VALLEY FORGE - Key Persons
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- Intercultural Studies Department Chair
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- Director of Student Success & Career Services
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Dr. David J. Kim was appointed President of the University of Valley Forge (UVF) on April 5, 2017.
He is an alumnus of the University of Valley Forge (1997) and holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey (2002). He holds an honorary doctorate from Northwest University (2019), and received a doctoral degree in Church Leadership and Community Witness at Emory University in 2023.
Growing up as a child of missionaries in Ghana, West Africa, he later moved to New Jersey and Washington as his parents planted churches. Ordained by the Assemblies of God in 2004, he served as a church planter and worked to establish and lead Christian schools in the U.S. and abroad. He and his family eventually moved to Ecuador where he launched a business-as-missions enterprise, serving as the CEO of Terrayork Cacao, a successful cacao exportation company.
After a life-altering accident in 2013, he and his family returned to the U.S. where he became a church consultant and staff pastor before returning to UVF in 2015 as chair of the Intercultural Studies department. During a season of organizational restructuring, he was asked by the Executive Committee of UVF's Board of Trustees to serve as Chief Operating Officer, a role he held from December 2016 until his appointment as President.
He has a passion for discipleship, for planting churches, and for equipping churches and organizations to prepare followers of Jesus who will impact the world.
Dr. Kim and his wife Rebekah have four children - Lauren, Taylor, Nichole, and Elijah.
To contact President Kim, please reach out to his Administrative Assistant, Samantha David at presidentadmin@valleyforge.edu.
Dr. David J. Kim was appointed president of the University of Valley Forge (UVF) on April 5, 2017. He is a 1997 UVF alumnus who holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary (2002), an honorary doctorate from Northwest University (2019), and received a doctoral degree in Church Leadership and Community Witness at Emory University in 2023. He was ordained by the Assemblies of God in 2004 and has been a church planter and led several Christian schools in the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Kim has a passion for discipleship, for planting churches, and for equipping churches and organizations to prepare followers of Jesus who will impact the world.
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- Dean, Business and Program Innovation
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- Director of Athletics / SWA
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- Vice President of Student Life
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- Education Department Chair
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- Arts & Sciences Department Chair
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- Behavioral Sciences Department Chair
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- Director of Human Resources
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- Vice President of Finance & Operations
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- Vice President of Development
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- Vice President of Enrollment Management
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- Vice President of Academic Affairs
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- Business Department Chair