Claire Shipman

Claire Shipman is an American television journalist and the former senior national correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America. Shipman was the acting president of Columbia University from March 2025 through June 2026, leading the university through a 15-month period marked by protests against the Gaza war, the university's $221 million settlement with the Trump administration, and the first review of the University Senate. Before becoming acting president of Columbia, she was a co-chair of the university's Board of Trustees.