Through strategic initiatives like our We Rise To New Heights Strategic Plan 2030, the Mount’s administration ensures that every student has an opportunity to excel through a breadth of academic programming and services to prepare graduates to be career-ready and leadership-focused.
"To whom much is given, much will be required."
Luke 12:48
President H. James Williams, Ph.D.
March 15, 2016, The Mount St. Joseph University Board of Trustees names H. James Williams, Ph.D., J.D., MBA, LL.M., the University's seventh president.
A noted scholar and attorney, Dr. H. James Williams brings a wealth of expertise in accounting, law, and academic leadership to the Mount. Previously the president of Fisk University and dean of several business schools—including Seidman College, North Carolina Central, and Delaware State—he has also held faculty positions at Georgetown and Notre Dame. Dr. Williams is a CPA and CMA with a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Georgia, an MBA in accounting from University of Wisconsin, and two law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center.
Dr. Williams is married to First Lady Carole Campbell Williams (of Flint, Michigan). The Williamses have two young-adult children. President Williams hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Click here for a complete biography of Dr. Williams.
MSJ Board of Trustees
MSJ Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Harold D. Brown: Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Vice Chairperson
Jonathan M. Hiltz: Keating Muething & Klekamp, PLL Partner
President
H. James Williams: Mount St. Joseph University
Board Members
Mary Ellen Adcock: Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at The Kroger Company
Harold D. Brown: Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Rev. Jonathan Brown: President of City Gospel Mission
Robyn Caponi: MSJ alumna, former teacher and community volunteer
The Honorable Wende C. Cross: Administrative & Presiding Judge at Hamilton County Courthouse
Patricia A. Cruise, SC: President of Healthy Moms and Babes
Jennifer Damiano: Market President at Key Bank
Kevin Gade: Chief Operating Officer at Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel
Paul Garrett: Chief Operating Officer at Western Hills Country Club
Greg Goertemoeller: Executive Engineer at Messer Construction Co.
Ryan Grinstead: Wealth Director, SVP at PNC Bank
Lori Hallmark: PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Partner
The Honorable Sylvia Sieve Hendon: Retired Judge
Jonathan M. Hiltz: Keating Muething & Klekamp, PLL Partner
Dominic Iacobucci: NCARB, LEED AP, Co-Founder of 39Forward
Jennifer Jackson: Vice President of Operations at UC Health, West Chester Hospital Site Leader and Chief Nursing Officer
Corey Johnson: Vice President of Product Supply at Procter & Gamble Company
Robert Killins Jr.: Director of Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Kevin Malvey: Senior Vice President, Head of Remittance and Federal Banking Operations at U.S. Bank
Michael B. Mattingly: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP Partner
Annette Muckerheide, SC: Retired, Professor Emerita of Biology, Mount St. Joseph University
Steven D. Mullinger: Ohio Market President at Truist
Jackie Reau: CEO & Co-Founder of Game Day Communications
Kevin Rice: Senior Vice President Wealth Management Advisor Merrill Lynch Cincinnati
Pamela Rossmann: President at Phillips Supply Company
Ann M. Saluke: Retired, Community Pediatrician
Thomas Shockley, M.D.: Orthopedic Surgeon, Chief Health Equity Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer (Bethesda North Region)
Dan Sutton: CEO of Kemba Credit Union
Vincent O. Terry: Senior Associate Director of Cincinnati Operations at Moody Nolan
Lisa Vannis: Deloitte & Touche, LLP Partner
Jeremy Viltro: Senior Vice President, Line of Business CFO at Fifth Third Bank
H. James Williams: President of Mount St. Joseph University
John Young: Retired, President and CEO of the Freestore Foodbank
President's Cabinet
President H. James Williams, Ph.D.
Steve Almquist
Jeffrey Briggs
Paige Ellerman
Jeff Wampler
Chris Powers
