Board of Trustees

The Metropolitan State College of Denver is governed by a Board of Trustees. The members are appointed by the Governor of Colorado. Please contact the Office of the President, MSCD, for a list of the Trustees.

METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER

Office of the President

President, Sheila Kaplan, Ph.D.
General Counsel, Lee Combs, J.D.
Executive Assistant to the President, Teri Bokn, B.S.
Executive Director, Equal Opportunity, Percy A. Morehouse, Jr., Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cheryl J. Norton, Ed.D.
Vice President for Executive Operations and Planningm Gay Cook, M.A.
Vice President for Administration and Finance (Interim), Michael W. Barnett, M.B.A.
Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Carolyn M. Schaefer Wollard, B.A.
Vice President for Student Services, Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, M.P.A.
Vice Pres. Information Technology/Chief Information Officer (Interim), Marilou Jarvis, Ph.D.

Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cheryl J. Norton, Ed.D.
Director of Advising, Lisa Ransdell, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Personnel, David Conde, Ph.D.
Director of Institute for International and Intercultural Education, Akbarali Thobhani, Ph.D.
Director of the Academy for Teaching Excellence, Karen Krupar, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Curriculum and Programs, Frieda K. Holley, Ph.D.
Director of Cooperative Education Program, Susan Lanman, Ph.D.
Director of Center for Individualized Learning, Maureen Lancaster, Ed.D.
Director of Honors Program, Adolph Grundman, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Online Education (Interim), Katherine Saltzman, Ed.D.
Director of Metro Education Ventures, Carol Svendsen, M.A.
Director of Instructional Technology, Charles Hathaway, M.S.
Director of Sponsored Programs, Betsy Zeller, Ph.D.

Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance

Vice President for Administration and Finance (Interim), Michael W. Barnett, M.B.A.
Associate Vice President for Finance, Tim L. Greene, M.P.A.
Director of Accounting Services, George Middlemist, M.S.B.A.
Director of Student Accounts and Business Services, Bruce Williams, M.B.A.
Executive Director of Human Resources, Linda Daubers, M.S.
Director of Institutional Research, Paul Wilken, Ph.D.
Director of Budgets, Natalie K. Lutes, B.S.
Athletic Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Joan McDermott, Ed.D.

Office of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Carolyn M. Schaefer Wollard, B.A.
Assistant Vice President for Communications and Media Relations, Vacant
Assistant Vice President for Development, Mary Konrad Feller, M.A.
Director of Alumni Relations/Executive Director of Alumni Assoc., Cherrelyn Napue, B.A.
Director of Communications, Catherine B. Lucas, B.A.
Director of Development, Brenda W. Byrne, B.A.
Director of Development, Aleah Horstman, M.S.S.A.
Director of Development, Research Laura A. Cline, M.S.
Director of Grants, Barbara J. Gregg, B.A.
Director of Creative Services, Ron Lambert, B.F.A.
Director of Marketing, Jacque Williams, B.A.
Director of the Center for the Visual Arts, Vacant

Office of the Vice President for Information Technology

Vice Pres. Information Technology/Chief Information Officer (Interim), Marilou Jarvis, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Information Technology, Jay Martin, M.P.A.
Executive Director for Application Services & Customer Support, Lynn Denzin, M.Ed.
Director of Information Technology Administration, Yvonne Flood, B.A.
Director of Technology Training, Denise Schuette, B.A.

Office of the Vice President for Student Services

Vice President for Student Services, Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, M.P.A.
Assist. Vice President for Student Svcs./Student ADA Coordinator, Kelly Espinoza, M.A.
Assistant to the Vice President for Retention Projects, Kate B. Lutrey, B.A.
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Systems, Vacant
Director of Admissions, William Hathaway-Clark, M.A.
Director of Assessment and Testing (Interim), Paul Myskiw, B.A.
Registrar, Thomas R. Gray, M.S.
Director of Career Services, Ron Lujan, B.S.
Coordinator of Tutoring, Jaunita Cook, B.S.
Director of Combined Computer Access Center, LaVerne Donelson, M.S.
Director of Financial Aid, Cindy Hejl, B.S.
Director IMS/ESL, Patti Lohman, M.A.
Director of High School Upward Bound, Charles Maldonado, M.P.A.
Director of GLBT Student Services, Karen Bensen, M.S.W.
Director of the Veterans Upward Bound Program, Leroy Chavez, B.A.
Coordinator of Summer Bridge, Donelyn James, B.A.
Director of Student Intervention Services, Betty Vette, B.A.
Director of New Student Orientation, Kimberly Clark, M.S.
Director of Transfer Center, Nancy Breckel, M.A.
Director of the Student Support Services Program, Patricia Trotman, M.A.
Associate Vice President Student Services/Dean of Student Life, Karen Raforth, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean of Student Life (Interim), Joanna Duenas, M.S.
Student Judicial Officer, Elyse Yamauchi, M.A.
Director of Campus Recreation, Tony Price, B.S.
Director of the Counseling Center, Gail Bruce-Sanford, Ph.D.
Director of Student Activities, Zav Dadabhoy, M.A.
Director of the Student Finance Resource Center, Arliss Sunderwirth Webster, M.A.
Director of Health Center at Auraria, Steve Monaco, M.A.
Director of Student Legal Services, Christian Rataj, J.D.
Director of Student Publications, Doug Conarroe, B.S.

