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Coons, Robert | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Robert A. Coons
Robert A. Coons
President

Robert A. Coons was unanimously appointed by the Board of Trustees of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as the 16th President on November 15th, 2018. Prior to this appointment he had served, since 2013, as Senior Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer. Rob held a variety of finance and management-level positions since joining Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1989, including service as the Interim President of the Institute from April

2012 to April 2013. He was the recipient of the Rose-Hulman President’s Outstanding Service Award in 2010 and the Rose-Hulman Honor Alumni Award in 2013 as well as the 2013 Indiana University East Honor Alumni Award. In 2014 Coons received the Terre Haute Rotary Vocational Service Award.

In the fall of 2022, Rob was appointed to the Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s Workforce Cabinet, formed to help strengthen Indiana’s economy by addressing current and future education and employment needs for residents and employees.

In addition, He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI), as Chair of the ICI Investment Committee, as Vice-Chair of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Council of Presidents, and as a member of the Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU).

Locally, Coons serves as Chairman of the Board of the Union Hospital/Union Health System. He is a member of the Terre Haute Economic Development Corporation and Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce Boards of Directors. He is a graduate of Leadership Terre Haute and The Wabash Valley Leadership Institute and has served in a variety of capacities with the United Way of the Wabash Valley.

Rob holds an MBA from Indiana State University, CPA licenses in Indiana and North Carolina, a Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University, and is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Institute for Education Management Program. Rob and his wife Tammy reside in Terre Haute, Indiana.