Webster University President Elizabeth (Beth) J. Stroble
Biography

Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) J. Stroble is the 11th President of Webster University.  Dr. Stroble brings to this position 35 years of diverse experience as an educator and academic leader.  Most recently she served as Senior Vice President and Provost and Chief Operating Officer of The University of Akron. Her higher education career has included faculty and administrative assignments at the University of Louisville and Northern Arizona University.  She began her career as a teacher at Vandalia Community High School in Vandalia, Illinois.

Dr. Stroble has led partnerships that engage the campus and the community.  Under her leadership, many new collaborations were launched in northeast Ohio including: the Early College High School; the BioInnovation Institute; the National Inventors Hall of Fame School’s Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Learning (for middle school students in grades 5 through 8); Rethinking Race: Black, White, and Beyond; the Medina County University Center; and the Confucius Institute housed on Akron’s campus.

In St. Louis, Dr. Stroble is a member of the Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women St. Louis Campaign, United Way Women’s Leadership Society Cabinet, the High Level Business Council of the R.C.G.A, and serves on the boards of the Regional Chamber and Growth Association (R.C.G.A.), Urban League of St. Louis, St. Louis Science Center, United Way of Greater St. Louis, Opera Theatre St. Louis, and the Repertory Theatre. She is also a member of the St. Louis Forum and Advance St. Louis Steering Committee.  Dr. Stroble is a member of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Effective Leadership.

Dr. Stroble earned an A.B. in history and English from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.  She earned two masters of arts degrees, one in history and one in American and English literature, both from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.  She received her doctorate in curriculum studies from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.