AΣN Board & Staff

Seán Michaelson, SJ, is the Executive Secretary/Socius for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Georgetown University, and a master’s degree from Boston College. Fr. Michaelson entered the Society of Jesus in 1996, later earning an MA in philosophy from Fordham and a PhD in 18th-century British and Irish satire from Arizona State University. His theology studies include an MDiv and a MA in theology from Regis College. Fr. Michaelson taught at the Colegio del Sagrado Corazon in Montevideo, Uruguay, before joining the English department at the University of San Francisco as an assistant professor. In addition to serving as chair of the English department, Fr. Michaelson was the director of the St. Ignatius Institute and the adviser for Alpha Sigma Nu. Before his current role at the Jesuit Conference, he served for three years as formation director for the California and Oregon Province Jesuits, responsible for the training of the provinces’ men preparing to be Jesuit brothers and priests.

Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Creighton University
Dr. Schmersal manages a professional team facilitating strategic visioning, implementation and assessment of departmental goals and programs. She offers compassionate support to students and colleagues, nurturing an inclusive, compassionate and mission-driven community. She fosters key relationships with internal and external individuals and organizations and manages departmental budgets and facilities. Cindy serves as departmental representative on university committees and strategic initiatives, including institutional climate study. Previously, she served as Rockhurst’s Director of the Office of Campus Ministry and Director, Midwest Region Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

Dr. Michael Jenkins is on leave as an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Scranton, as he works to establish a bachelor’s degree program for future police and security personnel in Saudi Arabia. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Scranton, and his MS and PhD from Rutgers School of Criminal Justice. In 2017, Jenkins served as a Fulbright Scholar with the London Metropolitan Police. His work facilitates collaborations among criminal justice and social service agencies, student assistants, and faculty experts. Jenkins’s primary area of interest is how police and citizens negotiate relationships to respond in creative ways to signs of physical and social. Dr. Jenkins’s latest book on international and transnational policing describes the structures and processes for policing across national boundaries. Michael Jenkins previously served as the president of the Scranton ASN Alumni Club and Student Chapter President of the Scranton Chapter.

Richard J Lindquist CFA is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management and the lead Portfolio Manager on the High Yield team. He joined the firm in 2011 and has 39 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Richard was a managing director and co-head of U.S. High Yield at Guggenheim Partners responsible for portfolio management, asset gathering, client service and overseeing all high yield trading. Previously, he was a managing director and head of the U.S. and Global High Yield Fixed Income team responsible for managing the firm’s high yield assets for pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies, as well as globally marketing the strategy and servicing existing high yield clients at both HSBC Halbis Partners (HSBC Global Asset Management) and Credit Suisse Asset Management. Richard received a B.S. Summa Cum Laude in finance from Boston College and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Michael Williams, SJ, is Emeritus Associate Professor of English and Chapter Adviser at Spring Hill College. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1962. With triple undergraduate majors in Classics, Philosophy, and English, he was awarded a full doctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California to pursue studies in English, with specialization in Medieval Literature. After theological studies at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, he served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University. In 1985, he left academic administration to return to the classroom at Spring Hill College. He has lived in a student residence hall for over 30 years as a Jesuit chaplain, valuing the deeper interaction with students. He is also faculty adviser and member of three student organizations to the Knights of Columbus club, and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He served as chair of the department of English and as chair of the Faculty Assembly.