Rev. Dr. Jeffrey F. Keuss
Executive Director
CliftonStrengths 34 (Strength Finder) Signature Themes:
Belief, Winning Others Over, Connectedness, Positivity, Includer, Activator, Ideation, Learner, Responsibility, Self-Assurance
Jeff Keuss, PhD brings over 30 years of leadership and managerial experience in higher education, health care and social services administration both in the US and UK. In his various roles as a Professor, Director of the University Scholars Honors Program as well as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for Seattle Pacific Seminary within SPU, Jeff continues to be actively engaged in research, fundraising, curriculum coordination, working with external publics such as churches and faith communities, major donor acquisition and retention, administrative recruitment, and annual fund development. His commitment to faith development is seen in his $2.75 million in grant acquisitions as part of a $55 million initiative from the Lilly Endowment for the development of Pivot NW Research, a non-profit research and support institute seeking to research innovation models for the sake of engaging young adults in innovative social ventures with faith communities. His recent publication Paul Ricoeur and the Hope of Higher Education: The Just University (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020), speaks to his continued to work on the future of higher education as a place of justice and hope for human flourishing alongside a global network of thought leaders in educational innovation.
Before his tenure at Seattle Pacific University, Jeff served as Senior Lecturer and Director for the Centre of Literature, Theology and the Arts at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. In his research and directorial oversight of the University of Glasgow interdisciplinary research center in the Arts, Jeff provided leadership in budget development, grant writing, and curriculum coordination with faculty across the UK. In addition to his teaching in Practical Theology and Ethics, Jeff also taught and researched as an affiliate member of the Postgraduate Medical Faculty of the School of Medicine in Social and Community Medicine. Prior to his work in higher education, Jeff served as Director of Guild Activities for the Providence Foundation focused on fund development and personnel management of mission-based volunteer and chaplaincy efforts for Providence/ Swedish Medical Center, a 409-bed multi-care health institution in the Central District of Seattle. Achievements during his tenure at Providence include cutting capital expenses, increased net revenue from the Medical Center’s primary major donor campaign, demonstrating a 30% increase in one fiscal year, and developing a successful staff restructuring to better streamline the institutional mission and budget priorities.
Jeff is an ordained minister of the Word and Sacrament (PCUSA) and served several congregations both in the US and in the Church of Scotland as Assistant Minister of the Glasgow Cathedral. He is married to Diana who is a faculty member at Seattle Pacific University in World Religions (PhD Japanese Religions and Buddhism, University of Glasgow) and has three adult daughters.
Jeff Keuss, PhD brings over 30 years of leadership and managerial experience in higher education, health care and social services administration both in the US and UK. In his various roles as a Professor, Director of the University Scholars Honors Program as well as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for Seattle Pacific Seminary within SPU, Jeff continues to be actively engaged in research, fundraising, curriculum coordination, working with external publics such as churches and faith communities, major donor acquisition and retention, administrative recruitment, and annual fund development. His commitment to faith development is seen in his $2.75 million in grant acquisitions as part of a $55 million initiative from the Lilly Endowment for the development of Pivot NW Research, a non-profit research and support institute seeking to research innovation models for the sake of engaging young adults in innovative social ventures with faith communities. His recent publication Paul Ricoeur and the Hope of Higher Education: The Just University (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020), speaks to his continued to work on the future of higher education as a place of justice and hope for human flourishing alongside a global network of thought leaders in educational innovation.
Before his tenure at Seattle Pacific University, Jeff served as Senior Lecturer and Director for the Centre of Literature, Theology and the Arts at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. In his research and directorial oversight of the University of Glasgow interdisciplinary research center in the Arts, Jeff provided leadership in budget development, grant writing, and curriculum coordination with faculty across the UK. In addition to his teaching in Practical Theology and Ethics, Jeff also taught and researched as an affiliate member of the Postgraduate Medical Faculty of the School of Medicine in Social and Community Medicine. Prior to his work in higher education, Jeff served as Director of Guild Activities for the Providence Foundation focused on fund development and personnel management of mission-based volunteer and chaplaincy efforts for Providence/ Swedish Medical Center, a 409-bed multi-care health institution in the Central District of Seattle. Achievements during his tenure at Providence include cutting capital expenses, increased net revenue from the Medical Center’s primary major donor campaign, demonstrating a 30% increase in one fiscal year, and developing a successful staff restructuring to better streamline the institutional mission and budget priorities.
Jeff is an ordained minister of the Word and Sacrament (PCUSA) and served several congregations both in the US and in the Church of Scotland as Assistant Minister of the Glasgow Cathedral. He is married to Diana who is a faculty member at Seattle Pacific University in World Religions (PhD Japanese Religions and Buddhism, University of Glasgow) and has three adult daughters.