Gerald Rosberg

From 2016 until his retirement in 2024, Gerald Rosberg was senior executive vice president of Columbia University. In that role he acted as senior advisor to the president across all areas of the university, working directly with the provost and other members of the president’s executive team and the university’s academic leadership, particularly focused on strategic planning and long-term goals.

Before coming to Columbia, Rosberg spent 20 years at The Washington Post Company, later known as Graham Holdings Company, most of that time as senior vice president–planning and development. Prior to joining The Washington Post Company in 1996, Rosberg was with Computer Associates International Inc., where he was senior vice president and general counsel and then senior vice president of business development. Before joining Computer Associates, Rosberg was a partner in the Washington office of Dewey Ballantine, where he specialized in litigation and federal regulatory matters.

From 1974 to 1982, Rosberg was on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School (assistant professor, then associate professor, then full professor). In 1980-1981, he served as counselor on international law in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State. Rosberg graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to Chief Judge David L. Bazelon of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of the Supreme Court.