Tania Tetlow, J.D.
President, Loyola University New Orleans
Last August, New Orleans native Tania Tetlow was announced as the new president of Loyola University New Orleans. She is the 17th president in the university’s 107-year history, and notably the first female and first layperson president.
Before accepting the position, Tetlow worked as the senior vice president and chief of staff at Tulane University, where she also held the title of Felder-Fayard Professor of Law.
“I never imagined myself as a university president until Loyola came looking,” she says. “But I’m honored to be here. In fact, my grandfather attended Loyola on a football scholarship in 1928 and every member of my family has either lived, taught or worked here.”
Since becoming president, Tetlow says the university has invested further in the quality of education, diversified its revenue, told its story better and increased enrollment. In 2018, the incoming class was 762 students. This year it’s 840.
“We’re also ending the fiscal year with a surplus,” she says. “There’s real momentum here.”
Tetlow says since joining Loyola she has become more aware of the university’s importance to Southeast Louisiana.
“More than one-quarter of our student body are the first generation in their family to go to college,” she says. “With our hands-on teaching, learning by doing, and individual coaching and mentorship, we prepare students to be extraordinary people who contribute to our local economy.”
