Matt Parlow has been named Chapman University’s 14th president, effective Sept. 2, 2025.Matt Parlow
Parlow currently serves as executive vice president, chief advancement officer and the Parker S. Kennedy Chair in Law at Chapman.
Before joining Chapman, Parlow served as a professor and an associate dean for academic affairs at Marquette University Law School, where he improved the school’s skills-based course selection and employment ranking, and he taught property, land use, legislation and sports law—his area of academic expertise which he co-taught with Major League Baseball Commissioner Emeritus Bud Selig.
He earned his undergraduate degree in history from Loyola Marymount University and his J.D. from Yale Law School.