Father Nathan Malavolti, TOR, chief evangelization officer at Franciscan University of Steubenville, guides the work of the Chapel Ministry Office, Priestly Discernment Program, Evangelization Office, Student Life Office, and the Christian Outreach Office. He came to Franciscan University as vice president of Community Relations in August 2013 after serving eight years as a chemistry professor at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania. He completed his PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1986. After working as a research chemist, he discerned a call to the priesthood and the Third Order Regular Franciscans and was ordained in 2005. He served on Franciscan University’s Board of Trustees from 2007 until he joined the University’s administrative team in 2013.