Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, is the President and Chief Academic Officer at NewSchool of Architecture & Design in San Diego, California. For the past 20 years was the Dean of the College of Design at North Carolina State University, and prior to that position served as Dean of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for more than a decade.

President Malecha’s career has been characterized by leadership in academic management, attention to the scholarly and reflective aspects of a design education, a consulting practice that informs a life in the academy and a passionate belief in the absolute right of access to an education for every individual in our society. He believes that education and practice lie along the same continuum in life and he has encouraged others to find the connections between them.