About the President
Mark C. Reed is the 25th president of Loyola University Chicago. One of the world’s leading Jesuit research universities, Loyola is also among the largest and most complex, with nearly 17,000 students, 13 colleges and schools, and four campuses in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy.
Prior to Loyola, Dr. Reed served for seven years as the first lay president of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. Before that, he served for fifteen years in multiple senior leadership roles, including senior vice president for administration and chief of staff, at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, where he was also honored with the Distinguished Faculty-Administrator Award.
Dr. Reed’s career has focused on strengthening the institutions he has served, particularly in the areas of expanded academic programs, academic excellence and impactful research, strategic partnerships, university finances and endowment, student formation, and advancement of the Jesuit, Catholic mission. Additionally, he has regularly taught undergraduate and graduate courses in calculus and statistics.
Dr. Reed has been engaged in addressing broader issues in education. He currently serves as a member of the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and its Finance Committee. He is a board member of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), and Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL. He is past chair of the Council of Presidents for the Atlantic 10 Conference and past chair of the Board of Trustees for St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia.
A lifelong product of Jesuit education, Dr. Reed earned a high school diploma from St. Joseph’s Prep, a BS in mathematics and MBA from Fairfield University, a MEd in secondary educational administration from Boston College, and an EdD in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mark C. Reed is the 25th president of Loyola University Chicago. One of the world’s leading Jesuit research universities, Loyola is also among the largest and most complex, with nearly 17,000 students, 13 colleges and schools, and four campuses in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy.
Prior to Loyola, Dr. Reed served for seven years as the first lay president of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. Before that, he served for fifteen years in multiple senior leadership roles, including senior vice president for administration and chief of staff, at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, where he was also honored with the Distinguished Faculty-Administrator Award.
Dr. Reed’s career has focused on strengthening the institutions he has served, particularly in the areas of expanded academic programs, academic excellence and impactful research, strategic partnerships, university finances and endowment, student formation, and advancement of the Jesuit, Catholic mission. Additionally, he has regularly taught undergraduate and graduate courses in calculus and statistics.
Dr. Reed has been engaged in addressing broader issues in education. He currently serves as a member of the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and its Finance Committee. He is a board member of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), and Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL. He is past chair of the Council of Presidents for the Atlantic 10 Conference and past chair of the Board of Trustees for St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia.
A lifelong product of Jesuit education, Dr. Reed earned a high school diploma from St. Joseph’s Prep, a BS in mathematics and MBA from Fairfield University, a MEd in secondary educational administration from Boston College, and an EdD in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.