Announcement Article
Myers McRae Names Gring, Markwood Senior Vice Presidents
Macon, GA – Emily P. Myers, President and CEO of Myers McRae, announced that David M. Gring, Ph.D., and Stephen Markwood, Ed.D., have been appointed Senior Vice Presidents with the executive search firm. Previously, they had been Senior Consultants with the Macon-based firm.
"As former presidents in higher education, they bring extensive leadership experience and valuable institutional knowledge to their new roles,” said Ms. Myers. “As senior vice presidents, they will have a more active role in the firm, especially visiting college and university presidents across the nation.”
Dr. Gring has been a Senior Consultant with Myers McRae since 2006. Among the executive searches he has conducted are Roanoke College, Mary Baldwin College, Randolph College, Concordia College – Moorhead, University of Findlay, Lynchburg College and Wartburg College. He is currently assisting McDaniel College with its Presidential Search.
He is President Emeritus of Roanoke College, where he served for 15 years. During his presidential tenure, 1989-2004, the undergraduate enrollment at Roanoke increased 22 percent and the endowment grew from $25 million to nearly $100 million. In 2004, the college completed its 50th consecutive year of balanced financial operations.
Prior appointments include Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Concordia College-Moorhead, Minnesota, and a faculty position in biology at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Gring served on the boards of The Council of Independent Colleges and the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, and was a member of the Council of College Presidents of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Dr. Gring is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. He holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. degree from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Dr. Markwood joined Myers McRae in 2008 as a Senior Consultant. During his first year with the firm, he led executive searches for the Appalachian College Association in Kentucky and Roanoke College in Virginia.
He is President Emeritus of Alderson-Broaddus College, where he served 13 years. During his successful tenure, the College’s capital campaign raised $25 million against a goal of $15 million, a full 10-year accreditation was secured from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and several new academic programs were launched.
Dr. Markwood has served as Vice Chair of the West Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, Chair of the Appalachian College Association, Chair of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and Chair of the American Baptist Colleges.
A native of Kentucky, Dr. Markwood earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1964 and a master’s degree in 1968 from Bowling Green State University and a doctorate in higher education in 1983 from Pennsylvania State University. In 2005, the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University presented him with its Leadership and Service Award, recognizing his distinguished career.
Other educational institutions have honored him for his professional contributions to higher education. ln 2007, Eastern University in Pennsylvania awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. In 2008, Arellano University in Malina, Philippine, honored him with its Award of Excellence for his leadership in developing an international nursing partnership between Alderson-Broaddus and Arellano that has become a model for international nursing education.