Dr. Richard Gathro, a pioneer in his field, spent over 40 years in Christian higher education as a teacher, program director, administrator and policymaker. Among his many positions, Dr. Gathro was the Executive Vice President of the Council for Christian College & Universities, an association of 182 campuses in 24 countries and headquartered in Washington, D.C. Additionally, he was a pastor on Capitol Hill and involved in the National Prayer Breakfast event for many years.
Dr. Gathro also played a number of leadership roles in education at the university level. He was the Chief Enrollment Officer at Trinity International University, Dean of Nyack College’s Washington, DC campus, where he founded the Institute for Public Service and Policy Development, and the Director of Pepperdine University’s Washington, DC program. In addition, Dr. Gathro has traveled the globe as a teacher in the fields of public policy and psychology, lecturing in Costa Rica, England, Hungary, Russia, China and Uganda. Now living in Largo, Florida where he serves on three nonprofit boards, Dr. Gathro holds graduate degrees in psychology and church history and a doctorate in education and theology.