Colleges

Jo Ellen Parker is currently a Senior Vice President at CIC and leads a team focused on membership engagement. She also plays a key role in developing new CIC programs and services. Parker’s experience includes appointments as president and CEO of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, president of Sweet Briar College, founding executive director of the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, and president of the Great Lakes Colleges Association. Parker earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in English literature and graduated from Bryn Mawr College.