牧师. Justin Daffron, S.J. was named Interim Provost and Senior Vice President of Strategy for Loyola University 新奥尔良 for the 2023-24 academic year. He brings a wealth of higher education administrative experience to his post, having most recently served as Interim President Select for the 2022-23 academic year and the Vice President for Mission and 身份 at Loyola University 新奥尔良 from July 2019 to May 2022.  He previously held top posts at fellow Jesuit universities Saint Louis University, Loyola University Chicago and Spring Hill College.

His key strengths are innovative thought leadership and vision, a passion for building community, and desire to accompany students through a transformational experience. 在他的职业生涯中, he has built relationships that foster philanthropic investment, demonstrated stewardship of human and financial resources,  and advocated for justice, 多样性, 公平与包容. 多样性, 公平与包容 initiatives have long been important to him and over the course of his career, he has been responsible for bringing in a total of over $5 million in grants to create systems of support for low-income and first-generation students. 

At Loyola University 新奥尔良, Daffron served as a critical member of President Tania Tetlow’s leadership team, 从2019年4月开始. In 2019-2020, he engaged the entire Loyola community in the 任务优先级考试, a self-study process conducted at the request of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus and with the support of the Jesuit Provincials in the United States and the Association of Jesuit 大学 and 大学 (AJCU). This exhaustive exploration of the university’s Jesuit, Catholic identity resulted in the successful reaffirmation of Loyola’s Jesuit Catholic identity by the Society of Jesus. 

自然, the self-study process of the Examen heavily overlapped development of the university’s strategic plan, Courage and Creativity 2020. Father Daffron played a key role in the plan’s development, jointly leading a trustee task force to advance ideas for long term strategies that would have the potential for strengthening Loyola’s reputation and financial position. He also co-chaired a board strategic planning committee that authored Loyola in the 21st Century—an action plan to address future institutional challenges and opportunities in response to the global pandemic.

As Vice President for Mission and 部, Father Daffron led a committee that completed the design of the planned $6 million St. Ignatius Chapel and Benson Jesuit Center, created a formation program for the 校董会 in Jesuit Catholic identity and 多样性, 公平与包容, and taught undergraduates about Ignatian Spirituality. He also provided interim executive leadership for online education for 18 months, making way for a new Dean of 在线 Learning and the future City College.

Prior to joining Loyola 新奥尔良, Father Daffron served as Special Assistant to 总统 of Saint Louis University, where he developed growth strategies, particularly in the health field, and a strategic plan for transformative undergraduate education.  芝加哥洛约拉大学, as Associate Provost for Strategic Planning and Academic Services, he led a task force positioning the university for the future; he also served as the Vice President for 进步, leading fundraising and alumni relations.  At Spring Hill College, he was Assistant to the Vice President for 学生事务.

Father Daffron has served on the boards of Xavier University in Ohio, Spring Hill College and a number of Jesuit high schools around the country, 即:圣. 伊格内修斯大学预科, 圣心学院, 洛约拉学院, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, and Strake Jesuit College Prep. 目前, he is the School Chaplain for the Academy of the Sacred Heart, 新奥尔良, pastoral assistant for the Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, and a member of NOLA Ready Volunteer Corps.

A 以优等成绩毕业者 business graduate of Centenary College, Father Daffron did his novitiate training at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, La. He holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from St. Louis University, a Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif. 和Ph值. D. in higher education administration from Loyola University Chicago, where he wrote his dissertation “Jesuits working in higher education: Satisfaction with the core curriculum at American Jesuit 大学 and 大学.”