Overview

Gender

male

Scott Cowen has been President of Tulane University since 1998. He has been a director of American Greetings since 1998, of Forest City Enterprises since 1989, and of Newell Rubbermaid since 1999.

He is also a member of the boards of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Association of American Universities, Greater New Orleans, Inc., and Conference USA. Cowen is chair of the Southeast Regional Airport Authority, a Commissioner of the New Orleans Belt Railroad and a member of President Obama’s White House Council for Community Solutions.

Cowen holds a B.S. from the University of Connecticut, and an M.B.A. in finance and D.B.A. in management from The George Washington University.