Andrea Talentino
President of Augustana College
Andrea Talentino is the president of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. She previously served as Provost at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. In her administrative work, she has focused on building strong teams and developing positive organizational culture, including chairing a task force at Norwich to address campus climate for employees. She began her career at Tulane University and received her Ph.D. in Political Science (International Relations) from the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed a post-doc at Princeton University’s Center for International Studies.