Lynn Perry Wooten

Lynn Perry Wooten is an American academic administrator serving as the 9th president of Simmons University since 2020. She is its first Black president. Wooten was the David J. Nolan Dean and Professor of Management and Organizations at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University from 2017 to 2020.

Life Wooten was raised in Philadelphia where she attended an all girls high school. She earned a B.S. in accounting in 1988 from North Carolina A&T State University. Stuart L. Hart was her doctoral advisor. On July 1, 2020, she succeeded Helen Drinan as the 9th president of Simmons University. She is its first Black president. Her investiture ceremony was delayed until April 11, 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wooten is married to marketing professor David Wooten. They have two children.