JEWELL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Advancement Services
Job Titles:
- Director
- Senior Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations
Job Titles:
- Development Services Associate
Bill French, '67, and Linda French, '69, declared their intent through an estate gift to establish a faculty development fund supporting faculty research, professional development, continued learning and associated travel.
"I can attest as a former Business Department faculty member to the quality of the Jewell faculty," said Linda. "Providing support for faculty development opportunities will continue to ensure Jewell's ability to recruit and retain talented scholars."
Dr. Amy Barth has the best of both worlds - working and living on Jewell's campus. She and her husband Joe Lundsgaard moved to The Hill - literally - August 2022. Dr. Barth is an associate professor in the education department and faculty-in-residence living in Browning Hall, a co-ed residential hall for returning students. "Living on campus has not only helped me form closer relationships with Jewell students, but it has provided me a space for informal, meaningful interactions that promote learning outside the classroom," Dr. Barth said. Inside the classroom she brings her specialty as a clinically trained speech-language pathologist with broad training in language development and disorders and the language basis of reading disabilities. Read more about Dr. Barth's journey at Jewell.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Cabinet
- Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Daniel Jasper
Vice President of Academic Affairs
816-415-5045 | jasperd@william.jewell.edu
Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College; M.A. and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research (hired 2023)
Job Titles:
- President of the Cabinet
- Meet President
Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls was named the fifteenth President of William Jewell College in 2016. She previously served in numerous academic and senior leadership roles at Nebraska Wesleyan University and Bryan College of Health Sciences. Dr. MacLeod Walls is the author of numerous refereed books and articles, and earned her Ph.D. in English Literature and Classical Rhetoric (highest distinction) from TCU and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History (Phi Beta Kappa) at Hiram College. She also is an alumna of the Harvard New Presidents Program, the Harvard Management and Leadership in Education Program, ACE Women's Leadership Program and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Programs. She currently serves on the Board of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and is active in higher education leadership and advocacy.
Dr. MacLeod Walls nurtures a strong belief in higher education as a component of civic vitality, which is why she serves on the Boards of the Kansas City Area Chamber of Commerce, the Liberty Economic Development Council, the KC Rising Steering Committee, and the Keystone Community Corporation overseeing Kansas City's burgeoning Innovation Hub. Dr. MacLeod Walls is married to Rev. Dr. Craig MacLeod Walls and is the proud mother of two sons, Alec and John.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Cabinet
- Vice President for Access and Engagement
Job Titles:
- Campaign and Special Projects Manager
Elizabeth Quinn, '21, attends the UMKC School of Dentistry. She is on her pathway to becoming a dentist. A scholar-athlete from Springfield, Mo., Elizabeth credits Jewell's approach to critical thinking for helping her prepare for graduate school. "Jewell definitely played a major role in getting me to where I am. It allowed me to study other areas outside of the sciences, and this helped me become a more well-rounded and creative individual. These traits will follow me through graduate school and in my career."
Maryville native John Zimmerman, '22, found a home in Kansas City. The business and accounting double major was a leader on the basketball court and achieved the highest GPA of all male student-athletes. John interned at BKD and now works as an audit associate at Deloitte. "Jewell is one of a kind getting you ready for the workforce with real-life projects. We were actually doing the audit work for companies."
Job Titles:
- Director of Alumni Relations and Signature Events
Jewell's accelerated track nursing program helped first-generation college graduate Manny Macias, '21, fulfill his dream of becoming a nurse. He was hired for the intensive care unit at Truman Medical Center. "It's a full circle. I grew up in that area with people who don't have any medical coverage and sometimes wait until they are very sick to seek medical help. To me it was like coming home. I want to be able to serve the community that's given me so much. I have a personal connection with patients and I feel that's where I need to be."
Job Titles:
- Director of Annual Giving
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Cabinet
- Vice President
- Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive and Artistic Director of the Harriman - Jewell Series
- VP for Advancement
Mr. Clark Morris
Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Executive and Artistic Director of the Harriman-Jewell Series
816-415-5997 | morrisc@william.jewell.edu
Bachelor of Arts from William Jewell College; Master of Business Administration from Mid-America Nazarene University; Graduate of the Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders in the Arts at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (hired 1990)
Job Titles:
- Member of the Cabinet
- Vice President of Marketing, Enrollment and Student Life