Georgetown said goodbye to one of its leaders Thursday evening, and a sheepish smile played across the face of Daniel Porterfield (COL ’79) as he exited stage-right to a dramatic round of applause.

Daniel Porterfield, who as president of 2,200-student Franklin & Marshall College championed the enrollment of low-income students, said Thursday that he will step down next year to lead a ...

Porterfield-the current president and CEO of the Aspen Institute and a former president of Franklin & Marshall College-will begin his leadership of the Foundation in July 2026, succeeding current ...

Dan Porterfield left an executive job in higher education for the Aspen Institute, yet the thinktank’s newly minted CEO and president likens the transition to being a freshman in college. The ...

For Dan Porterfield, the new president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, the first month or so of his job has been a bit of a trial by fire, and when we spoke last week, he wanted first to make it clear ...

Senior vice president for strategic development at Georgetown University before coming to F&M, Porterfield also had high praise for the faculty's dedication to "transformational education and ...