Alberta Arthurs

Alberta Arthurs is a consultant and commentator active in the fields of culture, philanthropy, and higher education. She was the director for arts and humanities at the Rockefeller Foundation most recently and, before that, she was president and professor of English at Chatham College (now Chatham University) in Pittsburgh. She has served previously in deanships and as instructor in English at Harvard/Radcliffe and held administrative positions and taught English and American literature at Rutgers University and Tufts University. She has served on numerous non-profit boards and advisory committees, and on corporate boards. Alberta was educated at Wellesley College and holds a Ph.D. in English literature from Bryn Mawr College. She writes and often speaks on contemporary culture and its challenges. Alberta is a Senior Salzburg Global Fellow and serves on the Advisory Council on Culture and the Arts.