Titus named senior VP for university advancement

Steve Titus, Ph.D., J.D., has been named senior vice president for university advancement.

Titus will be responsible for establishing a mission-driven agenda for the university’s advancement program. He will oversee development, alumni, marketing and communication staff and activities at both main campuses, and coordinate and integrate their activities.

Titus comes to Saint Mary’s from Fircrest, Wash., where he served as a senior consultant and executive coach for the Reid Group and as an associate in the Center for Leadership Formation at Seattle University.

Titus previously served as vice president for development and university relations at Pacific Lutheran University, a school of approximately 4,000 students in Tacoma, Wash. Prior to his tenure at Pacific Lutheran, he served for five years as president of Midland College in Fremont, Neb.

Titus earned his Ph.D. at The University of Virginia, Charlottesville; his J.D. at Marquette Law School, Milwaukee; and a B.S. in Business Administration/Organization from Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall.