Bio

Christina A. Clark, Ph.D., was named eighth president of La Roche University in February of 2024 and officially took office July 1, 2024. She has worked for more than 20 years at Catholic comprehensive universities. She is the second lay president in La Roche’s history.

Dr. Clark was provost at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania from 2020 to 2023. 

Prior to her appointment as provost at Marywood, Dr. Clark served as dean of the School of Design, Arts and Humanities at Marymount University from 2018 to 2020, and was dean of the School of Arts and Sciences from 2016 to 2018. Marymount is a Catholic Hispanic-serving institution in Virginia, where she also was a tenured professor of literature and languages. She also held various roles at Creighton University in Nebraska from 2001 to 2016. 

Dr. Clark took office from Dr. Howard Ishiyama, who served as interim president since Sister Candace Introcaso, CDP, Ph.D., seventh president of La Roche, passed away May 22, 2023.