Rick Outzen July 15, 2025 1 Comment
Sources in Tallahassee have shared that University of West Florida Trustee Chair Rebecca Matthews has been directed to hire a Moscow, Idaho company, RedBalloon, to do the university’s presidential search.
Who’s RedBalloon?
RedBalloon is a job board and recruiter that is officially recognized as a recruiting partner by the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).
- We were unable to find any public institutions of higher learning in Florida that have utilized RedBalloon for a presidential search. We couldn’t see that the company had done any public college presidential searches anywhere.
From its About page: “Founded in 2021, RedBalloon has quickly grown into America’s largest and most successful non-woke job board and talent connector. RedBalloon is the marketplace’s answer to the divisive and toxic ‘cancel culture’ invading the American workplace.”
ACCS has affiliations in various ways with 10 colleges: Arizona Christian University (Glendale, AZ), Cairn University (Langhorne, PA), Gutenberg College (Seattle, WA), George Fox University (Newberg, OR), Colorado Christian University (Denver, CO), Christ College (Sattellite Beach, FL), Patrick Henry College (Purcellville, VA), New Saint Andrews College (Moscow, ID), New College Franklin (Franklin, TN), and Bethlehem College & Seminary (Minneapolis, MN).
- None of them is of the caliber of the University of West Florida.
Endorsed by Donald Trump Jr.
The Douglas Wilson Connection
In my research of Boise State professor Scott Yenor, who preceded Matthews as UWF Trustee chair until he resigned in April, I met Heath Druzin, creator and host of the podcast Extremely American, who talked about his reporting on Douglas Wilson, head of Christ Church in Moscow and a leader of the National Christian Movement.
Wilson created the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), which has over 500 Christian schools, according to its media kit…