Daniel Hall has been chosen as the interim vice president for finance and administration at Presbyterian College.

Following a nationwide search for the college’s next vice president for finance that concluded this year, PC elected to hire an interim to serve through 2025. Hall, who has more than 30 years of executive experience in corporate and higher education finance and operations, was hired via The Registry, a leading firm dedicated to finding high-level interim executives for colleges and universities.

“I am very pleased to welcome Daniel Hall to serve in a vital role at Presbyterian College,” said president Dr. Anita Gustafson. “Mr. Hall brings to this important position many years of experience in finance and operations in higher education and I am confident his leadership on an interim basis will guide us moving forward.”

Hall will begin working part-time in early January and start full-time on Jan. 23.

Hall began his first foray into U.S. higher education in 2012 as vice president of finance and facilities at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota. From 2016-22, he served as vice president of administrative services at Los Angeles Southwest College.

After retiring in 2022, Hall has served in two interim positions – as the interim vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and the interim vice president for administrative services and chief financial officer for Walla Walla Community College in Washington state.

Hall is a 1976 graduate of Willamette University in Salem, Ore., where he earned a Bachelor of Science in economics and urban and regional governments. He earned his MBA in finance from the University of Oregon in 1978. He began a decades-long career in financial leadership roles in the private sector, including serving as the chief financial officer for the Space Needle Corp. in Seattle, Wash., the Georgia Dome, and the Georgia World Congress Center’s MGR Food Services.

From 1999-2001, Hall served as the Oregon Department of Human Services’ statewide facilities administrator, then took over as the business services manager for the Oregon Employment Department from 2001-07. In 2007, he became the chief financial officer and senior director of operations for the International Society for Technology in Education. In 2011, he became the assistant provost for operations and administration for Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates.

As PC welcomes Hall to campus for the spring semester, Gustafson thanked college controller Libby Shull for leading the Office of Finance and Administration for much of 2023. Gustafson also thanked members of the search committee for their commitment to finding the right candidate for PC.

“I am grateful for all of the people who stepped up at a critical time to keep the college’s financial operations running as smoothly as possible,” she said.