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Joe Testani

Deputy to the President at the University of Rochester

Joe Testani currently serves as the Deputy to the President at the University of Rochester where leads and coordinates University-wide strategic projects that address institutional priorities and planning including the recently launched University strategic plan - Boundless Possibility. Most recently, he served as Associate Vice Provost for Career Education Initiatives and the Executive Director for the Greene Center for Career Education at the University of Rochester. With over 20 years of higher education, career planning, student engagement, and change management experience in diverse institutional settings, Joe has been recognized for his leadership and strategic planning at the departmental, institutional, and national levels. He led the re-envisioning effort at the University of Rochester to create a career ecosystem spanning six schools and 12,000 students to prepare students for the future of work. He advises educational technology start-ups and consults for other higher education institutions. He holds degrees from Nassau Community College, Binghamton University, and Indiana University – Bloomington, and was awarded the Fulbright International Education Administrators Program in Germany in 2014. Connections welcome on LinkedIn