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LEADERSHIP & FACULTY
BOA R D
O F
T R U S T E E S
*W. Tobin Cassels III
(2008)
Columbia, SC, President,
Southeastern Freight Lines
*Lyn Cook
(2009) Decatur, AL,
Businesswoman, Cook’s Pest
Control
Marion H. Davis
(2012) Chapin,
SC, Retired Businessman
Adrian T. Despres Jr.
(2001)
Columbia, SC, Evangelist,
Kingdom Building Ministries
Hans W. Finzel
(1994) Littleton,
CO, Consultant
Jennifer Gutwein
(2007) West
Lafayette, IN, Attorney
D. Gary Harlow
(2000)
Bethlehem, PA, Professor, Lehigh
University
Ross “Buddy” Lindsay
(2011)
Pawley’s Island, SC, Businessman
and Attorney
James H. Morgan
(2017),
Chairman, Covenant Capital
*J. Ronald Mullins
, Chair (2004)
Columbus, GA, Attorney, Page,
Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford
*Douglas J. Rutt
, (2004)
Jacksonville, FL, Pastor, Christian
Family Chapel
Marquis J. Ryan
(1992) Charlotte,
NC, President, Ryan, Geer &
Company, PA
Will Schafer
(2011) Augusta, GA,
Owner, Master Automotive
Chikong Shue
(2012) Andover,
MA, Retired Businessman
Marshall “Sonny” White
(2014),
Columbia, SC, Retired President,
Midlands Technical College
*Officers
Trustees Emeriti
Donald Bailey
, Woodstock, GA
Russell L. French,
Knoxville, TN
Ian M. Hay
, Sebring, FL
David C. Moreland
, Shellpoint, FL
Crawford Loritts
, Roswell, GA
Robert A. Norris,
Florence, SC
John W. P. Oliver
, Charlotte, NC
Jerry A. Rankin,
Clinton, MS
Marvin R. Schuster
, Columbus,
GA
Harold F. Weaver
, Columbia, SC
A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
The President’s Cabinet
Mark A. Smith,
President
Bill Jones,
Chancellor
James Lanpher,
Sr. Vice
President for Academic and
Student Affairs, Provost
Rob Hartman,
Chief Financial
Officer
Silvia Lucaschi-Decker,
Vice
President for Enrollment &
Marketing
Diane Mull,
Vice President for
Institutional Advancement &
University Communications
Michele Branch-Frappier
, Vice
President for Information
Technology
Keith Marion
, Vice President
Estate & Gift Planning
Brian Simmons
, Associate
Provost for Online Studies
Tony Fajardo
, Headmaster, Ben
Lippen School
Academic and Student Affairs
James Lanpher, Sr. Vice President
for Academic and Student Affairs,
Provost
Scott Adams, Professor of the
School of Business and
Professional Studies
Bryan Beyer, Dean of the College
of Arts & Sciences
Jennifer Booth, University
Registrar
Benjamin Bryan, Director of
Institutional Research and
Assessment
John Harvey, Dean of the
Seminary & School of Ministry
Connie Mitchell, Dean of the
College of Education
Brian Simmons, Associate Provost
for Online Studies
Ed Smither, Dean of the College of
Intercultural Studies
Cynthia Snell, Director of Fleece
Library
Rick Swift, Dean of Student Life
James Whitaker, Director of
Athletics
Finance
Rob Hartman,
Chief Financial
Officer
Shandra Brannon, Controller
Wes Brothers, Assistant Vice
President Student Financial
Services
Scott Deal, Director of Security
Patricia Hix, Director of Financial
Aid
Don Jones, Director of Human
Resources
Katie Lewis, Manager, Pineview
Apartments
Dave Magnuson, Director of
Physical Plant
Enrollment Management
Silvia Lucaschi-Decker, Vice
President for Enrollment &
Marketing
Scott Boyer, Graduate & Online
Recruitment
Amy VanHorn, Director
Undergraduate Admissions
Alumni and Development
Diane Mull, Vice President for
Institutional Advancement &
University Communications
Frank Bedell, Advancement Officer
for Financial Aid
Randy Halfacre, Community
Ambassador
Peggy Manoogian, Associate
Director Alumni Relations
Keith Marion, Vice President
Estate and Gift Planning
Niki McIntosh, Advancement
Officer for Community Relations
Bob Wenzel, Director of University
Communications