Administrative Divisions

President's Division

Lyle D. Roelofs, Ph.D.

President

B.S.,Calvin College, 1975;

M.S., Drew University of Maryland, 1978;

Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1980.

Berea, 2012

 

Vice President for Alumni and Development - Interim Leadership Team

    Joanne Singh

    Associate V.P. for Development

    B.S., Westfield State College, 1979;

    M.A. Smith College, 1989

    Berea, 2003

 

    Dianne Kerby

    Director of Alumni Relations

    B.S., Berea College, 1975

    Berea, 2013

 

    J. Morgan

    Publication and Project Manager

    B.A., Berea College, 1991;

    M.A., University of Kentucky, 1994;

    Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004

    Berea, 2013.

    

Kevin Blankenship, MBA

Interim, Chief Information Officer

B.A., Western Kentucky University, 1998;

M.B.A., Moorhead State, 2005;

Berea, 2005

Gail E. Bowman, J.D., M.Div.

Director of the Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Campus Christian Center & Chaplain

B.A., University of Iowa, 1974;

J.D., Harvard Law School, 1977;

M.Div., Howard University, 1987.

Berea, 2012

Mark R. Cartmill, M.A.

Director of Athletics and Seabury Center

B.S., St. Lawrence University, 1975

M.A., Western Carolina University, 1983.

Berea, 2008

David Cooke, M.S.

Director of the Appalachian Fund;

Program Coordinator of Entrepreneurship for the Public Good

B.S., Berea College, 1982;

M.S., West Virginia University, 2003.

Berea, 2005

Dreama Gentry, J.D.

Director of Externally Funded Programs

B.A., Berea College, 1989;

J.D., University of Kentucky, 1992.

Berea, 1993

Judith Weckman, M.S.

Director of Institutional Research and Assessment

B.S., University of Kentucky, 1978;

M.S., University of Kentucky, 1982

M.S. Eastern Kentucky University, 1999.

Berea, 1994

Judge B. Wilson II, J.D.

General Counsel and Secretary of the College

B.A., Berea College, 1978;

J.D., University of Kentucky, 1981.

Berea, 2001

Financial Affairs Division

Jeffrey Amburgey, M.S.

Vice President for Finance

B.B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1982;

M.S., University of Kentucky, 1984.

Berea, 1994

 

Aurelia L. Brandenburg, C.P.S.M., C.P.M., B.S.

Purchasing Manager

B.S., Berea College, 1983

Certified Purchasing Manager, 1999

Certified Professional in Supply Management.

Berea, 2000

 

Sara Clements, C.P.A.

Assistant Controller

B.B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 2008.

Berea, 2011

 

Erin Ferrell

Director of People Services

BSBA, Indiana Wesleyan University, 1992

MBA, Indiana Institute of Technology, 2003

Berea, 2013

 

Alane Poff, B.S.

Bursar/Lead Accountant, Financial Affairs

B.S., Berea College, 1993.

Berea, 1993

 

David Wilkerson, C.P.A., M.B.A.

Controller, Financial Affairs

B.S., University of Kentucky 1986;

M.B.A, Vanderbilt University, 1988;

Certified Public Accountant

Berea, 2005

Academic Division

Chad Berry, Ph.D.

Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty

Goode Professor of Appalachian Studies; 

Professor of History

B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1986;

M.A., Western Kentucky University, 1988;

Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1995.

Berea, 2006

James Atkinson, M.S.

Director of Career Development

B.A., Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1991;

M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2000.

Berea, 2011

Wanda K. Burch, M.Ed.

Registrar

B.A., Columbia International University, 1999;

M.Ed., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 2005.

Berea, 2010

Richard Cahill, Ph.D.

Director of International Education;

Associate Professor of History

B.A., Westmont College, 1988;

M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990;

Ph.D., 1996.

Berea, 2005

Mark R. Cartmill, M.A.

Director of Athletics and Seabury Center

B.S., St. Lawrence University, 1975

M.A., Western Carolina University, 1983.

Berea, 2008

Wilma Chambers, B.A.

Director of Child Development Laboratory

B.A., Berea College, 1991.

Berea, 2004

Anne Chase, M.L.S.

Director of Library Services;

Associate Professor of Library Science

B.A., University of Louisville, 1981;

M.L.S., Indiana University, 1982.

Berea, 1995

Ashley Cochrane, M.S.

Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service

B.A., University of Virginia, 1995;

M.S. University of Kentucky, 2001.

Berea, 2003

Chris Green, Ph.D.

Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center;

Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies

B.A, University of Kentucky, 1991; 

MFA, Indiana University, 1996;

M.S., 1998; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004.

Berea, 2012

Luke Hodson, M.A.

Director of Admissions

B.S., Berea College, 2002.

M.A., Union College, 2007.

Berea, 2005

Monica Jones, M.A.

