CCCU Leadership
President David Hoag, Ph.D.
David Hoag, Ph.D., is the president of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), the leading voice of Christian higher education. Hoag, a CCCU board member, was most recently the president of Warner University, a CCCU institution in Florida, from 2016-2024.
Dr. Hoag demonstrated his lifelong dedication to Christian higher education through decades of leadership in Christ-centered universities, where he served in advancement and executive capacities. His record of success in accreditation, gift-giving and grant management effectively resourced the vision and mission of the schools he served as well as Christian higher education more broadly.
Throughout his career, Dr. Hoag served at four different CCCU institutions: Warner University, Trinity International University, Greenville University, and Asbury University.
Dr. Hoag holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Asbury University, a master’s degree in education from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in higher education from St. Louis University.
He previously served on the executive committee on the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF) and the Council of Presidents for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
He is married to Joanna, his wife of 38 years, and they have two married daughters who are graduates of CCCU institutions.
President's Cabinet
John Addleman, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff
John Addleman serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff for the CCCU. Dr. Addleman is known for his authentic, trustworthy, and resilient leadership and comes with over thirty years of academic and broad administrative Christian higher education leadership. He comes to the CCCU from his role on the President’s Cabinet at Bethel University, MN as the Vice President for Student Experience and earlier as Special Assistant to then Bethel President Jay Barnes. Addleman is recognized for his ability to articulate organizational mission, build bridges, and implement systems through meaningful connections. He has also served at Messiah College where he helped start their graduate counseling program.
Mandi Bolton
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Mandi Bolton serves as the CCCU’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. She brings two decades of experience in accounting, finance, and auditing for both nonprofit and for-profit entities. Prior to joining the CCCU in 2017, she served as the director of accounting for McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Virginia and as an auditor for a regional public accounting firm based in McLean, Virginia. She is a graduate of Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan.
Jill Hartness, Ed.D.
Vice President
Jill Hartness serves as Vice President and supports President David Hoag to raise the CCCU profile, widen the circle of foundations and friends who love the mission of the CCCU. Prior to joining the CCCU, she served as Head of School at the Boyd Buchanan School (BBS) and secured the first multi-million-dollar gift in the school’s history. She is a graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee and Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.
Joy Mosley, M.B.A., J.D.
Vice President for Government & Strategic Relations
Joy Mosley serves as the CCCU's Vice President for Government & Strategic Relations. She graduated from and subsequently worked at Covenant College for over ten years, then received her Master of Business Administration from Belhaven University, and subsequently Doctor of Law from Emory University. While at Emory, her academic work on critical issues in higher education led to her co-authoring a forthcoming book by Harvard University Press. On the Hill, she worked for Congressman Gary Palmer and the Center for Public Justice before coming to the CCCU. She is married to J. Paul Mosley, a medical technology entrepreneur in the cardiothoracic space and an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Joy enjoys reading, kayaking and baking.Â
Stan Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Scholarship
Stan Rosenberg is the founding director of Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), the UK subsidiary of the CCCU. He is also an academic member of Wycliffe Hall, on the faculty of theology and religion at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of the International Society of Science & Religion. He has published on Augustine’s thought, early Christianity and Greco-Roman science, and ancient preaching and popular religion. Rosenberg is on the editorial board of the journal, Religions, and on advisory councils for BioLogos and the Museum of the Bible. He has overseen numerous science and religion projects for faculty funded by major granting bodies and directs the Logos program on biblical manuscripts, texts, and reception. Recently, he co-organized a funded project that led to his edited book, Finding Ourselves after Darwin: Conversations on the Image of God, Original Sin, and the Problem of Evil. He holds a B.A. from Colorado State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America.
Amanda Staggenborg, Ed.D.
Chief Communications Officer
Dr. Amanda Staggenborg, Chief Communications Officer of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, is a strategic public relations professional who has served for nearly 15 years in Christian higher education. Amanda leads the overall communications strategy for the CCCU. She has been published in leading national publications, including PR Daily, and quoted in major outlets including Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Christianity Today. Before joining the CCCU, she served as a public relations professor and associate chair for communications at Missouri Baptist University and public relations professor at George Fox University. She founded the Public Relations Student Society at George Fox, the only Christian university in the state of Oregon to host a PRSSA chapter. She is skilled in both crisis and issues management. Dr. Staggenborg holds degrees from Webster University, Missouri Baptist University, and Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.
Andrea Thies, M.B.A.
Vice President for Advancement
Joy Mosley serves as the CCCU's Vice President for Government & Strategic Relations. She graduated from and subsequently worked at Covenant College for over ten years, then received her Master of Business Administration from Belhaven University, and subsequently Doctor of Law from Emory University. While at Emory, her academic work on critical issues in higher education led to her co-authoring a forthcoming book by Harvard University Press. On the Hill, she worked for Congressman Gary Palmer and the Center for Public Justice before coming to the CCCU. She is married to J. Paul Mosley, a medical technology entrepreneur in the cardiothoracic space and an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Joy enjoys reading, kayaking and baking.Â
Board of Directors
David Hoag, Ph.D.
President, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
Ex-Officio
Dan Boone, D.Min
President, Trevecca Nazarene University
Chair
Phil Schubert, Ed.D.
President, Abilene Christian University
Vice Chair
Bishop Claude Alexander, Jr., M.Div., D.Min.
Senior Pastor, The Park Church
Secretary
Sherilyn R. Emberton, Ed.D.
President, Huntington University
Assistant Secretary
Sidney J. Jansma Jr., M.B.A.
Chair of the Board, Wolverine Gas and Oil Corporation
Treasurer
David Wright, Ph.D.
President Emeritus, Indiana Wesleyan University
Immediate Past Chair
Shirley Mullen
President Emerita, Houghton University
Shirley Hoogstra
President Emerita, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities