Martino Harmon

Martino Harmon has served as vice president for student life since 2020.

A longtime advocate for student success, Dr. Harmon has led U-M’s Division of Student Life through the launch of major capital projects to improve and enrich the student experience, including the Hadley Family Recreation and Well-Being Center, the Central Campus Residential Development, and the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning. His passion for students’ holistic well-being was instrumental in U-M’s adoption of the Okanagan Charter—ranking U-M among the first seven U.S. universities to commit to becoming a health-promoting institution—and the creation of the Well-being Collective in partnership with the Office of the Provost. Under his leadership, the division of Student Life has also advanced strategic priorities that include sustainability; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and communications and marketing.

Dr. Harmon previously served as the senior vice president for student affairs at Iowa State University, where he provided strategic oversight for the student affairs division with a budget of more than $300 million, 800 staff members and 36 departments.

Prior to joining Iowa State, he was the executive director of student success and retention at Cincinnati State Community College, dean of student development at Rhodes State College and dean of admission, retention and student life at Washtenaw Community College. He began his career in student life at the University of Toledo, serving in increasingly responsible roles over a span of 11 years, including interim assistant dean of students, director of the African-American student enrichment office, director of freshman admission, associate director of admissions and multicultural recruitment, and coordinator of campus visits and admission counselor.

He earned a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing management, a master of education degree in human resource development and educational technology, and a Ph.D. in higher education and administration, all from the University of Toledo.