Deans & Administrative Staff

2024-2025

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Dean	Jeffrey Fergus	jwfergus@odu.edu
Executive Assistant to the Dean	VACANT
Assistant Dean for Maritime & Defense Initiatives	Anthony Dean	adean@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access	Stacie Ringleb	sringleb@odu.edu
Interim Associate Dean for Research & Innovation	Yuzhong Shen	yshen@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Undergraduate & Graduate Education	Jeffrey LaCombe	jlacombe@odu.edu
Chief of Staff and Executive Director of Strategic & Financial Operations	Romina Samson	rsamson@odu.edu
Director of Communications & Marketing	Sherry DiBari	sdibari@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Dean	Laura Delbrugge	ldelbrug@odu.edu
Executive Assistant to the Dean	Barbara Saunders	b1saunde@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies & Administration	Martha Daas	mdaas@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies, and Faculty Affairs	Dale Miller	demiller@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant & Office Specialist	Shara Weber	sweber@odu.edu
Director of Financial Operations	Keisha Ribbick	kriddick@odu.edu
Coordinator for Strategic Communication & Outreach Coordinator	Sam Mcdonald	spmcdona@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Dean	Gail Dodge	gdodge@odu.edu
Operations Manager & Assistant to the Dean	Gabriel Franke	mfranke@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs	Wayne Hynes	whynes@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies	Lesley Greene	lgreene@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Research	Jingdong Mao	jmao@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies	Josh Wallach	jwallach@odu.edu
Office Manager	Jacob Smeland	jsmeland@odu.edu
Director of Finance	Danielle Achterfeld	dachterf@odu.edu
Coordinator of Strategic Communications & Marketing Coordinator	Tiffany Whitfield	tlwhitfi@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Dean	Tammi Dice	tdice@odu.edu
Administrative Affairs & Operations Manager	Leteria Scott	lmscott@odu.edu
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Engagement	Jennifer Simmons	jmsimmon@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Educator Preparation & Assessment	Maggie Barber	mebarber@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Research	Petros Katsioloudis	pkatsiol@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant to the Associate Deans	Dorothea J. Harris-King	dharrisk@odu.edu
Director of Financial Operations	Patty Nelson	pnelson@odu.edu
Marketing Coordinator	Mindy Ayala-Diaz	mayaladi@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Dean and Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs	Bonnie Van Lunen	bvanlune@odu.edu
Operations Manager	Sarra Kennedy	s2kenned@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant	Nadine White	nswhite@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Education & Innovation	Barbara Kraj	bkraj@odu.edu
Associate Dean of Research & Innovation	Chris Rhea	crhea@odu.edu
Director of Financial Operations	Vacant
Coordinator of Strategy & Marketing	Erica Howell	ehhowell@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Interim Dean	Karen Karlowicz	kkarlowi@odu.edu
Executive Director of Faculty Development, Innovation, & Research	Carolyn Rutledge	crutledg@odu.edu
Fiscal Operations Specialist	Carolyn Norwood	cmnorwoo@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant & Nurse Anesthesia Program Coordinator	Stacy Rothwell	srothwel@odu.edu
Control Room and Budget Manager	Benny Olveira	bolveira@odu.edu
Executive & Public Relations Assistant	Linda Caulkins	lcaulkin@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Interim Dean	Shana Pribesh	spribesh@odu.edu
Associate Dean	Bryan Porter	bporter@odu.edu
Director of Administration & Academic Services	Missy Barber	mbarber@odu.edu
Director of Interdisciplinary Initiatives	Liz Smith	exsmith@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant	Liza Flores	lmflores@odu.edu
Fiscal Technician	Cathryn Janka	cjanka@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Interim Dean	Holly Handley	hhandley@odu.edu
Director, School of Cybersecurity	Daniel Takabi	dtakabi@odu.edu
Director, School of Supply Chain, Logistics, & Maritime Operations	Kuntal Bhattacharyya	kbhattach@odu.edu
Director, School of Data Science	Frank Liu	fliu@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Dean	Li-Wu Chen	lwchen@odu.edu
Interim Executive Assistant to Dean	Jeanné Burno	burnojl@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	Brian C. Martin	martinbc@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Outreach	Felecia Mebane	femebane@nsu.edu
Interim Operations Manager	Shirlwin E. Watkins	watkinse@odu.edu
Assistant to the Dean for Special Projects	Natalie Brogan	nbrogan@odu.edu
Director of Strategic Communication and Outreach	Amy Matzke-Fawcett	amatzkef@odu.edu
Director of Financial Operations	Carrie Duran	cduran@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Interim Dean	Shuntay Tarver	sztarver@odu.edu
Interim Associate Dean	Yusuke Yamani	yyamani@odu.edu
Executive Secretary	Tanya McCown	tmccown@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Interim Dean	Erika Marsillac	emarsill@odu.edu
Office & Event Manager	Tarsha Turner	tturner@odu.edu
Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Programs	Martin Goossen	mgoossen@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Academic Programs & Student Success	Elko Kiljn	eklijn@odu.edu
Associate Dean of Executive Programs & External Affairs	Kiran Karande	kkirande@odu.edu
Financial Manager	Carlisa Merritt	cmerritt@odu.edu
Financial Manager for Academic Departments	Stephanie Hawthorne	sehawtho@odu.edu
Marketing & Communication Director	Jordan-Ashley Walker	j4walker@odu.edu

TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
Dean	Timothy Hackman	thackman@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant	Brianna Soccio	bsoccio@odu.edu
Administrative Services Librarian & Assistant Dean of Libraries	Stuart Frazer	sfrazer@odu.edu
Budget Reconciliation Specialist	Hanh Do	htdo@odu.edu

Last Revised: June 26, 2023