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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Joseph Christopher "Chris" Maggio
|birth_date=June 18, 1964
|birth_place=Resident of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|spouse=Jennifer Zeagler Maggio<br>
Children:<br>
Melanie, Scott, and Emily Maggio
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name=lasec/>
|office=19th President of Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]
|term_start=May 2017 (investiture September 15, 2017)
|term_end=
|preceded=[[James Henderson|James B. Henderson]]
|alma_mater=Northwestern State University<br>
Grambling State University<br>
|occupation=Educational administrator
}}

'''Joseph Christopher Maggio''', known as '''Chris Maggio''' (born June 18, 1964)<ref name=lasec>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3517112|titlee=Joseph Maggio, 71457, June 1964|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=

https://www.mylife.com/joseph-maggio/e496956486648|title=Joseph Maggio|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}</ref>has been since 2017 the 19th president of his alma mater, Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]].

The choice of a national presidential search, Maggio assumed his duties on May 4, 2017, four months before his formal investitute on September 15, He succeeded the two-year presidrnt [[James Henderson|James B. Henderson]], who became chancellor of the University of Louisiana System, based in [[Baton Rouge]].. When selected as president, he had been a university vice president from 2013 to 2015. He obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from NSU and a doctorate in developmental education from the historically black (though he is white) Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana. He came to NSU in 1988 as a track and field coach and moved up the administrative ladder over the years. In 1999, he was appointed director of alumni affairs, and in 2003, director of alumni development in 2003. In 2005, he became the executive director of the NSU Foundation. In 2007, he was named dean of students and assistant provost.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.natchitochestimes.com/2017/09/15/dr-chris-maggio-formally-invested-as-nsus-19th-president/|title=Dr. Chris Maggio formally invested as NSU's 19th president|publisher=''The Natchitoches Times''|date=September 15, 2017|author=Leah Jackson|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}</ref>

In Maggio's short time as president, NSU reported an unprecedented increase in grants and private gifts for the first half of 2017 and a 7.7 percent increase in enrollment fin the fall semester of 2017. The current enrollment exceeds ten thousand, the largest in the university’s history.<ref name=bio/>

A [[Roman Catholic]], Maggio is of Italian ancestry. He and his wife, the former Jennifer Zeagler, reside in the president's home on campus. They have three children, Melanie, Scott, and Emily Maggio.<ref name=bio/>

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