Office of the President

Acting President of Rollins College

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the president serves as the chief executive officer of the College.

Craig M. McAllaster

is the Acting President of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. McAllaster spent two decades at the College’s Crummer Graduate School of Business, including 14 years as dean. He stepped down as dean in May 2014 to assume the position of Acting President.

McAllaster joined Rollins in 1994 from the University of Central Florida, where he was director of executive development. He holds a doctorate in education from Columbia University in New York, master’s degrees from Columbia and Alfred University in Alfred, New York, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona. Active in Central Florida, he has been involved with Junior Achievement, Manufacturers Association of Central Florida, Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, Metro-Orlando International Affairs Commission, Central Florida Partnership, MyRegion.org, and Nemours Council. He currently serves on the Orange County Sheriffs Citizen Advisory Council and the Geneva School Advisory Board.