Profile of our President

Dr. Yvonne C. Zimmerman (she/her) is the Acting President at Clarke University. Zimmerman joined Clarke University in the fall of 2023 as the Dean of Academic Affairs and was made Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2024.

Prior to serving at Clarke, Yvonne was Professor of Christian Ethics at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio for fifteen years, where she also served as Associate Academic Dean. Zimmerman’s primary area of academic expertise is the movement to end human trafficking, and she has published extensively on this topic, including Other Dreams of Freedom: Religion, Sex, and Human Trafficking (Oxford University Press, 2013). Zimmerman holds a BA from Goshen College; a Master of Theological Studies from Candler School of Theology, Emory University; and a Ph.D. in Religious and Theological Studies from the Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver.