King & Spalding senior partner Richard “Doc” Schneider is the new chairman of Mercer University’s Board of Trustees and will make his first official appearance in that role at the board’s spring meeting in April.

Schneider, who first joined the board in 2005, has been serving as chairman of the board’s executive committee, which oversees Mercer’s day-to-day operations. He is also the chairman of Mercer University Press, which publishes more than 40 books a year.