David Gill

Dr. Gill’s vocational mission has two foci: “understanding and promoting the values and ethics of Jesus Christ in the life and work of the Christian community” and “building ethically healthy organizations in a complex, diverse, global marketplace.”

Prior to joining Gordon-Conwell, Dr. Gill taught business ethics to MBA students at St. Mary’s College and Seattle Pacific University. He served as the Carl I. Lindberg Professor of Applied Ethics at North Park University in Chicago and has also been a frequent guest professor of Christian Ethics for Regent College and Fuller Seminary. He was ordained at Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland CA. In 1977, he founded New College Berkeley, an innovative graduate school of theology and ethics for laypeople and think-tank for the exploration of connections between personal faith and values and public and professional life. He served New College Berkeley for 14 years in various roles including Project Director, Founding Chair of the Board, Professor of Ethics, Dean and President.

Dr. Gill is Principal of EthixBiz.com, an organizational ethics consulting business. He also co-founded and co-directed the Institute for Business, Technology and Ethics in Seattle, WA. He is the author of seven books and more than 200 articles, reviews and interviews.

Dr. Gill may be most widely known as a scholar for his work on the thought of the French sociologist and ethicist, Jacques Ellul. He is Founding President of the International Jacques Ellul Society and has spent significant time doing research in Bordeaux, France. He is also a member of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, the Society of Business Ethics and the Society of Christian Ethics.

He and his wife, Lucia, have two children and six grandchildren. Dr. Gill enjoys going to the gym, listening to jazz, cycling and dancing and traveling with his wife.