Frank Yamada to lead ATS after Daniel Aleshire retires
Frank M. Yamada, president of McCormick Theological Seminary, will be the next executive director of the Association of Theological Schools.
The ATS board unanimously voted to hire Yamada to lead the organization of more than 270 graduate schools in the United States and Canada. ATS’s work includes accreditation and approving degree programs.
Yamada, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), previously taught Hebrew Bible and directed McCormick’s Center for Asian American Ministries.