Eric Fingerhut

Who is Eric Fingerhut?

Eric David Fingerhut is the President and CEO of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Prior he served as the corporate Vice President of Education and STEM Learning business at Battelle Memorial Institute, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of a Regents and Ohio Senator.

Fingerhut was appointed Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents on March 14, 2007 by Governor Ted Strickland. This position is a member of the Ohio Governor's Cabinet. On February 22, 2011, he submitted his resignation to the Governor of Ohio John Kasich, effective March 14, 2011, after serving four years. Chancellor Fingerhut earned a reputation as an innovative leader and ardent advocate of the value of higher education. He left with high praise from the Ohio’s newspapers. An editorial in the Columbus Dispatch declared, “[Eric Fingerhut’s] diplomacy, energy, pragmatism and knowhow will be missed.”