Who We Are

Alan Grant

Academic Dean for Agriculture and Life Sciences
CALS Administration (0402)
Phone: 540-231-4152
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Serves the people of the Commonwealth and beyond by enhancing the vitality and sustainability of agriculture, revitalizing rural families and communities, improving human and animal health and nutrition, and enhancing the quality of our environment.

Richard Blythe

Academic Dean for Architecture and Urban Studies
Architecture (0205)
Phone: 540-231-6416
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Understand, through acts of creation, design, construction, and analysis, the forces that give meaning and value to the built environments that shape our lives.

Robert Sumichrast

Academic Dean for Business
Business (0209)
Phone: 540-231-6601
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Emphasizes technology and analysis that improve business, entrepreneurship that leads to innovation and innovative companies, international opportunities for learning and research, and an inclusive, collaborative community.

Julia Ross

Academic Dean for Engineering
Engineering (0217)
Phone: 540-231-9752
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Pushes the boundaries beyond classroom learned knowledge by applying a hands-on, multidisciplinary approach to preparing students to be highly recruitable problem solvers and leaders.

Paul Knox

Dean for the Honors College
Honors College (0427)
Phone: 540-231-4591
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Inspire and facilitate an extraordinary undergraduate education for students of exceptional motivation with a variety of life experiences. The Honors College provides opportunities and presents challenges that foster meaningful and sustained relationships with faculty, independent learning, undergraduate research engagement, place-based and problem-focused experiences, and intellectual engagement in global contexts.

Rosemary Blieszner

Academic Dean for Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
CLAHS OOD Operations (0426)
Phone: 540-231-6779
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Combines the liberal arts’ passion for exploration with a land grant institution’s sense of civic engagement and the technology of a top public research university.

Paul Winistorfer

Academic Dean for Natural Resources and Environment
College of Natural Resources Environment (0320)
Phone: 540-231-5481
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Builds upon existing strengths to become an innovative leader in environmental and natural resource science, discovering and sharing the knowledge needed to sustainably manage our resources for future generations.

Sally Morton

Academic Dean for Science
Dean of Science (0405)
Phone: 540-231-5422
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Applies fundamental scientific principles to pursue questions beyond the boundaries of traditional disciplines and established knowledge to promote healthy people, strong communities, and a sustainable planet.

Tyler Walters

Academic Dean for University Libraries
Library (0434)
Phone: 540-231-5595
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Provides access to a plethora of resources in varying disciplines; and fosters innovation, discovery, creativity, and collaboration through spaces, technology, services, and people.

Gregory Daniel

Interim Academic Dean for Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine (0442)
Phone: 540-231-4621
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Protects and enhances animal, human, and environmental health and welfare through the education of a diverse population of professional and post-graduate students in preparation for careers in the broad areas of veterinary medicine, biomedical sciences, and public health.

Cynda Johnson

Academic Dean for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
VTC School of Medicine (0807)
Phone: 540-526-2559
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The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine—a unique partnership between a public research university (Virginia Tech) and a private health care provider (Carilion Clinic)—is a fully accredited, four-year medical school.

Karen DePauw

Academic Vice President for Graduate Education
Graduate School (0325)
Phone: 540-231-7581
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Has responsibility and budgetary authority over all operations of a centralized Graduate School, and also advises several graduate students organizations.

Michael Friedlander

Academic Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology
VTCRI Friedlander Lab (0801)
Phone: 540-526-2013
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Grows the partnership with Carilion Clinic and capitalize on the health care-related resources and activities at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and other colleges and research institutes.

Steven McKnight

Academic Vice President for National Capital Region
900 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 571-858-3000
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Develops and implements strategic directions for the National Capital Region, improving coordination of services and operations across multiple locations within the region, enhancing the visibility and presence of Virginia Tech and its programs in the National Capital Region.

Guru Ghosh

Academic Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs
Outreach International Affairs Admin (0265)
Phone: 540-231-3205
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Leads the university's efforts to be fully engaged with society, here and around the world; facilitates the exchange of knowledge that benefits both the university and society; and helps faculty disseminate research results and assisting communities, business, nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, and governments in working with faculty to solve real-world societal, natural resource, and other problems through research.

Patricia Perillo

Academic Vice President for Student Affairs
VP Student Affairs - Admin. (0250)
Phone: 540-231-6272
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Promotes students’ academic success, personal growth, and development of life skills; and creates environments, programs, and services that support the university’s “teaching and learning” focus and its mission to “expand personal growth and opportunity, advance social and community development, foster economic competitiveness, and improve the quality of life."

Ken Smith

Vice Provost for Academic Resource Management
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-1807
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Oversees the university's academic budget, manages academic space, provides data and services for assessment and evaluation, and monitors implementation of the university's strategic plan.

Jeff Earley

Associate Vice Provost for Finance
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-6905
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R. Thulasi Kumar

Associate Vice Provost for Academic Decision Support

Van Coble

Assistant Provost for Academic Space
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-4380
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Luisa Havens Gerardo

Vice Provost for Enrollment Management
North End Center, Suite 3500 (0392)
Phone: 540-231-4623
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Assists in the recruitment, admission, enrollment, and academic scheduling of our students, while aligning resources to enhance the quality and diversity of the student body. Key offices include Undergraduate Admissions, University Scholarships and Financial Aid, University Registrar, Summer and Winter Sessions, and Degree Development and Support.

