14 Facts About Laurie Carter

Laurie Aleta Carter is the 17th president of Lawrence University, a position she began in July 2021.

Laurie Carter has served as president of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Laurie Carter received her undergraduate degree in communications from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where she was captain of the track and field team.

Laurie Carter went on to earn an M A in communications from William Paterson University in 1987 and a JD from Rutgers University in 1993.

Laurie Carter began her career in higher education as a way to pay for graduate school.

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Laurie Carter worked as a residence hall director at William Paterson College and director of residence life at Fairleigh Dickinson College while studying for her master's degree.

Laurie Carter was hired to be the Director of Student affairs at the Juilliard School in 1988, and spent twenty-five years there eventually becoming their first chief legal officer.

Laurie Carter went on to join Eastern Kentucky University as Executive Vice President and University Counsel in 2014.

Laurie Carter was appointed President of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania on May 18,2017.

On March 4,2021 it was announced that Laurie Carter would be taking over as president of Lawrence University; she is the first Black president of the university.

Laurie Carter had been a finalist in the 2021 search for a president at Ramapo College in New Jersey.

Laurie Carter was presented with the Clarion University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007, and was inducted into the Clarion University Hall of Fame in 2018.

Laurie Carter was named one of 25 Outstanding Women in Higher Education by the magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in 2021.

Laurie Carter is married to Gary Robinson, a police detective in the Bergen County, New Jersey prosecutor's office.