Linda Lorimer
Linda Koch Lorimer was Vice President for Global and Strategic Initiatives at Yale University, where she was responsible for an array of administrative departments. She developed and oversaw Yale's Office of International Affairs and created its Office of Digital Dissemination, which takes the administrative lead in sharing the University's intellectual treasury around the world. She is also the university officer responsible for the Office of Public Affairs and Communications, the Yale Broadcast Center, and the Yale University Press. She serves a liaison to the Association of Yale Alumni. Lorimer has served in a number of roles in the Yale administration and as President of Randolph-Macon Woman's College, now called Randolph College. She holds positions on numerous boards, including having served as board chair of the Association of American Colleges and Universities and vice-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on "The Future of Universities." Early life and education A 1970 graduate of Norfolk Academy, Lorimer graduated from Hollins University in 1974 as valedictorian and was student body president. She graduated from Yale Law School in 1977. While at Yale, she received the Wasserman Leadership Award. Lorimer practiced law in New York City for a year at Davis Polk