Deans & Administrative Staff

Last revised April 6, 2026
Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Maite Wilson.

Division of Academic Affairs

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 
Associate Dean for Research & Innovation Abdolhossein Sarrafzadeh asarrafz@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 & Faculty Affairs Dale Miller demiller@odu.edu
Assistant Dean of Student Success & Academic Excellence Tanisha Bradley tbradley@odu.edu 
Director of Financial Operations Keisha Ribbick kriddick@odu.edu
Coordinator for Strategic Communication & Outreach  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 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  VACANT VACANT

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 VACANT VACANT
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 Ryan Tomberlin rtomberl@odu.edu
Marketing Coordinator Mindy Ayala-Diaz mayaladi@odu.edu 

Title Name Email
Interim Dean Holly Handley hhandley@odu.edu
Operation Manager  Stephanie Hawthorne  sehawtho@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 Zaryab Iqbal ziqbal@odu.edu
Executive Assistant to the Dean John Foust jfoust@odu.edu
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs David Gauthier dgauthie@odu.edu 
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Sampath Jayarathna ujayarat@odu.edu 
Coordinator for Academic Services Erin Suit suitel@odu.edu 
Coordinator for Outreach & Admission Emily Harmon  eharmon@odu.edu 
Coordinator for Student Programs Terrance Maynard tmaynard@odu.edu  

Title Name Email
Dean Erika Marsillac emarsill@odu.edu
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 & Faculty  Yuping Liu-Thompkins yxxliu@odu.edu
Financial Manager Carlisa Merritt cmerritt@odu.edu
Marketing & Communication Director  Jordan-Ashley Walker j4walker@odu.edu 

Title Name Email
Interim Dean Elizabeth Burns  eburns@odu.edu 
Administrative Assistant Brianna Soccio bsoccio@odu.edu
Administrative Services Librarian & Assistant Dean of Libraries Stuart Frazer  sfrazer@odu.edu
Library Business Manager Kristi Airington kairingt@odu.edu  

Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences

Title Name Email
Dean  Judette Louis  jlouis@odu.edu 
Chief of Staff  Kaitlin P. Brandt kbrandt@odu.edu 
Vice Dean, Academic Affairs  Ronald Flenner flennerw@odu.edu 
Vice Dean, Graduate Medical Education  Joshua Sill silljm@odu.edu 
Senior Executive Assistant Tracy Morton Martin mortontl@odu.edu 

Title Name Email
Dean and Senior Associate Vice President of Academic Innovation Bonnie Van Lunen bvanlune@odu.edu
Operations Manager Lauren Larese lmkelley@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 Pedro Santiago pasantia@odu.edu
Coordinator of Strategy & Marketing Erica Howell ehhowell@odu.edu 

Title Name Email
Dean Rene Love rlove@odu.edu
Associate Dean  Brittany Hay  bhay@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant & Nurse Anesthesia Program Coordinator Stacy Rothwell srothwel@odu.edu
Control Room & Budget Manager Benny Olveira bolveira@odu.edu
Fiscal Budget Manager Selina Connor sconnor@odu.edu  

Title Name Email
Senior Associate Vice President and Dean C. Donald Combs combscd@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Administration Brielle E. Ashley ashleybe@odu.edu
Department Administrator II  Margaret (Maggie) Coher coherme@odu.edu 
Executive Secretary Thalia Pol polt@odu.edu    

Title Name Email
Dean Li-Wu Chen lwchen@odu.edu
Interim Executive Assistant to Dean Jeanné Burno burnojl@odu.edu
Interim Operations Manager Shirlwin E. Watkins watkinse@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Administration Brian C. Martin martinbc@odu.edu
Associate Dean for Community Engagement & Outreach Felecia Mebane femebane@nsu.edu
Associate Dean for Research  Gerald Poplin  gpoplin@odu.edu
Director of Accreditation Stephanie Ewers sewers@odu.edu
Director of Financial Operations Carrie Duran cduran@odu.edu
Director of Strategic Communication & Outreach Amy Matzke-Fawcett amatzkef@odu.edu