Wendy Raymond

Wendy Raymond is an American molecular biologist and academic administrator who serves as the 16th president of Haverford College, a position she has held since July 1, 2019. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Harvard University, and previously held faculty and administrative roles at Williams College and Davidson College before leading Haverford. She announced in November 2025 that she would retire from the presidency in 2027. Raymond is not herself named in any Jeffrey Epstein records; her inclusion here is tied to her institutional role in a campus controversy at Haverford.

That controversy concerns the name of the college’s library, which honors Howard Lutnick — a Haverford alumnus, donor, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce — after his $25 million gift in 2014 toward the library’s renovation, part of roughly $65 million he has given the college, according to PhillyVoice and the WHYY report. Pressure to reconsider the name grew after documents released on January 30, 2026 and subsequent congressional testimony surfaced Lutnick’s contacts with Epstein, including a 2012 visit to Epstein’s private island with his family and communications continuing into 2018, years after Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea, as reported by WHYY and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lutnick has publicly downplayed the relationship, testifying that he “barely had anything to do with that person,” per PhillyVoice.

As president, Raymond declined to convene a committee to review removing Lutnick’s name. The Inquirer reported that on April 29, 2026 she stated, “I do not believe this matter meets the threshold necessary to move forward with a committee,” later explaining that the threshold required “pretty unambiguous evidence of harm being directly committed” and that “association wasn’t enough.” That decision came despite a student body that, according to the Inquirer, voted overwhelmingly to request such a review; the Haverford Survivor Collective and the Students’ Council co-presidents publicly criticized the outcome.

Is Wendy Raymond in the Epstein files?

No. Based on the sources reviewed for this profile, Wendy Raymond does not appear in the Epstein files or any related Epstein records, and she is not among the people named in the Epstein files. Her connection to the story is entirely institutional: as president of Haverford College, she became the decision-maker who declined to convene a committee to review whether to remove the name of donor and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — whose documented contacts with Jeffrey Epstein are described in released documents and congressional testimony — from the college’s library. The documented basis for her inclusion is this administrative role in the naming controversy, not any personal tie to Epstein.