Administrative Divisions, July 2007

President’s Division

LARRY D. SHINN, Ph.D.
President
B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College, 1964;
B.D., Drew Theological School, 1968;
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1972.
Berea, 1994

Kevin Blankenship, M.B.A.
Director of the Computer Center
B.A., Western Kentucky University, 1998;
M.B.A., Morehead State University, 2005.
Berea, 2005

Bennett Boggs, Ph.D.
Executive Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
B.A., Wake Forest University, 1987; M.Ed., The College
of William & Mary, 1990; Ph.D., University of
Virginia, 1999.
Berea, 2006

Albert Conley, B.A.
Director of Administrative Systems and Services
B.A., Berea College, 1993.
Berea, 1998

David Cooke, M.S.
Director of the Appalachian Fund; Assistant Director
of Entrepreneurship for the Public Good
B.S., Berea College, 1982; M.S., West Virginia
University, 2003.
Berea, 2005

John Lympany, Ed.D.
Chief Information Officer
B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1983;
M.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington,
1996; Ed.D, Spalding University, 2003.
Berea, 2004

Jeff B. Pool, Ph.D.
Director of the Campus Christian Center
B.A., Wayland Baptist University, 1975; M.Div.,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1979;
M.A., Texas Christian University, 1980;
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1994.
Berea, 2003

Judge B. Wilson II, J.D.
General Counsel and Secretary of the College
B.A., Berea College, 1978; J.D., University of
Kentucky, 1981.
Berea, 2001

Academic Division

CAROLYN R. NEWTON, Ph.D.
Academic Vice President and Provost;
Professor of Biology
B.S., Colorado State University, 1973;
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1979.
Berea, 2005

STEPHANIE BROWNER, Ph.D.
Dean of the Faculty; Professor of English
B.A., University of Chicago, 1981;
M.A., Indiana University, 1988; Ph.D., 1994.
Berea, 1994

Joseph Bagnoli, M.A.
Associate Provost for Enrollment Management
B.S., Berea College, 1988;
M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1992.
Berea, 1997

Chad Berry, Ph.D.
Director of Appalachian Center, Goode Professor
of Appalachian Studies, Associate Professor
of History
B.A. University of Notre Dame, 1986;
M.A. Western Kentucky University, 1988;
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1995.
Berea, 2006

Janice B. Blythe, Ph.D., R.D.
Associate Provost for Advising and Academic Success;
Professor of Child and Family Studies
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1972;
M.S., University of Kentucky, 1974; Ph.D., 1987.
Berea, 1986

Richard Cahill, Ph.D.
Director of International Education;
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Westmont College, 1988;
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara,
1990; Ph.D., 1996.
Berea, 2005

Anne Chase, M.L.S.
Director of Library Services; Associate Professor of
Library Science
B.A., University of Louisville, 1981;
M.L.S., Indiana University, 1982.
Berea, 1995

Bryan Erslan, M.S.
Director of Student Financial Aid Services
B.S., Union College, 1990;
M.S., University of Dayton, 2000.
Berea, 2002

*Ronald Stephen Gowler, Ph.D.
Director of General Education;
Associate Professor of General Studies
B.A., Campbellsville College, 1976;
M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1977;
M.A., University of Louisville, 1980;
M.A., University of Iowa, 1988; Ph.D., 1989.
Berea, 1993

Mary E. McLaughlin, M.A.
Director of TRIO Programs
B.A., Berea College, 1969;
M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1980.
Berea, 1969

Meta Mendel-Reyes, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service; Associate Professor of General Studies
B.A., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1972;
M.A, University of California at Berkeley, 1974;
Ph.D., 1992.
Berea, 2000

Curtis T. Sandberg, M.S., M.P.A.
Director of Academic Services
B.S., University of Wyoming, 1992,
M.S., 1995; M.P.A., 2001.
Berea, 2007

Judith R. Weckman, M.S.
Director, Office of Institutional Research
and Assessment
B.S., University of Kentucky, 1977; M.S., 1981;
M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1999.
Berea, 1994

Susan Yorde, Ph.D.
Faculty Director of Child Development Laboratory; Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education
B.S., Purdue University, 1972; M.Ed., University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980; Ph.D., 2000.
Berea, 2002

