Thomas Hochstettler

Thomas John Glas Hochstettler is the current president of Acacia University and a higher education consultant. He previously served as the twenty-third president of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He took office in August 2004 as the successor to Michael Mooney. He served in that capacity until 2009 when he became Provost at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. He subsequently held leadership positions at the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi and as a Commissioner in the UAE Ministry of Education. He was subsequently appointed Provost at Abu Dhabi University. Before joining Lewis & Clark, Hochstettler served as Founding Vice President for Academic Affairs at International University Bremen, now Constructor University in Bremen, Germany. He has held academic appointments and administrative positions at Stanford University, Bowdoin College, and Rice University.