Do you know the 10 early warning signs? Patrick Sanaghan, Kathleen Gaval, Steve Riccio, and Steve Titus review the early signs of a derailing president in this paper informed by decades of experience from university presidents and professionals who work closely with them. Presidential derailments (defined by Stephen Trachtenberg as an exit in less than […]
Steven E. Titus, J.D., Ph.D.
Steven E. Titus is the 29th president of Iowa Wesleyan University, a position he has held since 2013. Called to form, develop and sustain conscious leaders, Steve holds a particular concern for the interiority of leaders exercising leadership. A seasoned higher education executive, Steve previously served as the 13th president of Midland University. Additionally, Steve has held executive roles at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Pacific Lutheran University, and Gustavus Adolphus College.
Steve is past associate with the Center for Leadership Formation at Seattle University and he is co-creator and former co-director of the Thrivent Fellows Program, a national executive development program designed to identify and equip candidates of promise for executive roles in Lutheran agencies and institutions. Steve earlier served as a tenured professor of leadership studies and organizational behavior at Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) in Marshall, MN, where he founded and directed the leadership studies program and the Leadership Development Institute.
Steve holds a BS in business administration from Southwest Minnesota State University, a JD from Marquette University Law School, and the PhD in higher education and strategic leadership from the University of Virginia, where he was a Governor’s Fellow. He holds a diploma from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School and certificates from the Advanced Leadership Education Program at the Kennedy School of Government and the Institute for Educational Management at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. Steve is a certified practitioner of The Leadership Circle, a professionally certified executive coach through The Coaches Training Institute, and a trained spiritual director through the Hesychia School of Spiritual Direction at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, AZ.
