Dr. Max Bonilla
Dr. Bonilla served as the international director for the Expanded Reason Institute for the University Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid, Spain, from 2018 to February 2023. Between 2012 and 2018, he also served the university as vice president for international relations and as a professor. Prior to University Francisco de Vitoria, he worked in a number of academic administrative and teaching roles at Catholic University of Avila, Spain, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, and the University of St. Thomas School of Theology in Houston, Texas.
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Max Bonilla, SSL, STD, an experienced Catholic higher education
administrator in both the U.S. and Europe, is the provost and
dean of faculties for Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Dr. Bonilla served as the international director for the Expanded Reason Institute for the University Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid, Spain, from 2018 to February 2023. Between 2012 and 2018, he also served the university as vice president for international relations and as a professor. Prior to University Francisco de Vitoria, he worked in a number of academic administrative and teaching roles at Catholic University of Avila, Spain, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, and the University of St. Thomas School of Theology in Houston, Texas.
In 2012, he was recruited by the University Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid, to assist in the creation of international faculty-level partnerships dedicated to person-centered education. He also was the main coordinator of several projects with the Vatican, including the Expanded Reason Awards.
He graduated from the Institute for Educational Management of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education in 2007. He received an advanced degree from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, with a doctorate in Biblical Theology (STD) in 2000. He also received a licentiate in Sacred Scriptures (SSL) from Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 1996.
Having worked in higher education for decades, Dr. Bonilla has extensive experience and success in accreditation, assessment, curriculum reform, online programming, and both graduate and undergraduate programs,
Dr. Bonilla's educational approach throughout his career has been the dignity of every person, the essential importance of community, the great need for character education and ethical formation, and the ever present need for a practical, accessible education such as the one inspired by the Lasallian Brothers.