Loyola University Chicago Presidents

Mark C. Reed, EdD

Dr. Mark C. Reed, 25th president of Loyola University Chicago

President, 2022 - 

Mark C. Reed, EdD, became the 25th president of Loyola in May 2022.  Prior to joining Loyola, Dr. Reed served as the first lay president of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA. Before joining Saint Joseph's University,  he served for fifteen years in numerous senior leadership roles at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, including senior vice president for administration and chief of staff.

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. He has regularly taught undergraduate and graduate courses in calculus and statistics.

A lifelong product of Jesuit education, Dr. Reed graduated from St. Joseph's Prep before earning 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.