President

Founded in 1876 in Belmont, North Carolina by Benedictine monks, Belmont Abbey College’s mission is to educate students in the liberal arts and sciences so that in all things God may be glorified. In this endeavor, the College is guided by the Catholic intellectual tradition, St. John Paul II’s Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae, and the Benedictine spirit of prayer and learning. Exemplifying Benedictine hospitality, Belmont Abbey welcomes a diverse body of students and provides them with an education that will enable them to lead lives of integrity, to succeed professionally, to become responsible citizens, and to be a blessing to themselves and to others.

Through its liberal arts core, all Belmont Abbey undergraduates acquire an essential foundation on which to build not only a major course of study or a professional path but also an active understanding of how to embrace lives of excellence and virtue. Since 2023, Belmont Abbey has also established an expanding list of flexible, affordable, online graduate programs: with an MBA, a Master of Arts in Classical and Liberal Education, a Master of Science in Nursing Leadership, and master’s degrees in communications, leadership, data analytics, sport management, and motorsport management.

Among regionally ranked colleges in the South, U.S. News and World Report ranked Belmont Abbey’s undergraduate teaching #1 in 2022 and #2 in 2025, recognizing our faculty’s characteristic excellence and dedication.

In recent years, Belmont Abbey, enrollment has increased and now totals more than1,600 students. With three new dorms built in the past five years, on-campus residency is up by 65 percent. Growing and thriving as the Catholic college of the South, Belmont Abbey has continued to live its commitment to the spiritual and intellectual life of the region.

With more than 30 teams, Belmont Abbey is home to the seventh largest athletic program in the United States. Since 2002, Abbey Athletics teams have won 24 regular season Conference Carolinas championships and 41 Conference Carolinas tournament titles.

Belmont Abbey College has a strong community of faculty, staff, coaches, alumni, and students. Its donors have contributed more than $97 million in the past five years, including more than $24 million from the Southern Benedictine Society of North Carolina (“SBS”). For fiscal year 2024-25, giving totaled more than $27 million, including $8 million of unrestricted donations from the SBS.

With an operating budget of approximately $57 million and an endowment valued at roughly $14 million, the College’s leadership team remains focused on preparing for a constantly evolving external environment and changing market conditions and demands. Primary revenue sources include tuition, auxiliaries, and contributions.

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the President leads all aspects of the College, including strategic planning, administration, academics, fundraising, and financial sustainability. The President guides the College’s strategic direction and fosters its overall success. The President serves as a visionary leader, playing a crucial role in shaping and aligning transformative goals that foster spiritual formation, promote academic excellence, and prepare graduates to embrace their responsibilities as engaged citizens and respond to the vocations to which God has called them. Drawing from the Benedictine monastic tradition, the President is dedicated to fostering virtue, forming character, and nurturing students' capacity to reason and think critically. Collaboration with the monastic community of Belmont Abbey is integral to this role.

The President’s focus is to oversee the formulation of a new strategic plan ensuring the College's longevity, academic success, and financial solvency. The Board of Trustees, in alignment with the monastic community, recommends a renewed focus and development of its core values of academic excellence, character development, and career readiness. While affirming this focus, this visionary and transformative leader will initiate mission-centered academic programs to reduce the demand on athletics for the recruitment of students. This renewed vision and strategy will underscore the College’s mission as a Catholic and Benedictine institution of higher learning.

The President will be a practicing Catholic whose life and career is animated by the Catholic faith and who understands and is committed to the implementation of Ex corde Ecclesiae. An advanced degree is required and a terminal degree in a liberal arts discipline is preferred.