The Reverend Angela D. Sims, Ph.D. is the 13th and first woman President of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (CRCDS), where she also serves as the John Price Crozer Professor of Social Ethics.  Prior to joining CRCDS on July 1, 2019, Dr. Sims served as Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor in Church and Society at Saint Paul School of Theology in Leawood, KS. She holds a Ph.D. in Christian Social Ethics from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA. Prior to matriculation at Union, Dr. Sims completed a baccalaureate degree summa cum laude at Trinity College (Trinity Washington University) and a Master of Divinity with honors at Howard University School of Divinity.

An ordained Baptist clergywoman and active member and contributor to several academic guilds and faith-based community organizations, Dr. Sims takes seriously the prophetic imperative “to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God”.