Dr. Shirley V. Hoogstra

7th President of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

Dr. Shirley V. Hoogstra received her B.A. from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, MI, and her J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She served for a decade of practicing law as a litigator, served as President of the New Haven County Bar Association, and was a founding board member and officer of the Bridgeport Rescue Mission. She returned to the world of Christian education as the Vice President for Student Life at Calvin University in 1999, where she served until becoming President of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities in 2014. Hoogstra serves on the steering committee for the Washington Higher Ed Secretariat, is a leader for the Evangelical Immigration Table, and serves on the boards of the American Council on Education, the National Association of Evangelicals, and Trinity Forum. She received honorary doctorate degrees from Gordon College and Nyack College and was the recipient of the Nina Griggs Gunter Servant Leadership Award, the Lifetime Education Impact Award, and the Keepers of the American Dream Award.