Salvador Aceves

President - Regis University

In January 2023, Salvador D. Aceves was appointed President at Regis University. Previously, Dr. Aceves served as Regis’ Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Professor of Accounting since May 2014. Prior to this appointment, in July 2011, he was appointed Associate Vice President for Academic Financial Planning in the Office of the Provost at Fordham University. He was primarily responsible for the development of the academic financial plan encompassing operational, restricted, grant, and capital funds. Formerly, he was Vice Provost at the University of San Francisco (USF), serving as the University’s chief planning and budget officer, a role he held for six years. He also held a faculty position as Associate Professor of Accounting, teaching in both the School of Business and Management and the School of Law. He was the recipient of five teaching awards. At USF, his office was the 2008 recipient of the Richard Goodman Strategic Planning Award, recognizing excellence in planning.

He is a peer reviewer for both the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Higher Learning Commission. He served on the Board of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries and is currently a member of the TIAA Inclusion and Diversity Council. He is a 2019 graduate of the Ignatian Colleagues Program. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Doctoral degree in Education with a focus on global business from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University. He began his career as a tax associate with Price Waterhouse and served for six years as tax manager for Citibank. He has been married to Carol for 38 years whom he met in the fifth grade.