36. W. Hubert Keen, Ph.D.

Early in his career, before becoming the eighth president of the SUNY College at Farmingdale, Keen spent 18 years rising through the ranks, from coordinator of environmental science programs to dean of Arts and Sciences at SUNY College at Cortland. After earning his doctorate in ecology from Kent State, he served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at City University of New York’s York College from 1994-98, and until 1999 was interim president at SUNY Old Westbury. Keen was also special assistant to the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at SUNY System Administration in Albany, from 1999 to 2005, before serving as Farmingdale’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. Above all, Keen brings a powerful fundraising background to Farmingdale, which could help transform the school. You can bet this will not be the last time Keen is on the Power List.