University Service Award

Anne Hotz Moran, ’87  

College of Arts and Sciences

For her exceptional, mission-driven leadership in her role as Chief of Staff at Seattle University, Anne Moran is honored with the University Service Award.  

As an alumna and longtime staff member since 2011, Moran’s integrity, humility and deep institutional knowledge are an invaluable presence at SU. As Chief of Staff to President Eduardo Peñalver, Moran is a trusted advisor and bridge between executive leadership, trustees, faculty, staff and students. 

Moran is widely respected on campus for her diplomacy and ability to bring people together across the university, embodying SU’s value of cura personalis (“care of the whole person.”) Her nominators noted her influence in setting standards for executive searches, integrating new programs such as the Seattle University Museum of Art and Cornish College of the Arts partnerships and cultivating community engagements that strengthen the university’s Jesuit mission.  

One of Moran’s nominators said, “She embodies that loving spirit that drives her to bring people together in community around our shared purpose of educating students and giving them a transformational Jesuit educational experience.”