Concordia University Ann Arbor (CUAA) is a private liberal arts university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Its 187-acre (76 ha) campus sits on the banks of the Huron River, about ten minutes outside downtown Ann Arbor. Concordia is affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and is a college of the Concordia University System. Patrick Ferry, the president of the university, along with the CUAA Board of Regents orchestrated CUAA's merger with Concordia University Wisconsin, located in Mequon, Wisconsin, which became official in July 2013. After the merger, Curt Gielow, former executive dean of CUW’s School of Pharmacy and former mayor of Mequon, served as Vice President of Administration and Chief Campus Officer at CUAA through the end of 2018, when he was replaced by Ryan Peterson.