Lynn C. White Cloud was appointed the Senior Program Officer for International Service and Education in July 2007 when the William Jewett Tucker Foundation created its new Service and Education Team. Lynn has worked at the Foundation since 2001, first in a joint appointment as the Assistant Dean for the Foundation’s Special Projects and Program Officer for Local Community Service, and then as the Assistant Dean, Director of Fellowships and Internships. In her current role, Lynn oversees the international Tucker Fellowship program, Alternative Spring Break Program to the Dominican Republic, Olga Gruss Lewin Post-Graduate Fellowship program, the Cross-Cultural Service & Education Program to Nicaragua, and advises Dartmouth for Clean Water. Lynn serves on many Foundation and College-wide committees, including the Council for Service and Engagement, the Grants Coordinating Committee, and the Tucker Foundation Program Committee. Lynn is a member of the Dartmouth Native American Council.
Lynn supports the mission and goals of the College and Foundation, and provides leadership for the International Service and Education portfolio with her commitment to: providing Dartmouth students with dynamic global learning opportunities – unscripted, developmentally appropriate occasions to gain and test global skills and knowledge; advancing program goals and learning outcomes that are measurable and realistic in scope, and that seek to integrate global learning principles with an holistic approach to student learning, an engagement of high impact learning strategies, a commitment to ethical action in community service and social justice, and an exploration of moral education; and engaging students with some of the most pressing questions of our time: What does it mean to be a responsible citizen in today’s global context? How should one act in the face of large unsolved global problems?
Lynn has 23 years of experience in higher education and student affairs. This experience spans a variety of areas; student affairs administration and strategic planning, community-based learning, counseling and advising, leadership development, student activities, career services, alumni relations, college union operations, major facility planning and development, special events, assessment, spiritual exploration, and advancing issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity. Prior to her arrival at Dartmouth College she worked at Gettysburg College for 9 years, serving as the Assistant Dean of the College, Director of Student Activities and the College Union. She has also worked at Champlain College, the University of Vermont, Boston College, and in the private sector as well as in public schools. In 1984 she earned a B.S. in Elementary Education with a concentration in Special Education from the University of Vermont, and in 1987 she earned a Master of Arts in Higher Education: Administration & Student Development from Boston College.
Lynn was recognized by the State of Vermont in 1991 for her outstanding leadership and coordination which produced the Bicentennial State Fair for the State of Vermont and the University of Vermont. Lynn was awarded NASPA’s State of New Hampshire Mid Level Student Affairs Professional in 2006 and NASPA’s Regional Award for Educational Equity and Ethnic Diversity. Lynn has held positions on numerous non-profit boards and committees in the following areas: environmental stewardship, affordable housing, public school curriculum development, and the arts.
Lynn lives in Thetford, Vermont with her husband Jay and son Sage.
