Lisa MacFarlane

Lisa MacFarlane (born 1958) is an American educator who served as the 15th principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. Previously she served as the provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Hampshire,

MacFarlane has lived in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, England, the Philippines and Aruba. She attended Phillips Academy, Exeter's rival school, where she graduated in 1975. She then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in the English Language and Literature at Princeton University and rowed for their Women's Rowing Team, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a Master's and doctoral degree in American Cultures. She began at UNH as an assistant professor of English in 1987. MacFarlane has overseen the school's response to sexual misconduct scandals.

On February 2, 2018, she announced that she would step down and return to UNH. She was succeeded by Bill Rawson (PEA ’71) as Interim Principal for the 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 academic years. On January 25, 2019, Rawson was appointed as the 16th Principal Instructor of Phillips Exeter Academy. Mr. Rawson is just the second alumnus (after William Saltonstall) in the last 143 years to serve as Exeter's Principal Instructor.