Paul de Vries, Ph.D. is President, with 25 years of leadership in Christian higher education administration, including at Wheaton College, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Seminary of the East.  He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. at the University of Virginia, specializing in applied ethics, critical thinking, and hermeneutics.  He is the lead author of four books:  The Taming of the Shrewd (1992, Thomas Nelson Publishing); Ethics Applied (1999, Simon and Schuster); and Business Ethics Applied, (2001, Pearson); Manufacturers' Manual (2007, Friends of the Earth); and a contributing author to a dozen other books, especially in the areas of hermeneutics and applied ethics.  He is founder of the Office of Community Service at the University of Virginia and founder of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College, Illinois--the first ethics center of any Christian college.  Dr. de Vries is also an ordained minister.

Walter DeLoatch, Lit.D.. is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.  He earned three masters degrees, including the M.Div. from New York Theological Seminary.  His Lit.D. is a well-deserved honorary degree.  He is also pastor of two churches in Brooklyn.