Deans & Administrative Staff

2024-2025

TITLE NAME EMAIL
Dean Jeffrey Fergus jwfergus@odu.edu
Executive Assistant to the Dean Renata Pulcherio Mcintyre rpulcher@odu.edu
Assistant Dean for Maritime & Defense Initiatives Anthony Dean adean@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Student Engagement 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
Director of Financial Operations VACANT Ìý
Director of Communications & Marketing Sherry DiBari sdibari@odu.edu

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TITLE NAME EMAIL

Dean

Laura Delbrugge

ldelbrug@odu.edu

Executive Assistant to the DeanÌý Barbara Saunders b1saunde@odu.edu

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies & Administration

Martha Daas

mdaas@odu.edu

Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies

Dale Miller

demiller@odu.edu
Administrative AssistantÌý& Office Specialist Shara Weber sweber@odu.edu

Director of Financial Operations

Keisha Riddick

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

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

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 VACANT Ìý

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
Administrative Assistant Lauren Larese lmkelley@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

Pedro Santiago

pasantia@odu.edu

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

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 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 JeannéÌýBurno burnojl@odu.edu
Assistant to the Dean for Special Projects Natalie Brogan nbrogan@odu.edu
Interim Operations Manager Shirlwin E. Watkins watkinse@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
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
Associate Dean VACANT Ìý

Executive Secretary

Tanya McCown

tmccown@odu.edu

TITLE NAME EMAIL

Dean

Erika Marsillac

emarsill@odu.edu

Executive Assistant to the Dean, 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.eduÌý

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

Library Business Manager Kristi Airington kairingt@odu.edu
Administrative Services Librarian & Assistant Dean of Libraries Stuart FrazerÌý sfrazer@odu.edu

Budget Reconciliation Specialist

Hanh Do

htdo@odu.edu

Last revised Thursday, March 27, 2025
Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent toÌýMaite Wilson.