President Roger H. Sublett, Ph.D.

Roger Sublett & David Gergen
UI&U 2008 National Commencement Ceremony

In April 2009, Dr. Roger H. Sublett celebrated his sixth anniversary as Union Institute & University’s president. He first joined UI&U as interim vice president for national undergraduate programs in 2001, and a year later served as the university’s chief operating officer. After conducting a national search, the UI&U Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Sublett as university president in 2003.

Before joining Union, Dr. Sublett served as the director of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Kellogg National Fellowship/Leadership Program at the foundation’s headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan. He has authored, co-authored, or edited four books discussing leadership and lessons learned through the Kellogg Foundation, including the latest volume, Leading from the Heart.

Before joining the Kellogg Foundation in 1989, Dr. Sublett was associate vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Evansville (Indiana), and also served as dean of the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies and director of special programs in the College of Alternative Programs. He earned his B.S.E. and M.A. degrees from the University of Arkansas and his Ph.D. with a focus on American history from Tulane University in New Orleans.

Dr. Sublett is currently completing a three-year term as chair of the Commission on Lifelong Learning at the American Council on Education, and serves on the President’s Forum for the Transparency by Design initiative, which addresses accountability in education. Additionally, the chancellor for education in Ohio, Eric Fingerhut, recently named Dr. Sublett to a new committee addressing adult education. Dr. Sublett is currently a senior fellow in the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, and is a former senior scholar at the Center for Ethical Leadership, Seattle, WA. In the past, he has served as executive vice president for the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) and as president of the Coalition for Adult Education Organizations (CAEO). Dr. Sublett is also a frequent speaker, convener, and advocate in areas of adult and continuing education and leadership.

As a leader with a passion for history, Dr. Sublett strives to uphold the university’s 45-year tradition as an innovator and change agent in higher education and foster shared values of “integrity, diversity, and flexibility.”