Head of School
Dr. William Rutherford served as Executive Director for Great Hearts Texas, where he led the Academic Services Team to support student academic achievement and growth across the network of K-12 classical charter schools in Great Hearts Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in New Testament and Christian Origins from The University of Edinburgh. Dr. Rutherford has worked as an engineer in the oil and gas industry, has taught theology and religious studies at St. Edward’s University, Houston Baptist University, and Fuller Seminary, and has served as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas.
He has authored a number of peer-reviewed publications on Christianity and Judaism in the Roman empire, including contributions in Harvard Theological Review and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Dr. Rutherford loves to take hikes and trips with his wife Heather and daughter Charlotte, rollerblading, riding his bike, and reading great books that widen the human vision to see what is true, good, and beautiful.