Director of Academic Affairs & Planning

Joe DeFilippo

Joe DeFilippo was appointed as the agency’s Director of Academic Affairs & Planning effective December 1, 2006.

Dr. DeFilippo provides leadership and coordination for all systemwide academic activities, including institutional program approval, transfer and articulation, student competency assessments, changes of mission statement, and new instructional sites.  He also chairs regular meetings of institutional academic officers.

Before arriving at SCHEV, Dr. DeFilippo served as Assistant Provost and head of the Office of Academic Programs and Planning at the State University of New York (SUNY) System Administration, where he was responsible for the process of reviewing academic program proposals from SUNY campuses and for the system’s annual enrollment planning process.  He previously held teaching appointments in Classics at Grinnell College, Pomona College, The Ohio State University, Cornell University, and The University of North Dakota. 

Dr. DeFilippo earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Cornell University, as well as a master’s and doctorate in Classics from Princeton University.