Primary Job Title Board Of Director Primary Organization 
Alcoa
Gender Male
Mr. Reif is president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the world renowned educational institution of science and technology. Prior to his appointment as president of MIT in July 2012, he was MIT’s Provost, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Budget Officer from August 2005 to July 2012 and head of MIT’s Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science from September 2004 to July 2005. Mr. Reif has been a faculty member of MIT for more than 30 years.
Mr. Reif launched the MIT Innovation Initiative to enhance MIT’s own innovation ecosystem and foster education, research and policy; and recently began work on “MIT.nano,” a new facility on the campus that will accelerate research and innovation at the nanoscale. In his previous role as Provost of MIT, he held overarching responsibility for MIT’s education and research programs, including spearheading the development of the MIT’s online learning initiatives, MITx and edX, and oversight for Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funded research facility that MIT operates for the U.S. Department of Defense. In his leadership roles at MIT, Mr. Reif also launched environmental initiatives to drive progress towards solutions around environment, climate and sustainability. He also promoted a faculty-led effort to address challenges around race and diversity.
Mr. Reif, at the request of the White House, served as co-chair of the steering committee of the national Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP 2.0), an effort to secure U.S. leadership in emerging technologies.
