SEATTLE - Key Persons
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- Chief People Officer
- Executive Vice President
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- Associate Clinical Professor
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- Director of Admissions / Seattle Preparatory School
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- Co - Founder / Blume Company
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- Civic Leader and Philanthropist
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- Dean, School of Law / Professor of Law
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
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- Program Director, School Psychology ( SPSY ) Professor, School Psychology ( SPSY )
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- Certification Officer & Data Administrator
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- Author, Investor / Emerging Company Advisor
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- Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
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- Dean / Cornish College of the Arts
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- Advisor to the Investment Committee
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- Operations Coordinator
- Program Manager, Alumni Engagement ( Ex - Officio )
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Online School Counseling ( OSCOUN )
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- Department Chair / Professor, Teaching, Learning & Leadership
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- Associate Professor, Teacher Education ( MIT
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- Interim Dean, College of Education / Professor, Teacher Education ( MIT )
Charles M. Pigott Endowed Deanship: The Board ratified naming an endowed deanship in honor of Charles M. Pigott.
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- Vice Provost for Academic Programs / Professor of English
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Vice President
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- Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
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- Associate Clinical Professor
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- Professor
- Vice President of Mission Integration
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- Principal Investigator, Public Education in Beloved Community Initiative / Professor Emeritus, College of Education / Dean Emeritus, College of Education
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- Dean / Albers School of Business and Economics
- Dean of the Albers School of Business
Daniel Turner, dean of the Albers School of Business and Economics, is committed to providing students an integrated business education for ethical and socially responsible leadership.
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- Principal / Meriwether Advisors LLC
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- Chief of Staff / Associate Provost
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- Chairman
- Retired / Former President of LMU
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- President Student Government of Seattle University ( Ex - Officio )
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- Vice President for Mission Integration
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- Senior Vice President, Global Communications & Community Impact / Amazon
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- Associate Director for Research
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- SVP for University Advancement ( Ex - Officio )
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- Senior Vice President for University Advancement
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- President
- 22nd President
- Federal Executive Actions
- University President ( Ex - Officio )
Eduardo Peñalver is Seattle University's 22nd president.
Prior to being named Seattle University's President, Peñalver served as the dean of Cornell University's Law School from 2014 until 2021. Peñalver is a Rhodes Scholar and a professor of law who clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Peñalver received his bachelor's from Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences in 1994 and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1999. As a Rhodes Scholar, he received his Master of Arts in Philosophy and Theology at Oriel College, Oxford.
In addition to Cornell Law School, Peñalver has held faculty appointments at Fordham Law School and the University of Chicago, where he was the John P. Wilson Professor of Law. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard and Yale law schools. Peñalver's work on property law has been published in scholarly law journals at Yale University, the University of Michigan, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania. He is considered a leading voice in the "progressive property" movement, deriving many of his insights from Catholic social teaching.
His research explores how property law creates or reinforces communal bonds and how property rights mediate the relationship between individuals and communities. His book, Property Outlaws (co-authored with Sonia Katyal), published by Yale University Press in February 2010, explores the vital role of disobedience within the evolution of property law. His book, An Introduction to Property Theory (co-authored with Gregory Alexander), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011.
Peñalver was raised in Puyallup and is married to Sital Kalantry, a tenured professor, associate dean, and founder of the India Center at Seattle University School of Law. The two met as undergraduates at Cornell and have two sons.
