Dr. Chris W. Brussalis is Chairman of of The Hill Group, Inc., a premier provider of management counsel, specializing in strategy, operations, and measurement. The firm has served a wide range of private and public sector clients, including large corporations, institutions, nonprofits, and governments since 1953. Dr. Brussalis provided counsel to Fortune 500 corporations, large institutions including healthcare systems and universities, nonprofits, and governments.

Dr. Brussalis is the ninth president of Point Park University. He has served as university president since February 2023. Located in downtown Pittsburgh, Point Park University is one of the most dynamic, urban universities in America, offering over 100 undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs. Dr. Brussalis is also Adjunct Professor of Management and Policy at the Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University where he has been teaching at the graduate level for over 32 years.

As an engaged scholar-practitioner, Dr. Brussalis has technical knowledge, academic expertise, and practical experience in strategy, economic analysis, policy development, leadership, management, and corporate governance. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College and earned advanced degrees in public and business administration with specializations in planning and economics and higher education administration from the University of Illinois and Northeastern University. Dr. Brussalis also has extensive experience and expertise in public policy and stakeholder participation processes and has testified as an expert witness on public policy, economic development, and planning issues. His teaching at the graduate level focuses on management, strategy, and policy analysis. He also has numerous publications and papers on management and policy issues to his credit. Dr. Brussalis served as chairman of the economic development faculty with the Tri-State Leadership Academy, housed at West Virginia University, where he developed curriculum and lectured on strategic planning, management, leadership, and economic development on behalf of the Kellogg Foundation.

Dr. Brussalis is very active on civic and corporate boards. He currently serves on the boards of the American Society for Competitiveness, Point Park University, Live Like Lou Foundation (Vice Chairman), and Leadership Pittsburgh (Past Chairman). Dr. Brussalis was appointed by Pennsylvania’s Governor to serve on the Commonwealth’s Small Business Council. He also served on the boards of the National ALS Association (Chairman of Public Policy and Advocacy, Executive Committee), Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity (President), Phi Delta Theta Foundation, Regional Learning Alliance (Chairman), Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall (President), CentraComm Communications, Institute of Management Consultants for Western Pennsylvania (Vice President), Annual Fund of Allegheny College (Chairman), CONTACT Pittsburgh, Eberly College of Business at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Advisory), Waynesburg University MBA and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs (Advisory), and Rotary International.

Dr. Brussalis managed the New Idea Factory in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the largest economic development transition effort of a metropolitan region in the history of the United States at the time. He is a graduate of Leadership Pittsburgh, a network of regional leaders and decision makers. Dr. Brussalis was selected as one of the Pittsburgh region’s top 20 “Changemakers” and “Fast Trackers” by the Pittsburgh Business Times, Pittsburgh Magazine’s top “40 Under 40,” and one of “Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest.” He received a Blue Citation from Allegheny College for a lifetime of outstanding service to his alma mater. Dr. Brussalis was also selected by the Secretary of the Air Force as one of 100 distinguished American leaders to attend the forty-seventh annual National Security Forum at the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base.