Deans & Administrative Staff

2025-2026

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
Chief of Staff & 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 Dale Miller demiller@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 Research and Faculty Affairs Eric Walters ewalters@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 Maggie Barber mebarber@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Research Petros Katsioloudis pkatsiol@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships Jamie Colwell jcolwell@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant to the Associate Deans Dorothea J. Harris-King dharrisk@odu.edu
Director of Financial Operations Walter Anderson weanders@odu.edu
Marketing Coordinator Mindy Ayala-Diaz mayaladi@odu.edu

TITLE NAME EMAIL
Dean and Senior Associate Vice President of Academic Innovation Bonnie Van Lunen bvanlune@odu.edu
Operations Manager VACANT  
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
Dean Rene Love rlove@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
Dean Marisol Perez mplamar@odu.edu
Assistant Dean Terainer Brown brown@odu.edu 
Director, Interdisciplinary Initiatives Liz Smith exsmith@odu.edu
Director, Office of International Collaborations Patricia Schiaffini Vedani pschiaff@odu.edu
Director, English Language Center Laura Ray lray@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 ´³±ð²¹²Ô²Ôé&²Ô²ú²õ±è;µþ³Ü°ù²Ô´Ç 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 Accreditation Stephanie Ewers sewers@odu.edu
Director of Strategic Communication and Outreach Amy Matzke-Fawcett amatzkef@odu.edu
Director of Financial Operations Carrie Duran cduran@odu.edu
Director of Strategic Communications and Outreach Amy Matzke-Fawcett amatzkef@odu.edu

TITLE NAME EMAIL
Dean Zaryab Iqbal ziqbal@odu.edu
Associate Dean VACANT  
Executive Secretary Tanya McCown tmccown@odu.edu
Director, Honors Academic Success Ethan Ross eross@odu.edu

TITLE NAME EMAIL
Dean Erika Marsillac emarsill@odu.edu
Executive Assistant to the Dean and Office & Event Manager Tarsha Turner tturner@odu.edu
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs Martin Goossen mgoossen@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Academic Programs & Student Success Elko Kiljn eklijn@odu.edu 
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Yuping Liu-Thompkins yxxliu@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 Frazer  sfrazer@odu.edu
Budget Reconciliation Specialist Hanh Do htdo@odu.edu

Last revised Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Maite Wilson.

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