St. Catherine University in Minnesota Appoints ReBecca Koenig Roloff as Its Eleventh President

The board of trustees of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, has selected ReBecca Koenig Roloff as its next president. She will take office on July 1, replacing Andrea Lea who has led the university for the past 18 years. (See earlier WIAReport post.) St. Catherine University enrolls about 3,500 students in its undergraduate programs for women and more than 1,500 students in co-educational graduate programs.

For the past 11 years, Roloff has served as president and chief executive officer of the YWCA of Minneapolis. Earlier in her career, she served in executive posts at American Express Financial Advisors, Pillsbury, and Cargill. She is a former chair of the board of trustees of St. Catherine University.

Roloff is a 1976 graduate of St. Catherine University. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.