Administrators

Brian J. Bruess, Ph.D., President

Richard Ice, Ph.D., Provost

Kara Kolomitz, Ed.D., Chief Operating Officer

Pamela Bacon, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Dean of Faculty

Mary Geller, Associate Provost for Student Success

Anne Oberman, MBA, Chief Financial Officer

Chantel Braegelman, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer

Casey Gordon, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer

Betsey Kershaw, Interim Chief Marketing Officer

Cory Piper, Dean of Admissions

Karyl Daughters, Ph.D., Dean of Curriculum and Assessment

John Andrick, M.A., Dean for Student Academic Success

Amanda Erdman, Dean of Students

Bob Alpers, Athletic Director

Rodger Narloch, Ph.D., Benedictine Institute Director

Richard Crawford, OSB, Interim Director of Fine Arts Programming

Russell Klein, Director of Physical Plant

Sucharita Mukherjee, Ph.D., Faculty Senate Chair

Christi Siver, Ph.D., Faculty Senate Vice-Chair

Cheryl Stanton, J.D., General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Sandra Mitchell, Senior Diversity Officer

Ben Stommes, Director of Strategic Analytics & Financial Strategy

Rob Culligan, Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Saint John's University Board of Trustees

At-Large Trustees

• Gretchen Agee
• Scott Becker
• Ed Bonach
• Mary Dombovy
• Sandy Forster
• Sr. Joan Lescinski, CSJ
• Fr. William “Bill” Lies, C.S.C.
• Michele Martin
• Brian McGrane
• Greg Melsen
• Bennett Morgan
• Lynn Myhran
• Paul Nakasone
• Joy Plamann
• Marilyn Porter
• Chip Ray
• Dave Roberts
• Carol Schleif
• Kelly Skalicky
• Greg Soukup
• LeAnne Stewart
• Edwin Torres
• Jona Van Deun
• Dan Whalen

Voting Monastic Trustees

• S. Michaela Hedican, OSB
• S. Nina Lasceski, OSB
• S. Mary Reuter, OSB
• Br. Dennis Beach, OSB
• Fr. Nickolas Kleespie, OSB
• Br. Aelred Senna, OSB

Ex-Officio Trustee

• Brian J. Bruess, Ph.D., CSB and SJU President

Non-Voting Trustees

• Rochelle Taus Dumdie, CSB Alumnae Representative
• Bill Olson, SJU Alumni Representative
• Bob Hesse, CSB and SJU Faculty Representative
• Lauren Voll, CSB Student Representative
• Charles Bills, SJU Student Representative

Saint John's University - President's Emeriti: 

Hilary D. Thimmesh, OSB (10th President)

President, 1982-1991; Dean of the College, 1967-1969; Director of the Benedictine Institute, 2009-2012; Professor of English, 1956-2009; B.A., Saint John's University, 1950; M.A., Cornell, 1956; Ph.D.,1963.

Dietrich Reinhart, OSB (11th President)

President, 1991-2008; Dean of the College, 1988-1991; Professor of History, 1976-1991; B.A., Saint John's University, 1971 magna cum laude; M.A., Brown University, 1976; Ph.D., Brown University, 1984.

Robert Koopmann, OSB (12th President)

President, 2009-2012; Professor of Music, 1975-; B.A., Saint John's University, 1968; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1970; D.M.A., University of Iowa, 1976; M.Div., Saint John's University, 1981.

Michael Hemesath (13th President)

President, 2012-2019; B.S., Saint John’s University, 1981 summa cum laude; M.A., Harvard University, 1984; Ph.D., 1988.