Chancellor's Vitae

DUANE L. KILTY
Professional Résumé & Vitae (Available in .pdf format.)
December 2006

Address: Taylor University, 1025 W. Rudisill Blvd., Fort Wayne IN 46807
Tel: 260.744.8620
E-mail: duane.kilty@fw.taylor.edu


Professional Work Experience

Executive Leadership

  • June 2006: TAYLOR UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE, Fort Wayne, IN. Chancellor
  • 2005-2006: DK CONSULTING, Wilmore, KY. President
  • 2004-2005: COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Frankfort, KY. Undersecretary for Administration and Fiscal Affairs
  • 1991-2004: ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Wilmore, KY. Vice President for Finance
  • 1985-1991: HUNTINGTON COLLEGE, Huntington, IN. Director of Administrative Services
  • 1980-1985: PETER ECKRICH & SONS, Fort Wayne, IN. Property Accountant and Budget Assistant (1980-1982), Plant Cost Accountant (1982-1983), Senior Cost Accountant (1983-1985)


Instructional Leadership

Various part-time assignments at Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, IN), Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, KY), University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY), Huntington College (Huntington, IN).


Degrees and Certificates

  • PhD: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY – 2002
  • MBA: BALL STATE UNIVERSITY – 1992
  • CPA Exam: Passed – Indianapolis, IN – 1986
  • BS: INDIANA UNIVERSITY – 1981


Organizational Profile

Taylor University is an interdenominational evangelical Christian institution educating men and women for lifelong learning and for ministering the redemptive love of Jesus Christ to a world in need. As a Christian community of students, faculty, staff, administration, and trustees committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, Taylor University offers post secondary liberal arts and professional education based upon the conviction that all truth has its source in God.


Representative Publications

Journals, Articles, and Book Chapters

"Get More From Motivated Employees,” NACUBO Business Officer, "Business Briefs” section, November 2006

"The Moderating Role of Institutional Forces on Inertia” (working paper), 2003


Conference Presentations

"Managing for Results.” EACUBO Annual Workshop, Providence, RI, 2006

"The Integration of Planning, Budgeting, and Assessment.” ABACC Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2006

"Balanced Scorecard with a Christian Perspective.” ABACC Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2006

"Reflections on Managing an Endowment.” Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Consulting Conference, Dallas, TX, 2006

"Reflections on Managing an Endowment.” Morgan Stanley’s Conference for Nonprofits, Foundations & Endowments, Santa Clara, CA, 2005

"The Moderating Role of Institutional Forces on Inertia.” Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2003

"Benchmark Study – Small Institutions.” Commonfund Forum, Orlando, FL, 2003

"Presentation of Asbury Seminary’s Technology Project.” SACUBO, Atlanta, GA, 1994


Professional Development

  • NACUBO Annual Meeting 1988-2005
  • Common Fund Forum 2002-2003
  • ABACC Annual Meeting 2002, 2006
  • Endowment & Foundations Symposium 1996, 1999
  • The Endowment Management Institute at Harvard 1994
  • NACUBO Advanced Endowment Management 1993
  • NACUBO Basic Endowment Management 1992
  • SACUBO Annual Meeting 1992-1994
    • Served on the Small Institutions Committee
  • SACUBO Workshop 1992-1994
  • APPA Institute for Facilities Management 1992
  • College Business Management Institute 1986-1988


Family and Personal

My wife, Joni, and I are the parents of three children: Sarah (25), Joel (24) and Seth (20). Sarah is a kindergarten teacher in an urban setting in Kentucky. Joel is a third year PhD student in mathematics at the University of Kentucky (UK); his wife Renee Davis-Kilty has been accepted into dental school. Seth is a student at TUFW majoring in business and intercultural studies with an urban focus. Joni has recently completed her accounting degree from UK.