Gerson Moreno-Riaño

Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riaño serves as Cornerstone University’s 12th president. With a passion for academic excellence and a commitment to Christian higher education, Dr. Moreno-Riaño has a proven track record of strategically positioning Christian higher education in a global marketplace.

Dr. Moreno-Riaño was most recently executive vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. While there, he led a talented team of deans, faculty, and enrollment staff that helped double the student population and grew the enrollment by over 70%. While at Regent, Dr. Moreno-Riaño was also a tenured professor of government.

Born in Colombia, South America, Dr. Moreno-Riaño came to the United States at the age of nine with his family, where they lived in New York City. He felt the call to lifelong ministry at the age of 14 and has followed it ever since. Dr. Moreno-Riaño is a graduate of Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in political science and pre-seminary biblical studies. He then received his Master of Arts and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Cincinnati.