Leadership that keeps Ecclesia focused on its mission.
Ecclesia College is guided by leaders who share responsibility for stewarding the College’s mission, governing the institution, and leading its academic, financial, student, and administrative work.
Meet the president leading Ecclesia forward.
Ecclesia’s President provides executive leadership for the College, helping translate its mission into the academic, operational, and community life of the institution.
Michael A. Novak
Michael A. Novak serves as President of Ecclesia College and as a member of the Board of Governance.
Different responsibilities. One shared mission.
Ecclesia separates institutional governance from the administrative leadership responsible for carrying out the College’s academic and operational work.
Stewarding the Institution
The Board of Governance provides institutional governance and oversight, bringing together Ecclesia leaders and individuals serving in business, ministry, and higher education.
Leading the Daily Work
College administration carries responsibility for areas including academics, finances, student life and work, online education, accreditation, institutional effectiveness, and student records.
Stewarding Ecclesia’s mission and future.
Ecclesia’s Board of Governance provides institutional oversight while bringing together perspectives from the College, business, ministry, and Christian higher education.
Christopher A. Kohlman
Businessman & Teaching Ministry
Rogers, ArkansasJack B. Wright
Businessman
Fayetteville, ArkansasJoe A. Salcido III
Pastor, Centro Vida/Life Center
El Paso, TexasMichael A. Novak
President, Ecclesia College
Springdale, ArkansasDr. R. Stanton Norman
President, Williams Baptist University
Walnut Ridge, ArkansasMark A. Brock
Chief Financial Officer, Youth With A Mission
Tyler, TexasThe team responsible for Ecclesia’s daily work.
Ecclesia’s administrative leaders oversee the major areas that support students and carry out the College’s mission, including academics, finances, student life, online education, accreditation, institutional effectiveness, and records.
Dallas W. Auslam
Melissa K. Ricks
Elizabeth H. Newlun
Paul D. Snyder
L. Dawn Curtis-Pendry
Amanda K. Read
Donna P. Brown
Mission shapes how Ecclesia is led.
Ecclesia’s leaders serve within a larger framework connecting the College’s Christian mission, institutional governance, educational work, and external accountability.
Mission, Vision & Values
Ecclesia’s mission defines why the College exists and the outcomes it seeks through biblical higher education.
Explore Mission & Values →Governance & Administration
The Board and College administration hold distinct responsibilities while serving the same institutional mission.
Institutional Accreditation
Ecclesia participates in an external accreditation process through the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation.
Accreditation & Recognition →See the story behind the institution.
Leadership makes more sense in the context of Ecclesia’s mission, history, and institutional commitments.
Mission, Vision & Values
Understand the convictions and educational outcomes that guide Ecclesia College.
Explore Mission & Values → Our StoryEcclesia’s History
Follow Ecclesia’s development from its Bible-school roots to the institution it is today.
Explore Our History → Our AccountabilityAccreditation & Recognition
Learn about Ecclesia’s institutional accreditation and how that status can be independently verified.
Accreditation & Recognition →Meet the people behind the mission.
Visit campus, experience the Ecclesia community for yourself, and meet the faculty, staff, and students who bring the College’s mission to life each day.