Kathleen Ross

Kathleen Ross, SNJM, is founding president of Heritage University,  which opened in 1982.

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. She is the 2011 CGU Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Holy Names University in Oakland, CA.

Awards

 * 2010 Henry Paley Memorial Award
 * 1995 Washington State Medal of Merit award
 * 1997 MacArthur Fellows Program
 * 1989 Harold McGraw Prize in education
 * 1991 John Caroll Award, by Georgetown University