Sarah Susannah Willie-LeBreton is an American sociologist and academic administrator serving as the 12th president of Smith College since 2023.
The daughter of sociologist Charles Vert Willie,[1] Willie-LeBreton attended high school in Concord, Massachusetts.
[3] Her dissertation was titled, When We Were Black: The College Experiences of Post-Civil Rights Era African-Americans.
[5] Charles M. Payne, Arlene Kaplan Daniels, and Aldon Morris served as her committee members.
[3] On July 1, 2023, Willie-LeBreton became the 12th president of Smith College, succeeding Kathleen McCartney.