CCCU Leadership

Jill Hartness serves as senior vice president and chief of staff and supports President David Hoag to raise the CCCU profile, widening the circle of foundations and friends who love the mission of the CCCU. Prior to joining the CCCU, she served as head of school at the Boyd Buchanan School (BBS) and secured the first multi-million-dollar gift in the school’s history. She is a graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

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. 

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.