Scott Cowen is the four­teenth pres­i­dent of Tulane Uni­ver­si­ty and was one of the key play­ers in the rebuild­ing of New Orleans after Hur­ri­cane Kat­ri­na. His work has been wide­ly cov­ered by media, includ­ing Fast Com­pa­ny Mag­a­zine, The New York Times, and The Chron­i­cle of High­er Edu­ca­tion. TIME mag­a­zine named Pres­i­dent Cowen one of the nation’s Top 10 Best Col­lege Presidents.