College Administration

James (Jim) Collins (’84) obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Loras College in 1984 and a Master of Arts in Higher Education from the University of Iowa in 2004. After graduating from Loras, Jim returned to campus as an admissions representative and has continued to serve in a variety of positions at Loras College. In 1999, he was appointed the College’s senior vice president. Jim was then elected as the twenty-sixth president of Loras College in 2004.

During his presidential tenure, Jim has served as a leader on the national, state and local fronts to include: chair, treasurer, and board member of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities; board of regents and board of trustees, Seton Hall University; chair, Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; executive committee, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; chair, Greater Dubuque Development Corporation and Archdiocese of Dubuque Board of Education.

A Crystal Lake, IL, native and the oldest of six children, Jim has been twice recognized as one America’s Top 100 Irish Educators. In 2007, he was also recognized by his high school, Marian Central Catholic High School, with the Alumni Excellence Award. President Collins and his wife, Lisa, reside in Dubuque, Iowa.

Archbishop Zinkula was born April 19, 1957 and grew up on a farm outside of Mt. Vernon, Iowa. He graduated from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon with an undergraduate degree in mathematics, economics, and business. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1983.

He attended Catholic University in Washington, DC, where he earned a master’s degree in theology in 1990 and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque the same year. In 1998, he received a licentiate in Canon Law from St. Paul’s University, Ottawa, Canada. Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Davenport on April 19, 2017.

Archbishop Zinkula’s past archdiocesan assignments saw him serving faith communities in Dubuque, Rickardsville, Balltown, Sherrill, Holy Cross, Luxemburg, and Cedar Rapids. He also served as judge and judicial vicar for the Archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal, and rector for St. Pius X Seminary in Dubuque.

As chairman, Scalise oversees all board functions and is responsible for the recruitment and on-boarding of new board members.

Luis Acosta Herrera is the chief strategist at Element Public Affairs and the executive director at Unite Arizona. He previously worked with Mike Bloomberg in the 2020 election and was the senior government affairs representative at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce.

Rich Clayton received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Loras College in 1987.

Mark Cloghessy came to Loras College in 1976 and graduated in May 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration degree.

Rev. Msgr. John Enzler (’69) earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Loras College in 1969. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Washington, DC in 1973.

William C. Glynn was born and raised in the Monticello, Iowa, area and came to Loras College in the fall of 1964. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting in the spring of 1968. Glynn went on to earn his MBA from Boise State University in 1979. He also earned a degree in advance management from Stanford University in 1985.

On October 12, 1968, Glynn married the former Constance “Connie” Stolinski in Omaha, Nebraska. They have three children: Daniel, Jeffrey, and Nancy. Following his graduation from Loras College, Glynn obtained a job in the accounting department of the Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1973, he moved to Boise, Idaho, to take a job as vice president and assistant treasurer at the Intermountain Gas Company. In 1976, he was promoted to the title of chief financial officer at Intermountain Gas. In 1979, Glynn left Intermountain to join MDU Resources Group in Bismarck, North Dakota, as that company’s vice president and chief financial officer, a position he held for the next eight years, before returning to the now private company, Intermountain as president and part of the ownership. He retired in 2018.

Natalie Hoffmann currently serves as senior vice president of business services at iSolved HCM and is a partner at Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C., where she has been employed for more than 30 years, including as president of its workforce management affiliate company, HK Payroll Services, Inc.

Theresa (Obermann) Hoffman rejoined the Board of Regents in October 2023. She currently is an attorney at Beecher, Field, Walker, Morris, Hoffman & Johnson, P.C. Prior to her current position, she was Vice President and Trust Officer at the Waterloo Savings Bank. She also worked as Trust Officer for the First National Bank of Waverly. She is a graduate of the Loras class of 1981, and a former member of the National Alumni Board.

Mary Meehan, PhD, was appointed interim president of Seton Hall University on March 23, 2017. She is a nationally respected higher education and healthcare leader.

David Meyers, PhD, received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1972. Following Loras, Meyers entered the University Of Iowa Medical School where he received his M.D. in 1976. He completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at Creighton University (1979) and Cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia (1981).