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Marianne Evans Mount, PhD
President
Marianne Evans Mount became president of Catholic Distance University in 2008. She has served in a variety of leadership positions since the founding of CDU in 1983 as a catechetical institute offering paper-based correspondence courses.
Elizabeth Shaw, PhD
Interim Provost, Associate Dean for Accreditation
Dr. Shaw is Associate dean for accreditation and also teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Sister Mary Margaret Ann Schlather, SND, MA
Catechetical Programs Dean
Sr. Mary Margaret Ann Schlather is a Sister of Notre Dame from the Chardon, Ohio, Province and the Dean of Catechetical Programs for CDU.
Alissa Thorell, MTS
Faculty Governance Council Chair
Professor Thorell holds an MTS in Theology, Biotechnology, and Ethics from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies.