After a seven month long nationwide search, Simpson College has announced that Marsha Kelliher J.D. has been hired as the school’s 24th president. Kelliher earned a LL.M. in Labor and Employment Law from the University of San Diego, a J.D. from South Texas College of Law, and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, while most recently serving as President and CEO of Walsh College in Troy, Michigan and has previously served as Dean of the Graduate School
of Management at St. Edward’s University among other posts in academia. Kelliher will replace Interim President Bob Lane, who took over for Jay Simmons who announced he was stepping down in August of 2019. Kelliher will begin her tenure as President on June 1st.