Past Planning Committees
2023
Co-Chairs:

Professor, College of Education

Executive Assistant III, Academic Affairs, Provost, VP
Committee Members:

Associate Director, Office of Leadership and Community Engagement

SGA

Administrative Assistant, Liberty Campus

Director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs

Associate Professor – College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Director, Office of Alumni Relations

Associate Vice President, Institutional Assessment & Accreditation

Associate Professor, Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing

Director of Communications for University Advancement and External Affairs

Assistant Director of Learning Technology Support

Executive Assistant, University Advancement, VP

Accounting Information Analyst Budget Office

AVP of Student Success

Registrar – Office of the Registrar

Associate Athletic Director, Business Operations

Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence & Chief Diversity Officer

Professor – College of Education

Head of Research Services & Librarian Professor
2021
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Patricia Holt
Professor, College of Education
Ava Edwards
Director, Office of Alumni Relations
Committee Members:
Dr. John Banter
Associate Director, Office of Leadership and Community Engagement
Alexis Belvin
SGA
Glendy Averheart
Administrative Assistant, Liberty Campus
Jeff Blythe
Executive Director of Auxiliary Administration
Takeshia Brown
Director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs
Dr. Maya Clark
Associate Professor, Waters College of Health Professions
Dr. Amy Clines
Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Dr. Delena Gatch
Associate Vice President, Institutional Assessment & Accreditation
Dr. Rami Haddad
Associate Professor, Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
Angela Harn
Director of Communications for University Advancement and External Affairs
Sandy Hart
Assistant Director of Learning Technology Support
Lauren Jackson-White
Executive Assistant, University Advancement, VP
Jeffrey Mortimore
Library General Operations
Sandra Parker
Special Assistant to the Provost
Haley Prewett
Associate Athletic Director, Business Operations
Trina Smith
Executive Assistant III, Academic Affairs, Provost, VP
2020
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Helen Bland
Professor, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Ava Edwards
Director, Office of Alumni Relations
Committee Members:
Dr. John Banter
Associate Director, Office of Leadership and Community Engagement
Jeff Blythe
Executive Director of Auxiliary Administration
Sonya Chance
Director, IT Service & Delivery
Dr. Maya Clark
Associate Professor, Waters College of Health Professions
Dr. Amy Clines
Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Dr. Ashley Walker Colquitt
Dean, Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies
Dr. Rami Haddad
Associate Professor, Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
Angela Harn
(Ex Officio) Communications Officer
Larry Mays
Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs
Julissa Ortiz
Admissions Counselor, Liberty Campus
Sandra Parker
Special Assistant to the Provost
Dr. Jonathan Roberts
Professor of Psychology, Honors College
Matthew Watson
Graduate Student
Dr. Tajuan Wilson
AVP and Chief Diversity Officer, Office of Inclusive Excellence
2018 and 2019

Co-Chairs:
Dr. Helen Bland
Professor, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Julie Gerbsch
Executive Director of Development
Committee Members:
Ashlea Anderson
Executive Director of IT Service & Delivery
Tabitha Atmore West
Business Manager for Academic Affairs
Rebecca Carroll
Associate Vice President of Human Resources
Kelsey Elam
Graduate Student, College of Arts & Humanities
Dr. Brent Feske
Associate Dean, College of Science and Mathematics
Tobe Frierson
Assoc. Director of Admissions for Armstrong & Liberty Campuses
Dr. Andrew Hansen
Associate Professor, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Angela Harn
(Ex Officio) Communications Officer
Dorothy Kempson
Director, Liberty Campus
Dr. Bridget Melton
Professor, Waters College of Health Professions
Dr. Marcus Mitchell
Lecturer, College of Arts & Humanities
Alisha Tolbert
Undergraduate Student, Parker College of Business
Maliece Whatley
Senior Lecturer, Parker College of Business
Mark Whitesel
Associate Dean of Student Advocacy
Last updated: 2/27/2024
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