CarterBaldwin Assists Grove City College with Finding its 10th President
March 25, 2025 – CarterBaldwin Executive Search has assisted in the recruitment of Bradley J. Lingo as the 10th president of Grove City College. He will assume leadership of the college upon the retirement of Paul J. McNulty, an alumnus of the college who served since 2014 as the school’s ninth president. The assignment was led by founding partner and chairman Price Harding, associate partner Dr. Gerri Williams, and consultant Dr. Stephanie Steele. The selection concludes a nationwide search by the board’s presidential search committee, which included representatives from the Grove City College board, faculty, and alumni association with support from CarterBaldwin.
“Brad rose to the top of the search committee’s deep candidate pool because of a unique combination of experience and characteristics that make him the right leader for the next chapter of Grove City College’s story,” said Edward D. Breen, chair of the Grove City College board of trustees and the board’s presidential search committee. “He brings a vibrant commitment to Christian orthodoxy, tight alignment with the college’s conservative vision and character, extraordinary professional experience and sophistication, and a keen understanding of higher education and the challenges and opportunities facing Grove City College.”
“Brad Lingo is an answer to prayer,” said Mr. McNulty. “I have full confidence that he is blessed with the faith, character, and remarkable ability for leading the college to new heights in advancing our vital mission. This community is in good hands moving forward.”
Mr. Lingo currently serves as the dean of Regent University School of Law. Under his leadership, Regent Law has set records for enrollment, median incoming GPA and LSAT scores, U.S. News rankings, and employment outcomes. Mr. Lingo will complete the academic year at Regent before joining Grove City College in July 2025. Before joining the Regent Law faculty in 2019, Mr. Lingo was a litigation partner at King & Spalding LLP and practiced law in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn.
“My life was transformed through Grove City College,” Mr. Lingo said. “As a student, I found professors who believed in me and friends who encouraged me in my faith, and I experienced the joy of working hard to pursue excellence in a Christian community. I am honored to return to Grove City and ensure that future generations of students will receive the Christian, conservative, academically excellent, affordable education that profoundly shaped me. As we prepare to celebrate Grove City College’s 150th anniversary in 2026, there has never been a more important time for a school like ours,” Mr. Lingo added. “The college’s singular combination of faith and freedom makes it a beacon of light and a bastion of hope for our country’s future.”
Grove City College is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Grove City, PA. Known for its rigorous academics and commitment to faith and freedom, the college offers a wide range of undergraduate programs grounded in a conservative worldview. It operates independently of federal funding, allowing it to uphold its mission of fostering intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth.
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CarterBaldwin is a retained executive search firm that partners with its clients to build senior leadership teams. Since its inception in 2001 as a corporate firm, they have expanded its client portfolio to include the non-profit and academic sectors, serving both domestic and international clients from the firm’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA and our Washington, D.C. office. CarterBaldwin is listed among a variety of rankings published by Hunt Scanlon Media, including its Top 50, Private Equity Power 100, and Top 50 Higher Education Search Firms.
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Mr. Harding has been principal consultant on nearly 1,000 recruiting engagements for C-level leadership, officers and directors for privately held and publicly traded companies. He also co-leads CarterBaldwin’s university and non-profit search practice.
Dr. Williams brings a combination of real-life experience, recruiting, and search management expertise to her work at CarterBaldwin. Since joining the firm, she has led higher education cabinet and global non-profit searches, partnering with key leaders, boards of directors, trustees, and search committees. Dr. Williams began her career as a K-12 school administrator before pivoting to higher education, where she served in leadership positions in program implementation, admissions, and financial aid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Central Carolina Community College, North Carolina State University, Lamar University, Our Lady of the Lake University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Dr. Steele joined CarterBaldwin following a career in higher education both as a faculty member and in student life at Union University. For more than a decade, she taught advanced statistics to doctoral students at Union University. Dr. Steele also taught courses in Union University’s master of education program including faith and ethics in educational leadership. In addition to teaching, she served as chair for dissertation committees for doctoral degrees in educational leadership, school reform, and higher education leadership.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
