Dean

Trinity University (“Trinity”), a private, top-ranked liberal arts and sciences university located in the heart of San Antonio, Texas, seeks a visionary and collaborative leader to serve as the next dean of the Michael Neidorff School of Business (“NSB”). This is a rare opportunity to lead an AACSB-accredited business school within a liberal arts university experiencing an impressive rise in national prominence. The Neidorff School of Business is a crucial part of the overall fabric of Trinity, and the next dean will build upon the University’s already strong reputation and contribute significantly toward its mission of preparing graduates to pursue lives of meaning and purpose. 

Trinity is on a strong upward trajectory, with a 19-point leap in the U.S. News & World Report rankings from 2024 to 2025 (currently ranked #40), and the University is poised to continue this path, showing strength in key areas including enrollment, graduation and employment rates, experiential learning and undergraduate research opportunities, financial stability, and connections with community and industry leaders. Trinity has a $1.9 billion endowment and received the largest gift in its 155-year history, $26.5 million by the Semmes Foundation, in February 2024. The new dean will join Trinity at a pivotal moment as the University announces its next strategic plan, Ready. Set. Rise., in early 2025.

The Neidorff School of Business embraces its connection with the liberal arts and attributes this platform to many of its accomplishments. The School prides itself on academic excellence, a commitment to the undergraduate student experience, exceptional interdisciplinary work, and outstanding career preparation. The School is comprised of three departments including Accounting, Business Administration, and Finance and Business Analytics, and is home to 31 full-time faculty and 331 students. The School offers seven undergraduate majors as well as a Master of Science in Accounting program. 

Trinity seeks a dean who will raise NSB’s regional and national profile through the implementation of a clear and strategic vision for its future, enhance and promote the student experience through expanded experiential learning and undergraduate research opportunities, and support and foster professional development opportunities for NSB faculty and staff. The dean will be a coalition builder and a natural collaborator across the University while also serving as an external ambassador for the School, engaging with alumni, stakeholders, the San Antonio community, and corporate partners to increase the School’s resource base and further its reach and impact. 

The successful candidate will be a champion for teaching and scholarship, possess outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, political astuteness, high energy, a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion, and an authenticity that engenders trust and respect. The dean will be a visible presence on campus and have a commitment to undergraduate education and an appreciation for the liberal arts

Micah Pierce is leading this search with Kristen Andersen and Marlyn Desire.

Trinity is committed to providing equal employment and educational opportunities for all qualified persons without regard to sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or citizenship status.