"From what you write, I don't think you can recognize leadership qualities unless the person is wearing a Roman collar."

So, despite my indication in two prior comments that I am only addressing those represented in the article, you continue to try to foist a clericalist stamp on me.  Give it up.  

Regarding your first, you must be correct.  The CTU is just a greenhouse for leadership.  I won't let the fact that of the ~4,000 it has graduated in the last fifty years, none of its lay alumni/ae are notable in either the Catholic Church nor society at large.  They must be leading in secret, just as the non-signing members of the faculty are doing.  And when the current staff leaves, students will still be assigned new "leaders" based upon the courses they take.  That's how leadership really works.  If you can't get people to follow you, get them assigned to you.

It's not a commission - its an advertisement; they signed their names to a newspaper ad.