Juan Espinoza

Interim Director for Undergraduate Admissions
925 Prices Fork Road (0202)
Phone: 540-231-6267

Karen Eley Sanders

Associate Vice Provost for College Access
College Access Collaborative (0543)
207 West Roanoke Street
Phone: 540-231-4925

• Pre-college and Pipeline Initiatives

Rick Sparks

University Registrar and Associate Vice Provost for Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness
Student Services Building, Suite 250 (0134)
800 Washington Street, SW
Phone: 540-231-7951

Elizabeth Armstrong

Director for University Scholarships and Financial Aid
Student Services Building, Suite 200 (0222)
800 Washington Street, SW
Phone: 540-231-7197

Jack Finney

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-6122
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Leads initiatives to promote the hiring of outstanding and diverse faculty members; the development, implementation, and interpretation of faculty policies; the promotion and tenure process; and academic leadership development programs.

Ellen Plummer

Associate Vice Provost for Academic Administration
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-9595
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• Women's Center
• Work-life Liaisons
  
• Support for the Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Visitors
• Mentoring Project for New Faculty Members
• Faculty Handbook

Sylvester Johnson

Assistant Vice Provost for Humanities
Center for Humanities (0227)
Phone: 540-231-9120
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Peggy Layne

Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Director for AdvanceVT
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-9948
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• Electronic Faculty Activity Reporting System
  

Rachel Gabriele

Assistant Provost for Faculty Initiatives and Policies
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-4508

• Support for the Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Visitors
• Work-life Liaisons
  
• Mentoring Project for New Faculty Members
• Faculty Writing Group Grants
• Faculty Writing Retreats
• Emeritus/Emerita  Status
  
• Endowed Chairs, Professorships, and/or Fellowships
• Faculty Study-Research and Research Assignment Leaves
• Voluntary Transitional Retirement Program

Amy Hogan

Assistant Provost for Leadership Initiatives
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-3273
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• Academic leadership programs
• Administrator periodic reviews
• Provost office metrics
• Senior administrator searches

Menah Pratt-Clarke

Vice President for Diversity, Inclusion, and Strategic Affairs
336 Burruss Hall (0216)
Phone: 540-231-7500
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Leads and coordinates Virginia Tech’s distributed model of inclusion and diversity. Also advises university leadership on policies, programs, services, and current issues that shape and impact the university’s progress on inclusion and diversity.

Mercedes Ramírez Fernández

Associate Vice Provost for Strategic Affairs and Diversity
336 Burruss Hall (0216)
800 Drillfield Drive
Phone: 540-231-6208

• Undergraduate and Graduate Students
• Curriculum
• Climate

Marcy Schnitzer

Assistant Provost for Diversity and Strategic Planning
336 Burruss Hall (0216)
800 Drillfield Drive
Phone: 540-231-3811

• Faculty
• Strategic Planning
• Research

Michele Deramo

Assistant Provost for Diversity Education and Programs
336 Burruss Hall (0216)
800 Drillfield Drive
Phone: 540-231-7500

• Training
• Education Programs

Don Taylor

Vice Provost for Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness
330 Burruss Hall
Phone: 540-231-7028
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Oversees efforts to connect undergraduate and graduate student success with external organizations and employers and develop new and innovative ways to deliver curriculum across all university units.

Catherine Amelink

Assistant Vice Provost for Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness
North End 460 (0217)
Phone: 540-231-4051

Rick Sparks

Associate Vice Provost for Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness and University Registrar
Student Services Building, Suite 250 (0134)
800 Washington Street, SW
Phone: 540-231-7951

C. Noel Byrd

Associate Vice Provost for Degree Innovation and SCHEV Compliance
330 Burruss Hall (0132)
Phone: 540-231-7548

• SCHEV Compliance
  
• Degree Innovation

Kristen Bush

Assistant Provost for Regional Accreditation
(0493)
Phone: 540- 231-1796
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Donna Cassell Ratcliffe

Director for Career and Professional Development
Smith Career Center (0128)
870 Washington Street, SW
Phone: 540-231-8077

Ruth Waalkes

Associate Provost for the Arts, and Executive Director for Moss Arts Center
190 Alumni Mall (0916)
Phone: 540-231-0844
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Sets strategic direction and creates programmatic priorities for university level arts initiatives, and leads the overall development, artistic programming, and operations of the Moss Arts Center.

David Guerin

Associate Vice Provost for Communications
123C Burruss Hall
Phone: 540-231-0871
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Implements communications strategies and tactics relevant to graduate and undergraduate recruitment, faculty recruitment, inclusion and diversity, outreach and international affairs, student life, and university initiatives related to Destination Areas and the National Capital Region.

Benjamin Knapp

Director for the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
Mail code (0916)
Phone: 540-231-1911
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An organization of individuals, teams, and communities that create, innovate, and inspire without regard for discipline boundaries or limitations.