Fr. Michael Graham, SJ, served as president of Xavier University from January 2001 through June 2021, and prior to becoming president, he was both a faculty member and senior advancement officer at Xavier.

After retiring as president, Fr. Graham deepened his appropriation of Jesuit spirituality and has led the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in a variety of ways at a number of midwestern Jesuit retreat houses. For several years, he also worked with the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, especially assisting Jesuit university trustees to better understand the Jesuit mission and identity of their schools. In September 2024, he transitioned to working with the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States in issues regarding higher education. He is active on a variety of boards of Jesuit ministries, including several university boards.

A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Fr. Graham holds degrees from Cornell College, the University of Michigan and the Weston School of Theology (now the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry). He entered the Jesuits in 1978 and was ordained in 1988.