Samuel Hoi is the president of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He is an innovative higher education leader who previously served as president of Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Hoi is a recipient of honorary doctorate degrees from the Corcoran and Otis; French decoration as an Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques; and the Ford Foundation’s Art of Change Fellowship that recognizes U.S. artists and cultural leaders at the forefront of social change.