J. Bonnie Newman
Jane E. “Bonnie” Newman is chancellor emeritus of the Community College System of New Hampshire. Previously, she served as the interim president of the University of New Hampshire, executive dean at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and assistant to the president of the United States for management and administration for President George H.W. Bush. During the administration of President Ronald Reagan, Ms. Newman served as the assistant secretary of commerce for economic development and as associate director of the office of presidential personnel at the White House.
Currently a director of Exeter Trust Company, she is a former trustee at Exeter Hospital. She was a founding director of the Lumina Foundation for Education and was vice chair of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. She was chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors and is a former director of NYNEX Corporation and Markem Corporation.
Ms. Newman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from St. Joseph’s College of Maine and a master’s of education degree in higher education administration from The Pennsylvania State University. She has honorary degrees from the University of New Hampshire, Rivier College, Notre Dame College, Keene State College, St. Joseph’s College of Maine, and Southern New Hampshire University, formerly New Hampshire College.