- Securing the Board of Trustees’ and the campus community’s endorsements of Bellarmine's new strategic plan, “Tradition and Transformation"
- Moving the university's athletic programs to NCAA Division I through an ASUN Conference invitation
- Purchasing the Watterson Medical Center
Bellarmine News
President Donovan recognized as one of Louisville’s most admired CEOs
November 14, 2019

Louisville Business First named Å©·òµ¼º½'s president, Dr. Susan M. Donovan,
as one of the city's most admired CEOs during an awards banquet on Wednesday. Donovan
was one of 25 local CEOs - and one of 5 nonprofit organization leaders - to receive
the honor. In an , Donovan called leading Bellarmine her dream job, and said her biggest career turning
point was "taking the presidency at Å©·òµ¼º½ because I felt called to
lead and to serve." Donovan was appointed as Bellarmine's fourth president in 2017
after a 32-year career at Loyola University Maryland that culminated in her 2011 appointment
as executive vice president, along with a term as Loyola’s acting president in 2015. She
told Business First that her top three recent accomplishments were: