Dale G. Caldwell

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Dale G. Caldwell, 15th president of Centenary University

Dale G. Caldwell (born July 6, 1960) is an education and religious leader and the 15th president of Centenary University. Assuming office in 2023, he became the university's first Black president. [1] He is also the pastor of Covenant United Methodist Church in Plainfield, New Jersey. [2] Caldwell has been the president of the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey since 2001, [3] was the founding president of College Achieve of Greater Asbury Park Charter School since 2017 [4] and a former member of the New Brunswick Board of Education from 1998–2024. [5]

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Early life and education

Caldwell was born on July 6, 1960, in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents, Gilbert and Grace Caldwell, met in Greensboro, North Carolina where they were both attending college. His father, Rev. Dr. Gilbert Haven Caldwell, graduated from North Carolina A&T and became a United Methodist pastor who knew and marched with Martin Luther King Jr. [6]

Caldwell is a 1978 graduate of the Hopkins School in New Haven, Conn. [7] He earned his Bachelor in Arts in economics from Princeton University in 1982. [8] Caldwell earned a Master of Business Administration in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1988 and a Doctorate in Education Administration from Seton Hall University in 2017. [9]

Career

After graduating from the Wharton School, Caldwell worked in the public sector health care practice of Deloitte Consulting from 1988 to 1999. He left Deloitte to become the founding executive director of the Newark Alliance, where he led the organization in enhancing education and economic development of New Jersey’s largest city. [10] He left the Newark Alliance to serve as the assistant commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for Governor Jim McGreevey’s administration from 2003 to 2005. He was later promoted to deputy commissioner and served as the chief operating officer of the department. [11]

USTA

Caldwell became the first Black president and CEO of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Eastern Section in 2006. The election was challenged by the losing candidate, Gerard E. Cuva, a white tennis instructor from Albany, who filed a lawsuit contending that the vote counting was improperly influenced. The lawsuit was ultimately overturned. [12]

The newly installed USTA Eastern Section president suggested that the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) create an exhibit called “Breaking The Barriers” celebrating Black tennis history. Caldwell served as the co-curator of this exhibit with Arthur Carrington. It debuted at the 2007 US Open, where more than 26,000 spectators viewed the exhibit. [13] The success of the exhibit inspired Caldwell to found the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in 2008 to celebrate players and contributors who were denied the right to participate in white only tennis tournaments and events.

As chair of the USTA Strategic Planning Committee, Caldwell created the New York Open, a professional tournament in Central Park. It was designed to help players rated 300 and below in the world earn extra income. [14] The tournament ran from 2013 to 2019. In 2021, Caldwell was inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame. [15]

Education

Caldwell was elected to the board of education of the New Brunswick Public Schools in 1998 and served as the school board president for six years. In 2009, he was selected as the New Jersey School Board Member of the Year by the New Jersey School Boards Association. [16] During this time Caldwell also founded the consulting, training and coaching firm Strategic Influence. [17]

Caldwell has been a member of the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey School Board since 1999 and has been reelected president every year since 2001. [3] He has been the founding board president of the College Achieve of Greater Asbury Park Charter School since 2017. [4]

In 2013, the Village Charter School in Trenton, New Jersey, named Caldwell head of school. [18] In 2015, he was named the Charter School Administrator of the Year from the New Jersey Charter School Association for his work leading the Village Charter School. [19]

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Caldwell became the executive director of the Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2018. [20] In this position, he led the expansion of the Veterans Launching Ventures program, [21] the New Jersey Family Business of the Year Awards, and the Executive Coaching program. [22]

He held this position until he became president of Centenary University in 2023. Caldwell is a licensed local pastor in the United Methodist Church and has been the pastor of Covenant United Methodist Church in Plainfield since 2021.

Awards and honors

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