Administrators

Brian J. Bruess, Ph.D., President

Richard Ice, Ph.D., Provost

Kara Kolomitz, Ed.D., Chief Operating Officer

Joseph Webb, Ph.D., Chief of Staff

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

Chantel Braegelmann, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer

Rob Culligan, Vice President for Institutional Advancement

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

Mary Geller, M.A., Associate Provost for Student Success

Casey Gordon, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer

Betsey Kershaw, Chief Marketing Officer

Russell Klein, MBA, Director of Physical Plant

Ed Lamm, M.M., Chief Admission & Strategic Enrollment Officer

David Mitchell, Ph.D., Faculty Senate Vice-Chair

Sandra Mitchell, Ed.S., Senior Diversity Officer

Rodger Narloch, Ph.D., Benedictine Institute Director

Anne Oberman, MBA, Interim Chief Financial Officer

Dan O’Brien, Interim Athletics Director

Jennifer Schaefer, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty

Christi Siver, Ph.D., Faculty Senate Chair

Ben Stommes, Director of Strategic Analytics & Financial Strategy

Amanda Erdman., Dean of Students & Senior Student Affairs Officer

Saint John's University Board of Trustees

At Large Members 

• Gretchen Agee
• Scott Becker
• Ed Bonach
• Chris Coborn
• Mary Dombovy
• Kristen Hodge-Clark
• Sr. Joan Lescinski, CSJ
• Fr. William “Bill” Lies, C.S.C.
• Michele Martin
• Dennis McDonough
• Brian McGrane
• Greg Melsen
• Bennett Morgan
• Lynn Myhran
• Paul Nakasone
• Joy Plamann
• Marilyn Porter
• Chip Ray
• Dave Roberts
• Kelly Skalicky
• LeAnne Stewart
• Edwin Torres
• Jona Van Deun
• Dan Whalen
• Pam Wheelock

Voting Monastic Trustees

• S. Michaela Hedican, OSB
• S. Nina Lasceski, OSB
• S. Jeanne Lust, 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

• Kathryn Enke, CSB Alumnae Representative
• Mike Anderson, SJU Alumni Representative
• Bob Hesse, CSB and SJU Faculty Representative
• Grace Skinner, CSB Student Representative
• Ben Bugbee, 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.