Kathleen Ross, SNJM, is founding president of Heritage University, [1] [2] [3] which opened in 1982. [4]
A member of the religious order of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, she graduated from Fort Wright College with a B.A., from Georgetown University with a M.A., and from the Claremont Graduate School with a Ph.D., where she studied with Peter Drucker and Howard Bowen. In 1997 she was a MacArthur Fellow. [5] She is the 2011 CGU Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. [6] She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Holy Names University in Oakland, CA. [7]