President Amy Gutmann announced that Gregory S. Rost has been named senior vice president and chief of staff. “This appointment recognizes the increasing scope of Greg’s extraordinarily broad-ranging responsibility, advice and counsel for University-wide agenda setting and strategy. Greg’s responsibilities have expanded over the decade of his exemplary service to include overseeing major parts of the design and implementation of new programs and initiatives of our Penn Compact 2020,” Dr. Gutmann said.

During his 10 years at Penn as Vice President and Chief of Staff, “Greg has worked expertly and tirelessly with me and our entire senior leadership team to advance every priority of Penn Compact 2020. He has unfailingly provided superb advice and counsel to us all. At the same time, Greg has also mobilized the widest range of great Penn teams to drive forward many Penn Compact initiatives from their start to their successful and timely finishes,” Dr. Gutmann added.

In addition to his essential roles in university-wide agenda setting, crisis management and budget steering, Mr. Rost oversees the administrative and financial functions for the President’s Office and Center, and works closely with the Office of Government and Community Affairs on government relations and community initiatives, with the Office of University Communications on University messaging and visibility, and with the Secretary’s Office on Trustee and Overseer issues and initiatives.

Prior to joining Penn, he served as chief of staff to two former presidents of Temple, and served for eight years in the administration of former Philadelphia Mayor Edward G. Rendell, including three years as the mayor’s chief of staff.  He holds an MGA degree from Penn.