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- Principal Investigator and Director / Center for Change
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- Senior Administrative Assistant, Professional and Continuing Education
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- Co - Program Director, Student Development Administration ( SDA ) Associate Teaching Professor, Student Development Administration ( SDA )
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- Associate Professor, Department of Economics
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- Agent / State Farm Insurance
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- Member of Committee
- Mission Integration Committee Chair
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- Chancellor ( Ex - Officio )
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- CEO & Founder / the Rivera Group
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- Chairman, Department of Accounting Associate Professor, Department of Accounting
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- Co - Founder & Director / Costco
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- Vice Provost, Student & Campus Life
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Online School Counseling ( OSCOUN )
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- Assistant Professor, School Psychology ( SPSY )
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
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- Associate Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling ( OCMHC )
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- Interim Dean of the College of Science and Engineering / Professor of Chemistry
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, School Counseling Program Director
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- Vice President for Human Resources / Chief Human Resources Officer
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- Counseling Placement Program Manager
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- Employer Relations Manager
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- Senior Vice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs / Professor of Sociology
- Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs
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- Chairman of Committee
- Trusteeship Committee Chair
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- Clinical Professor / Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling ( OCMHC )
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- Associate Director, Albers Career Center
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- President / William H. Hannon Foundation
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
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- Professor / Associate Dean
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- Program Director, Educating Non - Native English Speakers ( ENES ) Assistant Professor, Educating Non - Native English Speakers ( ENES )
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
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- Community Leader in Service
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- Online Student Success Coordinator
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
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- Community Leader in Service
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- President, Albers School of Business & Economics
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- Director of Communications, Academics
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- Chairman / Department of Teaching, Learning, and Social Justice / Associate Professor, Teacher Education ( MIT )
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- Assistant Clinical Professor
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- Program Director, Online School Counseling / Professor, Online School Counseling Program Director
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- Vice President
- Vice President and University Counsel
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- Chairman, Department of Marketing / Professor, Department of Marketing
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- Advancement Committee Chair
- Member of Committee
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- Special Education Transition Specialist
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- Director, Albers Career Center
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- Director of Graduate Enrollment Marketing / College of Education / College of Arts and Sciences
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- Audit and Risk
- Retired / Microsoft
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- Manager, Albers Experiential Programs
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- Vice President for Enrollment Management
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- Dean, College of Arts and Sciences / Professor of Sociology
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- Coordinator
- Senior Executive
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- Program Director, MBA in Sport and Entertainment Management Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
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- Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion / Associate Professor of Law
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- TLL Department Academic Services Coordinator
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling ( OCMHC )
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- Interim Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Success and Development / Co - Program Director for Curriculum and Instruction Design and Student Development Administration ( SDA )
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
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- Director of the Seattle University Foundation
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- Capital Planning and Land Use Committee Chair
- CEO / Hawthorn Senior Living, LLC
- Member of Committee
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- President Emeritus / University of San Francisco
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- Senior Director of Development / College of Education
Provost Fellows Presentation: The Board heard a presentation and engaged with Dr. Charles Tung, Special Assistant to the Provost for Curriculum, and four Provost Fellows regarding university curriculum. Dr. Julie Homchick Crowe, Dr. Yen-Lin Han, Dr. Matthrew Rellihan, and Dr. Eric Severson participated in the presentation.
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling ( OCMHC )
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- Associate Vice President / Facilities and Campus Services
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- Chief Marketing Officer & Associate VP, Marketing
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- Chairman of the Finance Committee
- Finance Committee
- Member of Committee
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- Chairman
- Retired / Weyerhaeuser
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- Affairs Committee Chair
- Attorney at Law / Ruth Tressel, LLC
- Chairman of Committee
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- Chairman of the Investment Committee
- Founder and Owner / Viewpoint Capital Management
- Member of Committee
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- Associate Clinical Professor
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- Provost
- Provost, Ex - Officio
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- Special Assistant to the Dean / Associate Clinical Professor
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- Vice President for Athletics
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- Federal Executive Actions
It is a pleasure to share the news that, this summer, my predecessor, Father Steve Sundborg ("Fr. Steve" to all who know him) will be returning to Seattle University to take on the role of "Chancellor," the title that Jesuit universities traditionally reserve for former university presidents. Fr. Steve served as president of Seattle University for 24 years, from 1997 to 2021, and led the university through a remarkable period of growth, innovation, and transformation. The role of Chancellor is not new to Seattle University-Fr. Bill Sullivan, S.J. served as the university's Chancellor from 1996 to 2005 following his tenure as president from 1976 to 1996.
For most of the past three years, Fr. Steve has been in residence at Georgetown University, where (after a well-deserved sabbatical) he has been assisting President DeGioia in building the capacity for communal discernment among senior leadership. In his new role, Fr. Steve will be working closely with the Office of Mission Integration to develop the capacity and practice of communal discernment at Seattle University and to help in the creation of formation and retreat opportunities for senior leaders and boards. He will serve as a key ambassador and advocate to university friends and alumni, and he will be available for other priestly ministries to the wider Seattle University community.
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- Senior Vice Provost for Academic and Student Affairs
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- Assistant Teaching Professor, K - 12
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- Internship Coordinator, Student Development Administration ( SDA )
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- Vice President for Information Technology / Chief Information Officer
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- Co - Program Director, EDLS
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- Program Operations Coordinator
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- Assistant Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling ( OCMHC )