Preparing for a Leadership Transition at Tuck

In January 2027, a nationwide search for the next dean will be launched. The search will prioritize a leader who can build on the incredible successes of Slaughter and his team over the last 12 years and help Tuck plan for the next decade in a world being rapidly redefined by changing foreign policy and AI. In the coming months, the search committee will devote significant time to learning from colleagues at Tuck about what they—and Dartmouth—need for Tuck’s future.

Slaughter has graciously agreed to extend his tenure as dean of the Tuck School for one additional year, serving through June 30, 2028, to ensure there is ample time to recruit the best leader. Upon completion of his deanship, Slaughter will spend an additional year supporting the next Tuck dean in an advisory capacity. 

Slaughter joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1994, the Tuck faculty in 2002, and held administrative roles at Tuck since 2008 before becoming the Dean of the Tuck School in 2015. He is also the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business. Slaughter’s enduring leadership, and his tenure as dean offer much to celebrate. He developed and articulated the Tuck mission and core values that are ubiquitous today among students, alumni, faculty, and staff. He has fostered a culture of trust, integrity, and teamwork, and strengthened Tuck’s reputation for community and the world’s best alumni network. 

“Matt built trust. His own humility has set the tone for a community grounded in curiosity, teamwork, and a shared belief that business can make the world better,” says Michael Ward T’92, chair of the Tuck Board of Advisors. “He has understood that Tuck’s greatest asset is its people—our network—and he has tended it across the globe. And Matt has never stopped being a teacher and a scholar. Even as dean, he continues teaching his award-winning course, Leadership in the Global Economy, and writing for leading global publications.”

Slaughter has also sustained Tuck’s standing for the highest annual giving rate in all of higher education, as he raised more money for the school than any previous dean in its history, leading the record-breaking $416 million Tuck Difference campaign, a $127 million “Team of 100” campaign for MBA scholarships, and—in celebration of Tuck’s quasquicentennial—the 125th Society. In partnership with faculty and staff, Slaughter expanded the school’s offerings and impact while preserving the distinction of its top-ranked MBA program. In fact, he will tell you himself that all of this has been “a total team effort.”

“My family and I owe so much to Tuck and to all of Dartmouth; it is difficult to put into words the immense gratitude I have for our community,” Slaughter wrote in an email to the Tuck community. “The support that we have felt over the years, particularly in difficult moments for our family, has been a continual source of inspiration to me—as have the many ways faculty, staff and students show up for one another each day. Tuck is truly a community unlike any other.”

Tuck was the world’s first graduate school of management, and it has long stood among the top ranked business schools in the U.S., distinguished by many metrics, including incredible career outcomes.

“[Tuck] is best known for its people, its strong sense of community, and the network that fosters for its graduates,” Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock and Interim Provost Matthew Delmont wrote in a letter to the community. “But the strength of Tuck today is a credit to Matt but also the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have shaped it over generations.”

Details will follow about the early 2027 search for the next Tuck dean as well as opportunities in the months ahead to honor Dean Slaughter’s important contributions to Tuck and to Dartmouth more broadly.