Irvin D. Reid

Irvin D.
Reid is currently the Director of The Detroit Institute of Arts, the Director of Downtown Economic Development Corp., and the President of Wayne State University (Michigan).
Previously, he served as an Independent Director at Veris Residential, Inc. from 1994 to 2020, a Director at Handleman Co. from 2005 to 2008, an Independent Director at The Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack LLC from 2007 to 2012, an Independent Director at Lyondellbasell Advanced Polymers, Inc. from 2009 to 2016, and a Director at Fleet Bank, NA (Hartford, Connecticut) from 1990 to 2002.
He also held positions as a Director at Natwest Bank, NA, a Director at Michigan Economic Development Corp.
from 2000 to 2011, a Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 2005 to 2008, and a Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 2003 to 2004.
Additionally, he served as a Director at First Horizon Bank (Memphis, Tennessee) and the Forum On Contemporary Issues In Society.
He was the President of Montclair State University from 1989 to 1997 and a Professor at the University of Tennessee.
He obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Howard University and his graduate and doctorate degrees from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.