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"To whom much is given, much will be required." 
Luke 12:48

President H. James Williams


With decades of teaching and esteemed leadership experience, the Mount St. Joseph University Board of Trustees and the Office of the President advance the Mount’s legacy of delivering liberal arts education grounded in the vision and values of the Sisters of Charity.

Through strategic initiatives like our We Rise To New Heights Strategic Plan 2030, the Mount’s administration ensures that every student has an opportunity to excel through a breadth of academic programming and services to prepare graduates to be career-ready and leadership-focused.

March 15, 2016, The Mount St. Joseph University Board of Trustees names H. James Williams, Ph.D., J.D., MBA, LL.M., the University's seventh president.

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President of Mount St. Joseph University

  Meet Dr. H. James Williams, Ph.D. below:

Dr. H. James Williams, CPA, CMA, JD, LLM, became the seventh president of Mount St. Joseph University on March 15, 2016.

 

Dr. Williams is a noted scholar, professor, and former president of Fisk University and served as dean of several business schools, including the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University, North Carolina Central University and Delaware State University. He also held faculty positions at various institutions, including the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University. He has worked in the public accounting and legal professions as a CPA and as a corporate and tax attorney.

 

Dr. Williams holds several degrees, including a Ph.D. in accounting (University of Georgia), an MBA in accounting (University of Wisconsin), and two law degrees (Georgetown University Law Center). He is a certified public accountant and certified management accountant. He is married to Carole Campbell Williams (of Flint, Michigan).  The Williamses have two young-adult children. President Williams hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Click here for a complete biography of Dr. Williams. 

  President Communications

 

 

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MSJ Board of Trustees

  View 2025-2026 MSJ Board of Trustees below:

Chairperson
Harold D. Brown:  Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

 

Vice Chairperson
Jonathan M. Hiltz:  Keating Muething & Klekamp, PLL Partner

 

President
H. James Williams:  Mount St. Joseph University

 

Board Members
Mary Ellen Adcock:  Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at The Kroger Company
Harold D. Brown:  Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Rev. Jonathan Brown:  President of City Gospel Mission
Robyn Caponi: MSJ alumna, former teacher and community volunteer
The Honorable Wende C. Cross: Administrative & Presiding Judge at Hamilton County Courthouse
Patricia A. Cruise, SC: President of Healthy Moms and Babes
Jennifer Damiano:  Market President at Key Bank
Kevin Gade: Chief Operating Officer at Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel
Paul Garrett:  Chief Operating Officer at Western Hills Country Club
Greg Goertemoeller: Executive Engineer at Messer Construction Co.
Ryan Grinstead: Wealth Director, SVP at PNC Bank
Lori Hallmark:  PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Partner
The Honorable Sylvia Sieve Hendon: Retired Judge
Jonathan M. Hiltz:  Keating Muething & Klekamp, PLL Partner
Dominic Iacobucci:  NCARB, LEED AP, Co-Founder of 39Forward
Jennifer Jackson:  Vice President of Operations at UC Health, West Chester Hospital Site Leader and Chief Nursing Officer
Corey Johnson:  Vice President of Product Supply at Procter & Gamble Company
Robert Killins Jr.:  Director of Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Kevin Malvey:  Senior Vice President, Head of Remittance and Federal Banking Operations at U.S. Bank
Michael B. Mattingly:  Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP Partner
Annette Muckerheide, SC:  Retired, Professor Emerita of Biology, Mount St. Joseph University
Steven D. Mullinger: Ohio Market President at Truist
Jackie Reau:  CEO & Co-Founder of Game Day Communications
Kevin Rice:  Senior Vice President Wealth Management Advisor Merrill Lynch Cincinnati
Pamela Rossmann:  President at Phillips Supply Company
Ann M. Saluke:  Retired, Community Pediatrician
Thomas Shockley, M.D.:  Orthopedic Surgeon, Chief Health Equity Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer (Bethesda North Region)
Dan Sutton: CEO of Kemba Credit Union
Vincent O. Terry:  Senior Associate Director of Cincinnati Operations at Moody Nolan
Lisa Vannis:  Deloitte & Touche, LLP Partner
Jeremy Viltro:  Senior Vice President, Line of Business CFO at Fifth Third Bank
H. James Williams: President of Mount St. Joseph University
John Young:  Retired, President and CEO of the Freestore Foodbank 

 

 

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View President's Cabinet below:

  View President's Cabinet here:
President's Cabinet

We Rise To New Heights: Strategic Plan 2030

It's a new day at Mount St. Joseph University. A day built on an 100 year legacy from the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, committed to the common good and creating a better world; Where we seek to Climb Higher, with the Heart of a Lion, to Light the Way for our students, for each other and for our community. A new day where we ALL Rise Together To New Heights for the next 100 years. Visit Strategic Plan 2030 here.