WWU appoints 24th president

On July 1, Alex Bryan, former pastor and healthcare executive, began his tenure as Walla Walla University president after being unanimously appointed by the WWU Board of Trustees in May.

Bryan joins the university from Adventist Health, where he served since 2018 as senior vice president and chief mission officer, where he led strategy and discourse about ethics, alignment to mission, spiritual care, relationship to faith communities, and theological foundations of healthcare.

Prior to that work he served as a pastor—13 years in Georgia and Tennessee and eight years at the Walla Walla University Church as senior pastor.

“We are excited Bryan accepted our invitation to serve as WWU president,” said John Freedman, WWU Board of Trustees chair and North Pacific Union Conference president. “He has a deep love for and walk with God and His Son, Jesus Christ, which will bless our university students, faculty, and staff.”

Learn more about Bryan and his family at wallawalla.edu/president.

Alex Bryan and his family stand at a monument during a mission trip to Kenya.