Kevin M. Ross became the fifth president of Lynn University

Lynn University

Lynn University is a private, non-profit university in Boca Raton, Florida, founded in 1962.The university currently hosts students from 40 states and 90 nations...

 on July 1, 2006. He succeeded his father, Donald E. Ross, who was president for 35 years. He is a founding board member of Boca Raton Educational Television, a member of the Board of Directors of Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition, an Advisory Board member of Pope John Paul II High School

Pope John Paul II High School (Boca Raton, Florida)

Pope John Paul II High School is a college preparatory Roman Catholic secondary school with a campus in East Boca Raton, Florida, adjacent to the main campus of Lynn University. The school opened in 1980, and has a co-ed student body consisting of 600 students and 75 lay and religious teachers as...

 and on the Lynn University Board of Trustees.

Prior to his appointment as president, he was chief operating officer

Chief operating officer

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 of the university. During that time he initiated Lynn 2020, a 15-year plan for the future of the school.

In October 2006, he announced the money for a formal inauguration

Inauguration

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 would instead be spent on a Innovation Prize to fund projects benefiting the university.

He is married to Kristen Carr Ross. Together they have two children, Ainsley and Graham.

Career

• Lynn University (Boca Raton, Fla.)
  • President, 2006
  • Chief Operating Officer, 2004–2006
  • Vice President for Institutional Advancement, 2003–2004
  • Director of Development, 2001–2003
  • Director of Special Projects, 2000–2001
  • Associated Dean, Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn College of International Communication, 1999-2000.
• Wilmington University
  Wilmington University
  Wilmington University is a private educational institution, with its main campus located in New Castle near Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded in 1968 as Wilmington College and was granted university status on September 10, 2007, after approval by the Board of Trustees and the Middle States...
  
   (Wilmington, Dela.): Assistant to the president, 1998-1999.
• Avon Old Farms School (Avon, Conn.): Associate director of admission, 1997
• The Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.): Admission officer, 1994-1996.

Education

• Doctor of Education, Vanderbilt University
  Vanderbilt University
  Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
  
  , Peabody College of Education
  Peabody College
  Peabody College of Education and Human Development was founded in 1875 when the University of Nashville, located in Nashville, Tennessee, split into two separate educational institutions...
  
  , 2006
• Master of Arts in Liberal Arts, St. John's College
  St. John's College, U.S.
  St. John's College is a liberal arts college with two U.S. campuses: one in Annapolis, Maryland and one in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Founded in 1696 as a preparatory school, King William's School, the school received a collegiate charter in 1784, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher...
  
  , 1997
• Bachelor of Arts in English, Colgate University
  Colgate University
  Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
  
  , 1994