Father Mark L. Poorman, CSC, has been appointed executive vice president and associate professor of theology at the University of Portland, effective July 1. In the newly restructured position of executive vice president, Father Poorman’s responsibilities will include general oversight of the divisions of university operations, financial affairs, university relations, and supervision of the student life division.

Father Poorman, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, is the son of Lois and Robert Poorman of Christ the King Parish in Springfield. A native of Phoenix, he grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., and Springfield. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois, and earned his master of divinity degree from Notre Dame. He was ordained a priest in 1982. He earned a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.

Father Poorman served as vice president for student affairs at the University of Notre Dame from 1999 until 2010 where he was responsible for the supervision of Notre Dame’s residential life as well as a variety of student services, activities, and programs. Prior to his appointment as vice president, Poorman served at Notre Dame as executive assistant to the executive vice president and the president.

He has been a member of the University of Portland’s board of regents for the past seven years.

The University of Portland is Oregon’s Catholic university and has been closely affiliated for more than a century with the Congregation of Holy Cross in South Bend, Ind.