Carolynn Reid-Wallace (born June 26, 1942) is an American academic administrator who served as president of Fisk University from 2001 to 2003.
[1] She completed a Ph.D. in English and American literature at the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University in 1981.
[5] Reid-Wallace was the director for the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education Clearinghouse (NAFEO) from 1981 to 1982.
[1][4] In 1987, U.S. president Ronald Reagan appointed her as a member of the National Council on the Humanities, succeeding Samuel DuBois Cook.
[1] She served as the vice chancellor for academic affairs of City University of New York from 1987 to 1991.
[4][7] As secretary, she managed a budget of $12.5 billion of college grants, student loans, and the Federal Work-Study program.