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS

School of Business
Dean, James W. Robertson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, John R. Landry, Ph.D.
Department Chairs
Accounting, Virginia Parker, Ph.D.
Computer Information Systems, Abel Moreno, Ph.D.
Economics, John Cochran, Ph.D.
Finance, Kenneth Huggins, Ph.D.
Management, Robert Breitenbach, J.D.,Ph.D.
Marketing, Charles Vitaska, Ph.D.
Director of the Small Business Institute, Kenneth Huggins, Ph.D.
Coordinator, World Trade Center International Education Services, Vacant

School of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Dean, Joan M.C. Foster, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Interim), Clare Hays, D.V.M.
Assistant Dean,Vacant
Department Chairs
African American Studies, C.J. White, Ph.D.
Art, Greg Watts, M.F.A.
Biology, James Platt, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Gerhard Lind, Ph.D.
Chicano Studies, Luis Torres, Ph.D.
Communication Arts and Sciences, Kenn Bisio, M.F.A.
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Kenneth Engelbrecht, Ph.D.
English, William T. Hamilton, Ph.D.
History, Stephen J. Leonard, Ph.D.
Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Charlotte Murphy, Ph.D.
Modern Languages, Elizabeth Ordoñez, Ph.D.
Music, Larry Worster, Ph.D.
Philosophy, Timothy Gould, Ph.D.
Physics, Sidney A. Freudenstein, Ph.D.
Political Science, Robert Hazan, Ph.D.
Psychology, Lyn Wickelgren, Ph.D.
Social Work, Virginia Cruz, Ph.D.
Sociology and Anthropology, Kenneth M. Keller, Ph.D.
Director of the Institute for Women’s Studies and Services, Jodi Wetzel, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Environmental Education, Larry S. Johnson, Ph.D.
Director of the English Composition Program, Joan R. Griffin, Ph.D.
Director of the Family Center, Virginia Cruz, Ph.D.
Director of the First Year Program, Renee Ruderman, M.A.
Director of the Writing Center, Jackie Swensson, Ph.D.

School of Professional Studies

Dean (Interim), J. Michael Faragher, Psy.D.
Associate Dean of Education, Barbara Baker, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Interim), Sandra Haynes, Ph.D.
Department Chairs
Aerospace Science, Jeff Forrest, M.S.
Criminal Justice and Criminology, Joseph G. Sandoval, J.D.
Engineering Technology and Industrial Design, John C. Schmidt, Ed.D.
Health Professions, Kathy Heyl, M.S.
Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration, John Dienhart, Ph.D.
Human Performance, Sport and Leisure Studies, Bruce Morgenegg, Ed.D.
Human Services, Charles Branch, Ed.D.
Co-Director of the Center for Addiction Studies, Anne S. Hatcher, Ed.D.
Co-Director of the Center for Addiction Studies, J. Michael Faragher, Psy.D.
Director of the Center for High Risk Youth Studies, Erica Viggiano, M.S.W.
Director of the Center for Nonprofit Organization Administration, Kelly Felice, M.S.M.
Nursing, Roberta Hills, R.N., Ph.D.
Teacher Education, Larry Bettermann, Ed.D.
Technical Communications, J.O. Yunker, M.S.
Director of the Child Development Center, Marge Petersen, M.A.
Director of Teacher Education Center, Lucius Drake, Ph.D.
Office of Clinical Services, Lynette Bousman, B.A.
Accreditation Coordinator, Vacant