her career, from private practice attorney to a leadership role in a multinational company, DeCoudreaux has demonstrated the core values that Mills sought during its search for candidates. While achieving professional success, she has demonstrated creativity, social responsibility, and community involvement. DeCoudreaux has also shown acumen for budget management, fundraising, and alumnae relations and engagement. In addition to her position on the Wellesley Board, she has served on the boards for the Indiana University Foundation, the Indiana Uni- versity School of Law Board of Visitors, the Economic Club of Indiana, the Women’s Fund, and the United Way of America Women’s Leadership Council. “I’m looking forward to working with the faculty, staff, and
alumnae of Mills, whose reputation for passion and creativity is well known and highly regarded,” said DeCoudreaux. “I’m also looking forward to leading our diverse student body of bright young women and graduate students pursuing their advanced degrees. I am so honored to be a part of such a highly regarded institution with such a proud history. I will work hard to ensure my leadership builds on the success of the 12 great women and men who held this office before me. My first order of business as I plan our vision for the future is to listen to those around me.”
DeCoudreaux Succeeds Holmgren
DeCoudreaux will succeed current Mills President Janet L. Holmgren who began her 20-year presidency in 1991, one year after the historic strike that kept Mills a women’s college at the undergraduate level. Holmgren was charged with leading the College during this watershed moment in the College’s history and tasked with building Mills into a financially sound institu- tion focused on women’s education in the 21st century. “Alecia DeCoudreaux’s distinguished professional career
along with her commitment to the liberal arts and educational access offer a strong basis for the role of academic leader,” said Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren. “I am pleased to support her as she joins the Mills team to move the College for- ward as a national leader among independent liberal arts col- leges.”
President Holmgren has advanced Mills as a nationally re-
cognized model for women’s higher education. Under her lea- dership, Mills has welcomed students from increasingly diverse backgrounds; achieved record-breaking enrollment; enhanced academic excellence with innovative programs, including the College’s first doctoral degree; invested in campus facilities, including two new environmentally sustainable buildings; and strengthened the endowment. “Alecia DeCoudreaux’s passion for women’s education and
issues facing women as well as her direct and deep experience in the management of a women’s college ensure that Mills’ new president will continue to build on President Holmgren’s 20- year legacy of success,” said Kathleen J. Burke. “We’re grateful to Janet Holmgren for her many successful years of service to Mills College. We’re certain our new president will build on
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Mills’ reputation as a strong, proud women’s college and as a leader among independent liberal arts colleges.”
About Mills College Nestled in the foothills of Oakland, California, Mills Col-
lege is a nationally renowned, independent liberal arts college offering a dynamic progressive education that fosters leadership, social responsibility, and creativity in over 950 undergraduate women and more than 600 graduate women and men. The Col- lege ranks as one of the Best 373 Colleges in the country and one of the greenest colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. U.S. News & World Report ranked Mills one of the top-tier re- gional universities in the country and second among colleges and universities in the West in its “Great Schools, Great Prices” category. For more information, visit
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