CCCU Leadership

President David Hoag, Ph.D.

David Hoag, Ph.D., is the president of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), the leading voice of Christian higher education. Hoag, a CCCU board member, was most recently the president of Warner University, a CCCU institution in Florida, from 2016-2024.

Dr. Hoag demonstrated his lifelong dedication to Christian higher education through decades of leadership in Christ-centered universities, where he served in advancement and executive capacities. His record of success in accreditation, gift-giving and grant management effectively resourced the vision and mission of the schools he served as well as Christian higher education more broadly.

Throughout his career, Dr. Hoag served at four different CCCU institutions: Warner University, Trinity International University, Greenville University, and Asbury University.

Dr. Hoag holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Asbury University, a master’s degree in education from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in higher education from St. Louis University.

He previously served on the executive committee on the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF) and the Council of Presidents for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

He is married to Joanna, his wife of 38 years, and they have two married daughters who are graduates of CCCU institutions.

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President's Cabinet

Joel A. Dillon

Senior Vice President of Advancement

Joy Elizabeth Mosley is the Director of Government Relations at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

Joy Mosley, MBA, J.D.

Vice President for Government & Strategic Relations

Joy Mosley, MBA, J.D.

Joy Mosley serves as the CCCU's vice president for government & strategic relations. She graduated from and subsequently worked at Covenant College for over 10 years, then received her Master of Business Administration from Belhaven University, and subsequently her Doctor of Law from Emory University. While at Emory, her academic work on critical issues in higher education led to her co-authoring a forthcoming book by Harvard University Press. On the Hill, she worked for Congressman Gary Palmer and the Center for Public Justice before coming to the CCCU. She is married to J. Paul Mosley, a medical technology entrepreneur in the cardiothoracic space and an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Joy enjoys reading, kayaking, and baking. 

Stan Rosenberg

Stan Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Vice President for Research and Scholarship

Stan Rosenberg, Ph.D.

BA (Colorado State University), MA, PhD (Catholic University of America), FISSR

Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford 

Associate, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, Oxford University

Research Member, Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity

Fellow, International Society for Science and Religion

Fellow, American Scientific Affiliation

 

Stan Rosenberg founded and directs Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO). He is a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, teaching early Christian history and doctrine and science and religion. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Science & Religion and in 2025 was elected a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation. His research and teaching interests focus on Augustine’s works, early Christian cosmology and its relationship to Greco–Roman science, culture and philosophy, and the interplay between intellectual and popular thought in this period. Recent research has led to articles on early Christianity and Greco-Roman science, and the intersection of preaching, popular religion, and the development of doctrine in late antiquity. His most work has included creating and directing SCIO’s grant funded project, Bridging the Two Cultures of Science and the Humanities, and organizing a set of consultations around a grant funded project on Darwin and Christian theology which led to the book, Finding Ourselves after Darwin: Conversations on the Image of God, Original Sin, and the Problem of Evil. Rosenberg is on the editorial boards of two journals: Religions and PERSPECTIVES on Science and Christian Faith. Since 2002 he has directed and co-directed multiple science and religion projects in Oxford funded by John Templeton Foundation, Templeton Religion Trust, The MJ Murdock Charitable Trust, The Blankemeyer Foundation, and the BioLogos Foundation. He also directs the Logos programmeoffered by SCIO for postgraduates working in ANE, OT, NT and Biblical reception history. He is on the advisory council of the BioLogos Foundation and was on the International Advisory Board of the Museum of the Bible, advising the latter on science and the Bible, and patristics.

Amanda Staggenborg, Ed.D.

Vice President of Communications

Amanda Staggenborg

Dr. Amanda Staggenborg, vice president of communications at the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, is a strategic public relations professional who has served for nearly 15 years in Christian higher education. Amanda leads the overall communications strategy for the CCCU. She has been published in leading national publications, including PR Daily, and quoted in major outlets including Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Christianity Today. Before joining the CCCU, she served as a public relations professor and associate chair for communications at Missouri Baptist University and public relations professor at George Fox University. She founded the Public Relations Student Society at George Fox, the only Christian university in the state of Oregon to host a PRSSA chapter. She is skilled in both crisis and issues management. Dr. Staggenborg holds degrees from Webster University, Missouri Baptist University, and Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.

Andrea Thies, MBA

Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff

Board of Directors

David Hoag, Ph.D.
President, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
Ex-Officio

Phil Schubert, Ed.D.
President, Abilene Christian University
Chair

Deana L. Porterfield, Ed.D.
President, Seattle Pacific University
Vice Chair

Ken Shaw, Ed.D.
President, Southern Adventist University
Secretary

Sidney J. Jansma Jr., MBA
Chair of the Board, Wolverine Gas and Oil Corporation
Treasurer

Dan Boone, D.Min.
President, Trevecca Nazarene University
Immediate Past Chair

 
Pastor Corey Brooks
CEO, Project H.O.O.D.
 
Kevin J. Brown, Ph.D.
President, Asbury University
 
Carlos Campo, Ph.D.
CEO, The Museum of the Bible
 
Justin E. Giboney, J.D.
Co-Founder and President, AND Campaign
 
Erik Hoekstra, Ph.D.
President, Dordt University
 
Kevin C. Knowlton
Attorney, Peterson & Myers, P.A.
 
D. Michael Lindsay, Ph.D.
President, Taylor University
 
Rachel McMichael
Partner, CapinCrouse LLP
 
J. Keith Newman, Ed.D.
President, Southern Nazarene University
 
Angie Richey, Ph.D.
President, Life Pacific University
Andrew Westmoreland, Ed.D.
President Emeritus, Samford University
Adam C. Wright, Ph.D.
President, Dallas Baptist University