Corporate Title and Governance

The Franciscan School of Theology is owned and operated by the Province of St. Barbara of the Order of Friars Minor. The school is a member of the Graduate Theological Union, an ecumenical consortium of nine member-schools in Berkeley, California.

 

The School is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of eight friars of the Province of St. Barbara, and by a Board of Regents made up of lay and religious members.

 

Board of Trustees

• Very Rev. John S. Hardin, OFM, Provincial Minister
• Fr. Ken Laverone, OFM, Provincial Vicar
• Br. Regan Chapman, OFM
• Fr. Michael Doherty, OFM
• Fr. David Gaa, OFM
• Fr. Michael Harvey, OFM
• Fr. Martin Ibarra, OFM
• Br. Robert Rodrigues, OFM

Board of Regents

• Mr. Emmet F. Monaghan, Chair
• Fr. Joseph Chinnici, OFM
• Mr. Steven L. Ernst
• Very Rev. John S. Hardin, OFM
• Dr. Bonnie Hardwick
• Fr. Tommy King, OFM
• Mr. Thomas Peterson
• Dr. Karl Pister
• Mr. Gery Short
• Ms. Joan Faubert Suttle
• Mr. Kenneth Thomas
• Br. Keith Warner, OFM

Accreditation

The Franciscan School of Theology is accredited by two agencies: Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).