Professor Marlene Gerber Fried was interim president for one year from 2010 to 2011. Jonathan Lash was named the sixth president of the College in May, 2011, joining Hampshire as an internationally recognized expert on global sustainability, climate change, and environmental challenges and solutions. He has been appointed by two US Presidents to serve on a national environmental council and commission. Lash served until 2018, and was followed by the College's seventh president, Miriam Nelson, who began her appointment in July, 2018 but resigned in April, 2019 after the failure of her plan for Hampshire to merge or partner with another institution.