Stewart E. Sutin
Dr. Sutin joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh in August 2007 as Clinical Professor of Administrative and Policy Studies. Between 2003 and 2007 Dr. Sutin was President and Chief Executive Officer of Community College of Allegheny County. Dr. Sutin's principal focus is leadership in higher education, and the correlation between education and business models. He is Associate Director of the Institute for Higher Education Management, and has served on advisory boards for Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Brandeis University, Duquesne, and University of Miami. Dr. Sutin also served on the Board of Trustees for St. Thomas University and International Fine Arts College of Miami.
Prior to assuming a position in educational leadership, Dr. Sutin worked for 29 years in the financial services industry. He served as Senior Vice President and International Department Head of Mellon Bank (now BNY Mellon) from 1995 to 2003. He moved to Pittsburgh after working at Bank of Boston (now Bank of America) for 16 years. During this time, he held a variety of senior management positions that included President of Bank of Boston International.
Dr. Sutin holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Texas at Austin (1975), an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University (1969, and a B.A. in History from Penn State (1966). He was an adjunct faculty at the Katz Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Pittsburgh and at Babson University. He helped found and served as Chair of the Global Trade Institute (Pittsburgh), and the New England Export Academy, both of which focused upon applied curriculum to help businesses become more competitive in global markets.
Recent publications include: Increasing the Institutional Effectiveness of Community Colleges (senior editor and co-author), Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, and "Direct Foreign Investment in China", Education About Asia, Spring, 2010.
Recent presentations include: Keynote Speech, New England College Counsel/College Board, "What’s Right, What Is", October, 2011; President's Institute, American Association of Community Colleges, "Institutional Effectiveness of Community Colleges", Summer 2011; Texas Association of Community College Trustees and Administrators, "The Financial Model of America's Community Colleges: Pathway to Increasing Self-Reliance”, January, 2011.
