Peter Rybski
At-Large Board Member
Peter is an at-large board member and lifelong fan of Tolkien's works. He currently lives in Finland and is very diligently attempting to read the Kalevala in its original language.
Keith Burrows
Board Member Student Representative
Keith Burrows is the Student-elected member of the Signum Board.
Elise Trudel Cedeño
Board Member Staff Representative, Vice Chair; Regional Moot Coordinator; Signum Online Program Services Coordinator
Elise Trudel Cedeño is the Regional Moot Coordinator for Signum University and the Signum Path Corporate Liaison.
James K. Tauber
At-Large Board Member
Board member, software developer, and computational philologist.
Matthew M. DeForrest
At-Large Board Member (Chair)
Dr. Matthew M. DeForrest is Professor of English and Mott University Professor at Johnson C. Smith University, and Chair of the Signum University Board.
Edward T. Powell
At-Large Board Member; Chairman, Council of the Wise
Ed owns his own defense technology consulting firm, and spends his free time listening to audio books and podcasts, and playing with his two European Burmese cats.
Liza H. Gold
At-Large Board Member
Liza H. Gold, MD is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is an at-large member of the Signum University Board of Directors.
Sørina Higgins
Preceptor; Board Member Faculty Representative
Sørina Higgins is the a Ph.D. candidate, Teacher of Record, and Presidential Scholar at Baylor University.
Andrew Higgins
At-Large Board Member; Visiting Lecturer
Dr, Andrew Higgins - Inaugural Student of The Mythgard Institute, board member and new lecturer.
Corey Olsen
University President; Board Member Ex Officio; Lecturer; Coach
Corey Olsen is president of Signum University. He brings his scholarship on Tolkien to the public, seeking to engage a wide and diverse audience in serious intellectual and literary conversation though his podcast, The Tolkien Professor.