Lori Lee Stewart Gonzalez (born October 20, 1957) is an American speech pathologist and academic administrator serving as the 23rd president of Ohio University since 2023.
Gonzalez was born the eldest of three daughters on October 20, 1957, in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, to Ruby Harmon and Wayne Stewart.
[3] She was a special advisor to the senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina General Administration.
[1][4] In March 2023, Lori Stewart Gonzalez was unanimously elected by the Ohio University Board of Trustees to become the 23rd and first woman President in the institution's 219-year history.
[9] First was a community-wide dynamic strategy planning process to garner insights from stakeholders on the university's future over the next six years, and she charged four working groups to synthesize the ideas into actionable change.