University Leadership
Ohio Dominican University
Leadership
Ohio Dominican is strengthened by the leadership of our outstanding and dedicated Board of Trustees, administrative staff and faculty members.
Office of the President
Connie Gallaher is the 17th president of Ohio Dominican University.
Full-Time Faculty
Ohio Dominican faculty members excel in their fields, enjoy teaching and are dedicated to their students' success.
ODU Staff
Our staff provides exceptional support to students, families, alumni and the entire ODU community.
- Meri Armour
- John Barker (Vice Chair)
- Janet Bay, MD
- John Cadwallader, JD
- Grady Campbell
- Sister Gemma Doll, OP
- Adam Dufault
- William G. Ebbing
- Pam Ellis
- Connie Gallaher (President)
- Patricia Jackson
- John Kelley III ’05 (MBA)
- Sister Anne Lythgoe, OP
- Jim Matesich
- Patrick J. McCurdy, Jr. ’75
- Heather Morris (Board Secretary Liaison)
- Jim O’Connor (Treasurer)
- Valerie Peters Cardwell ’83
- Nicole Powell (Faculty Representative)
- Fred Takavitz (Chair)
- Pat Tiberi
- Sister Patricia Twohill, OP (Prioress)
- Ashlyn Willis (Student Representative)
- Sister Ruth Caspar, OP, Professor of Philosophy (1968)
PhD, MA, University of Notre Dame
BA, Ohio Dominican College
- Quentin Colgan, Professor of Philosophy (1984)
PhD, Duquesne University
MA, St. Louis University
MA, University of Notre Dame
BA, MDiv, St. Meinrad
- Jill C. Dardig, Professor of Education (1978)
EdD, MEd, University of Massachusetts
AB, Mount Holyoke College
- Darlene Erickson, Professor of English (1989)
PhD, Miami University
MA, Western Michigan University
BA, Aquinas College
- Barbara A. Finan, Professor of Theology (1979)
PhD, Marquette University
MA, Aquinas Institute of Theology
BA, Ohio Dominican College
- Sister Joan Franks, OP, Professor of Philosophy (1971)
PhD, University of Toronto
MA, The Ohio State University
BA, Ohio Dominican College
- Robert Franz, Associate Professor of Education (1972)
MAT, Michigan State University
BA, St. Charles Borromeo College
- Sister Roberta Miller, OP, Associate Professor of Sociology (1977)
PhD, The Ohio State University
MA, Hunter College
BA, College of New Rochelle
- Mary Lee Peck, Professor of Education (1989)
PhD, MA, The Ohio State University
BSE, The Ohio State University
- William A. Vensel, Associate Professor of Theatre (1970)
MA, Villanova University
BA, St. Ambrose College
- Joanne F. Vickers, Professor of English (1977)
PhD, MA, The Ohio State University
BA, Ohio Dominican College
- Godwin Chukwunenye Duru, Associate Professor of Economics (1989)
PhD, The Ohio State University
MA, Morgan State University
BA, University of Dallas
- Anne M. Crimmings, Professor of Psychology (1978)
PhD, The Ohio State University
MA, The Ohio State University
BA, LeMoyne College
- Kathleen L. Riley, Professor of History (1995)
PhD, University of Notre Dame
MA, University of Notre Dame
BA, Nazareth College of Rochester
- Leo Madden, Professor of Theology (1991)
S.T.B., Pontifical Gregorian University
S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute
S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University
Note: Rank listed is at time of retirement.
Meet the Leadership Team
Connie Gallaher | President |
Margaret Pomfret | Executive Vice President for University Resources |
Jeffrey Blair | Athletic Director |
Tom Brockman | Vice President for Marketing |
Adam Hirschfeld | Executive Director of Student Success |
Heather Morris | Executive Assistant to the President and University Provost |
John Naughton | Vice President for Enrollment & Student Success |
Shonna Riedlinger | University Provost |
Alvin Rodack | Vice President for Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer |
Chris Theve | Chief Information Officer |
Amy Thomas | Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator |
Sr. Diane Traffas, OP | Vice President for Mission & Identity |