Carrie Marlin

Carrie Marlin serves as Vice Provost for Faculty Support and Work/Life at Columbia University.

In this role, she is responsible for policy development, strategic planning, and operations management in key areas of academic administration that support faculty and staff across all stages of their careers and facilitate the pursuit of the academic mission.

With oversight of foundational resources including faculty housing and loan programs, Columbia’s early childhood and K–12 priorities, and dual-career services, Carrie develops policies and directs initiatives that support Columbia’s community from recruitment through retirement and advance scholarship, research, and teaching. Her portfolio includes the Office of Work/Life, The K-8 School at Columbia University, Tompkins Hall Early Childhood Center at Columbia University, and Emeritus Professors in Columbia (EPIC). She also leads the implementation of the Office of the Provost’s strategic priorities to support staff development and enhance community and climate.

Carrie serves on the University’s Emergency Management Operations Team and the University Senate Housing Policy Committee. At the Provost’s request, she also served in an interim role as Executive Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, now the Office of Institutional Equity. She was a member of the President’s Advisory Task Force on COVID-19 and directed the President’s Enhanced Reporting Initiative.

Prior to joining the Office of the Provost in 2015, Carrie worked in education and public service in New York City and Washington, D.C. She served as Senior Director of Strategy and Policy for New York City Public Schools, Chief of Staff in the New York State Assembly, and Senior Advisor on political campaigns at the local and national levels. She also was a high school English and journalism teacher in District of Columbia Public Schools.

Carrie received her BA in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her MA in Education from Trinity Washington University, and her MPA from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.