Catherine Flickinger, J.D., heads the legal department, handling contracts, litigation, and regulatory compliance; the implementation and administration of policies, practices, and procedures throughout the university; legal matters related to labor and employment as well as student affairs; and the development and protection of intellectual property from research. Flickinger also oversees the operations of the human resources department, including employee relations, benefits plans, and recruitment. Her career path has included a clerkship for a Federal appellate judge, the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, CBS Inc., and more than 20 years as executive vice president and general counsel at media publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media, where she led the legal and human resources departments.

Flickinger earned her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

In 2004, the New York County Lawyers' Association named Flickinger one of its 40 Outstanding Women of the Bar.