Director of the Black Cultural Center

B.A., Ohio University,1991; M.A., 2004.

Berea, 2012

Chris Lakes, M.S.

Director of First-Year Programs; 

Assistant Director of Academic Services

B.A., Berea College, 1999; 

M.S., University of Tennessee, 2001.

Berea, 2001

Esther Livingston, M.S.

Director of Internships

B.A., Midway College, 2001;

M.S., University of Kentucky, 2006.

Berea, 2011

Nancy Melton, M.A.

Director of Student Financial Aid Services

B.A., Berea College, 1972;

M.A., Morehead State University, 1979.

Berea, 2009

 

Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Transformative Learning;

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

B.A., Hope College, 1983

M.A., Indiana University, 1988, Ph.D.; 1999

Berea, 2012

Curtis T. Sandberg, M.S., M.P.A.

Director of Academic Services

B.S., University of Wyoming, 1992,

M.S., 1995; M.P.A., 2001.

Berea, 2007

Robert J. Smith, Ph.D

Director of Academic Assessment;

Associate Professor of Psychology

B.S., University of Arizona, 1997;

M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999; Ph.D., 2003.

Berea, 2003

Scott R. Steele, Ph.D.

Dean of Curriculum and Student Learning;

Associate Professor of Economics

B.A., Texas Christian University, 1990;

M.A., Texas A & M University, 1992; M.S., 1993;

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.

Berea, 2002

Linda Strong-Leek, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs;

Professor of Women’s Studies and General Studies

B.A., North Carolina Central University, 1988;

M.A., 1990; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1994.

Berea, 2002

Alicestyne Turley, Ph.D.

Director of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education;

Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies

B.A., Georgetown College, 1994; 

MPA, Mississippi State University, 1996; 

M.A., University of Kentucky, 2000, Ph.D., 2009.

Berea, 2012

Labor and Student Life Division

Virgil M. Burnside, M.P.A.

Vice President for Labor and Student Life

B.A., Berea College, 1974;

M.P.A., University of Kentucky, 1992.

Berea, 1980

Gus Gerassimides, M.S.

Assistant Vice President for Student Life

B.S., Berea College, 1983;

M.S., Indiana University, 1993.

Berea, 1986-89; 1990

V. Lavoyed Hudgins, B.A.

Director of Public Safety

B.A., Liberty University, 1993

Berea, 2010

Sue Reimondo, Ph.D., L.P.C.C.

Director of Counseling and Disability Services

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1981;

M.S., Colorado State University, 1994; Ph.D., 1997.

Berea, 2002

David K. Tipton, M.S.

Dean of Labor

B.S., Eastern Kentucky, 1974; B.S., 1977;

M.S., University of Kentucky, 1994.

Berea, 2004

Alumni and College Relations Division

Vice-President for Alumni and Development - Interim Leadership Team 

    Joanne Singh, M.A.

    Associate Vice President for Development

    B.S., Westfield State College, 1979;

    M.A., Smith College, 1989

    Berea, 2003

 

    Diane Kerby

    Director of Alumni Relations

    B.S., Berea College, 1975

    Berea, 2013

 

    J. Morgan

    Publication and Project Manager

    B.A., Berea College, 1991

    M.A., University of Kentucky, 1994;

    Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004

    Berea, 2013

Dorothy Ruble, B.S.

Director of Advancement Services

B.S., Berea College, 1981.

Berea, 1991

Amy Shehee, B.S.

Director of Gift Planning

B.S., Berea College, 1991;

J.D., University of Tennessee, 1994.

Berea, 2006

 

Operations and Sustainability Division

Derrick Singleton, M.B.A.

Vice President, Operations and Sustainability

B.S. Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, 1987

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1994

Executive M.B.A., Sullivan University, 2006

Berea, 2011

 

Melvin Cooper, M.S.

Director of Printing Services

A.S. Eastern Kentucky University, 1979;

B.S., 1981; M.S., 1982.

Berea, 1996

 

Tim Glotzbach, M.F.A.

Director of Student Crafts

B.S. Indiana State University;

M.F.A. Jewelry Metalsmithing, Southern Illinois University.

Berea, 2007

 

Leslie Kaylor, M.P.A.

Director of Environmental Health and Safety

B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1977; M.P.A., 1987.

Berea, 2002

Wayne Orr, M.B.A.

Director, Facilities Management

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1979.

Executive M.B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1990.

Berea, 2012

Clint Patterson, B.S.

Berea College Forester

B.S. Forestry, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1992

Berea, 2010

 

Joan Pauly, A.B.J.

Sustainability Coordinator

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Georgia, 1980
Berea, 2013

Richard Smith, M.B.A.

Continuous Improvement Manager

B.S. in Psychology, Albright College, 1972.

M.B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1997.

Berea, 2013.