A. Gabriel Esteban

A. Gabriel Esteban is the first lay president of Seton Hall, a Catholic university, in two decades; he is also its first Filipino president. As president, he spearheaded the university's strategic planning and collaborated with faculty and academic leaders on enhancing and adding undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as strengthening the centrality of academics at Seton Hall. Esteban is a founding board member and vice chairman of the Asian Pacific Islander American Association of Colleges and Universities, a new national organization established to advocate on behalf of minority-serving institutions. Updated July 2015