Colleen Hanycz

Colleen Hanycz
35th President of Xavier University
Assumed office
July 1, 2021
Preceded byMichael J. Graham
29th President of La Salle University
In office
July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2021
Preceded byMichael McGinniss
Succeeded byDaniel J. Allen
Principal of Brescia University College
In office
2008–2015
Preceded byTheresa Topic
Succeeded bySusan Mumm
Personal details
Alma materSt. Michael's College, Dalhousie University, Osgoode Hall Law School

Colleen M. Hanycz is a Canadian academic who is currently the president of Xavier University. She served as principal of Brescia University College from 2008 to 2015 and president of La Salle University from 2015 to 2021. On January 11, 2021, it was announced that Hanycz would become the 35th President of Xavier University starting July 1, 2021. She was the second lay person principal in the history of Brescia, a Catholic school and Canada's only women's university, and she was the first woman and layperson to serve as president at La Salle and Xavier.