Noelle E. Cockett is an American geneticist and academic administrator who served as the 16th president of Utah State University.

She then received a masters and a doctorate in animal breeding and genetics from Oregon State University.

Cockett and her colleagues published an article describing the sheep genome sequence in Science in 2014.

[9] Cockett was appointed Utah State University's 16th president in October 2016, officially assuming the role in January 2017.

[16] The players claimed that during the call Cockett expressed negative views about Maile's cultural and religious background.