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.

President Emerita Shirley Hoogstra

Shirley V. Hoogstra retired as president (Fall 2024) of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, an educational association representing over 185 colleges and universities around the world. Shirley served as the chief advocate and storyteller for CCCU institutions, which have unique missions but all share four distinctives: Christian faculty and staff who teach students through the lens of faith; rigorous intellectual engagement; Christian formation of students; and a commitment to the global service for Christ at both the individual and institutional levels.

Shirley has spoken on and for Christian higher education and has been quoted in the Washington Post, the New York Times, World Magazine, Christianity Today, and various podcasts, radio, and news programs. She is a regular speaker at conferences and campuses across the country. Shirley has contributed chapters on bridge building and covenantal pluralism, and she wrote regularly for CCCU’s Advance magazine.

Shirley has extensive board member experience and is on or has served organizations such as the American Council on Education, National Immigration Forum, The Bridgeport Rescue Mission, National Association of Evangelicals, and The Trinity Forum. She received honorary doctorate degrees from Gordon College (MA), Nyack/Alliance University (NY), Dallas Baptist University (TX), Campbell University (NC) and Northwest University (WA) and awards for her distinguished leadership, impact on education, and desire to love and care for immigrants. 

She is married to Jeff Hoogstra, MD and has two married children and 3 grandchildren.

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President's Cabinet

Mandi Bolton

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Mandi Bolton

Mandi Bolton serves as the CCCU’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. She brings two decades of experience in accounting, finance, and auditing for both nonprofit and for-profit entities. Prior to joining the CCCU in 2017, she served as the director of accounting for McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Virginia and as an auditor for a regional public accounting firm based in McLean, Virginia. She is a graduate of Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan.

John Addleman, Ph.D.

Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff

John Addleman, Ph.D.

John Addleman serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff for the CCCU. Dr. Addleman is known for his authentic, trustworthy, and resilient leadership and comes with over thirty years of academic and broad administrative Christian higher education leadership.  He comes to the CCCU from his role on the President’s Cabinet at Bethel University, MN as the Vice President for Student Experience and earlier as Special Assistant to then Bethel President Jay Barnes. Addleman is recognized for his ability to articulate organizational mission, build bridges, and implement systems through meaningful connections. He has also served at Messiah College where he helped start their graduate counseling program.

Stan Rosenberg

Stan Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Vice President for Research and Scholarship

Stan Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Stan Rosenberg is the founding director of Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), the UK subsidiary of the CCCU. He is also an academic member of Wycliffe Hall, on the faculty of theology and religion at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of the International Society of Science & Religion. He has published on Augustine’s thought, early Christianity and Greco-Roman science, and ancient preaching and popular religion. Rosenberg is on the editorial board of the journal, Religions, and on advisory councils for BioLogos and the Museum of the Bible. He has overseen numerous science and religion projects for faculty funded by major granting bodies and directs the Logos program on biblical manuscripts, texts, and reception. Recently, he co-organized a funded project that led to his edited book, Finding Ourselves after Darwin: Conversations on the Image of God, Original Sin, and the Problem of Evil. He holds a B.A. from Colorado State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America.

Jill Hartness, Ed.D.

Vice President, Chief Advancement Officer

Jill Hartness

Jill Hartness serves as the CCCU’s Chief Advancement Officer. I this role, Jill supports President Shirley V. Hoogstra and the existing development team to lead a strategy to raise the CCCU profile, widen the circle of foundations and friends who love the mission of the CCCU and expand fundraising overall. 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.

Board of Directors

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

Ex-Officio

Dan Boone, D.Min
President, Trevecca Nazarene University

Chair

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

Vice Chair

Bishop Claude Alexander, Jr., M.Div., D.Min.
Senior Pastor, The Park Church

Secretary

Sherilyn R. Emberton, Ed.D.
President, Huntington University

Assistant Secretary

Sidney J. Jansma Jr., M.B.A.
Chair of the Board, Wolverine Gas and Oil Corporation

Treasurer

David Wright, Ph.D.
President Emeritus, Indiana Wesleyan University

Immediate Past Chair

Shirley Mullen
President Emerita, Houghton University

 

Shirley Hoogstra
President Emerita, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

 

Eric Bruntmyer, J.D.
President, Hardin-Simmons University
Joseph L. Castleberry, Ed.D.
President, Northwest University
Timothy Dalrymple, M.Div., Ph.D.
President and CEO, Christianity Today
Justin E. Giboney, J.D.
Co-Founder and President, AND Campaign
Erik Hoekstra, Ph.D.
President, Dordt University
J. Keith Newman, Ed.D.
President, Southern Nazarene University
John S. Pistole, J.D.
President, Anderson University (IN)
Deana L. Porterfield, Ed.D.
President, Seattle Pacific University
Ken Shaw, Ed.D.
President, Southern Adventist University
Andrew Westmoreland, Ed.D.
President Emeritus, Samford University