Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich assumed her role as the 10th President of Hartwick College on July 1, 2008.
Dr. Drugovich earned the Executive Doctor of Management degree from Case Western Reserve University, where she also served as a Fellow of the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations. She received her master's degree from Brown University in medical sociology, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT.
A scholar-practitioner, Dr. Drugovich has presented her research on transformational leadership and consensus making structures in higher education at annual international meetings of the Academy of Management and the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. Most recently, Dr. Drugovich was invited to respond to proposals on the reformation of the federal Pell grant program that were presented at the national president’s meeting of the Council of Independent Colleges.
Formerly, she served as the Vice President for Strategic Communications and University Enrollment at Ohio Wesleyan University, overseeing integrated university-wide communications, as well as U.S. and international new student recruitment, admission, and financial aid programs. Before joining Ohio Wesleyan in 1998, Drugovich spent nine years at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., serving in several roles including associate director for institutional research, dean of admission and financial aid, and executive assistant to the president. Earlier in her career, she served as a researcher in health care policy at the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research.
Dr. Drugovich has been very active in community affairs. She has been recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International, and has served on various non-profit boards and community organizations, including the Greater Delaware (OH) Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Dr. Drugovich currently serves on the Alumni Advisory Council for the Executive Doctor of Management Program at Case Western Reserve University.
