Administrative Leadership

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

David L. Barnett

President

Dr. David L. Barnett

Learn about our past presidents.

James Eck

Administration / Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Office of Academic Affairs
jeck@brenau.edu
+1-770-534-6119

Nathan Goss

Administration / Interim Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment Management

Matt Thomas

Administration / Vice President of University Advancement

Toby Hinton

Administration / Vice President of Financial Services

Chip Andrews

Administration / Vice President of Information Technology and CIO

Michael Lochstampfor

Administration / Vice President of Athletics and Head Soccer Coach

Whitney McDowell-Robinson

Administration / Vice President for Student Development & Engagement

Jody Wall

Administration / Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the President

Academic Leadership

James Eck

Administration / Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Office of Academic Affairs
jeck@brenau.edu
+1-770-534-6119

Debra Dobkins

Administration / Assistant Vice President and Dean of The Women’s College, Professor of English

Kelley Brock-Simmons

Administration / Dean, College of Education

Gale Hansen Starich

Administration / Dean of the Graduate School and Dean of the Ivester College of Health Sciences

Andrea Birch

Administration / Dean of the Undergraduate School and Dean of the College of Fine Arts & Humanities

Shatrela Washington-Hubbard

Administration / Swinton A. Griffith III Dean of the College of Business & Communication

Board of Trustees

Officers

  • Michael H. Smith, Chair
  • Emilie “Emmie” Henderson Howard, WC ’01, Vice Chair
  • Peter D. Miller, Secretary

Trustees

  • John A. Addison, Jr.
  • Pierpont “Pepper” F. Brown III, MD
  • Amelia “Mimi” Collins
  • Carole Ann Carter Daniel, WC ’68
  • Robin Smith Dudley, WC ’78
  • Maria Ebrahimji, WC ’98
  • Robert “Rob” L. Fowler Jr.
  • Melissa Currin Heard, WC ’92
  • Melissa Cannady Howard, WC ’97
  • M. Douglas Ivester
  • Anna Alexander Jacobs, WC ’86
  • Timothy C. Knight
  • Emily “Sissy” Dunlap Lawson
  • Jill R. Mansfield, BU ’15
  • Frank K. Norton Jr.
  • Hart Wilheit Payne
  • Gail A. Smith, WC ’83
  • Shay English Stafford, WC ’69
  • Michael D. Stubblefield, MD
  • Melissa Wendt Tymchuk, BU ’21
  • Amy Whitley
  • Mary Kathryn Wells-Winsett, WC ’00
  • Rear Admiral Patricia E. Wolfe, BU ‘87, retired

Presidents Emeriti

  • John S. Burd, Ph.D.
  • Edward L. Schrader, Ph.D.

Trustees Emeriti

  • C.V. Nalley III
  • Betty Verson Norton
  • Gary Riley
  • Philip A. Wilheit Sr.