Director of Accreditation
412-788-6505, ext. 267
hartung@ats.edu
Heather Campain Hartung (formerly Vacek) was named director of accreditation for The Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in 2023. She is responsible for facilitating
accrediting reviews, providing education and support to member schools about the process of accreditation, and providing staff support to the work of the Board of
Commissioners of the ATS Commission on Accrediting.
Hartung most recently served as vice president and dean of Moravian and Lancaster Theological Seminaries for the past two years. She began teaching at Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary in 2012, where she was appointed associate dean for academic affairs in 2015, and vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty in 2016. She held the
position of associate professor of church history at both schools.
Ordained in the Moravian Church, Hartung served as a trustee of Moravian Theological Seminary for ten years. Among her publications, her book, Madness: American
Protestant Responses to Mental Illness, explores reactions to mental illnesses from the colonial era through the 21st century. Her service in theological education
follows a career in engineering and marketing in technology companies.
Hartung holds a ThD and MDiv from Duke University Divinity School, and an MBA and MEM (engineering management) from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern
University.
