Lisa Metzger-Mugg
- Senior Director of Academic Administration in the Office of the Provost and EVP, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
Biography
Dr. Lisa Metzger-Mugg serves as the Senior Director of Academic Administration in the Office of the Provost and EVP at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), where she oversees administrative operations and provides strategic and operational support across the Institute’s academic enterprise. In this role, she leads complex administrative projects, facilitates cross-campus planning efforts, and partners with senior leadership to advance academic priorities and institutional effectiveness. Previously, she served as Vice President of Program & Operations/COO at The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award USA, a global youth development organization, and as Chief of Staff for the Executive Vice President at Northwestern University, where she oversaw enterprise-wide administrative functions including finance and budget planning, human resources, facilities, information technology, audit and compliance, and communications, and coordinated Board of Trustees committees on finance, audit, educational properties, and executive compensation. Prior to Northwestern, she led the Research and Evaluation office at the City Colleges of Chicago and conducted clinical research at Johns Hopkins University. She also held research positions at the American Institutes for Research, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh.
Education
- PhD, Educational Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
- MS, Developmental Psychology, Johns Hopkins University
- BS, Psychology, Philosophy, and Humanities, Valparaiso University