Labor and Student Life Division

GAIL WOLFORD, M.A.
Vice President for Labor and Student Life
B.S., Ohio University, 1969; M.A., 1979.
Berea, 1985

Mary Beth Bevins, M.S.
Director of Seabury Center and Aquatics
B.A., Berea College, 1969;
M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1970.
Berea, 1977

Tashia Bradley, M.S.
Director of Black Cultural Center
B.A., Florida A&M University, 1996;
M.S., University of Kansas, 1999.
Berea, 2005

Virgil M. Burnside, M.P.A.
Director of Residential Life Services and Collegium
B.A., Berea College, 1974;
M.P.A., University of Kentucky, 1992.
Berea, 1980

Miriam David, M.D.
Physician/Director of College Health Service
B.S.N., University of Michigan, 1967;
M.S., University of Missouri, 1971;
M.D., University of Kentucky, 1983.
Berea, 2001

Gus Gerassimides, M.S.
Assistant Vice President for Student Life
B.S., Berea College, 1983;
M.S., Indiana University, 1993.
Berea, 1986-89; 1990

Darrell Harrison, M.S.
Director of Public Safety
B.A., Berea College, 1971;
M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1997.
Berea, 1976-77; 1981

Holli Hudson, M.Ed.
Director of Campus Life/Alumni Building
B.A., Berea College, 1989;
M.Ed., Eastern Kentucky University, 1990.
Berea, 2000

D.J. Jensen, M.A., A.M.
Director of the Work Colleges Consortium
B.A., Hamline University, 1968; M.A., Temple
University, 1978; A.M., Brown University, 1991.
Berea, 2006

Christopher Lakes, M.S.
Coordinator of First Year Initiatives and
Student Leadership Development
B.A. Berea College, 1999;
M.S. University of Tennessee, 2001
Berea, 2001

Sue Reimondo, Ph.D., L.P.C.C.
Director of Counseling and Psychological Services
B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1981;
M.S., Colorado State University, 1994; Ph.D., 1997.
Berea, 2002

David K. Tipton, M.S.
Dean of Labor
B.S., Eastern Kentucky, 1974; B.S., 1977;
M.S., University of Kentucky, 1994.
Berea, 2004

Business and Administration Division

STEVEN KARCHER, M.S.
Vice President for Business and Administration
B.S. Agricultural Economics, Cornell University, 1983;
M.S. Accounting, SUNY-Binghamton (now Binghamton University), 1985.
Berea, 2007

William Adams, B.S.
Capital Projects Manager
B.S. Construction Technology, Eastern Kentucky
University, 1984.
Berea, 2002

Margaret Burgio, B.A.
Log House Craft Gallery and Boone Tavern Gift Shop
B.A, University of Kentucky, 1978.
Berea, 1985

Carolyn Castle, B.A.
Director of People Services
B.A., Berea College, 1970.
Berea, 1999

Melvin Cooper, M.S.
Director of Printing Services
A.S. Eastern Kentucky University, 1979;
B.S., 1981; M.S., 1982.
Berea, 1996

Tim Glotzbach, M.F.A.
Director of Student Crafts
B.S. Indiana State University; M.F.A. Jewelry
Metalsmithing, Southern Illinois University.
Berea, 2007

Leslie Kaylor, M.P.A.
Director of Environmental Health and Safety
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1977; M.P.A., 1987.
Berea, 2002

John Perry, C.F., B.S.
Forester, Forest Property Management
B.S., University of Kentucky, 1976;
Certified Forester, 1995
Berea, 1994

Jeffrey Reed
Associate Director of Facilities Management
Berea, 1976

Financial Affairs Division

JEFFREY AMBURGEY, M.S.
Vice President for Finance
B.B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1982;
M.S., University of Kentucky, 1984.
Berea, 1994

Alane Poff, B.S.
Associate Controller, Financial Affairs
B.S., Berea College, 1993.
Berea, 1993

David Wilkerson, C.P.A., M.B.A.
Controller, Financial Affairs
B.S., University of Kentucky 1986;
M.B.A, Vanderbilt University, 1988;
Certified Public Accountant
Berea, 2005

Alumni and College Relations Division

WILLIAM LARAMEE, Ed.D.
Vice President for Alumni and College Relations
B.S., Western New England College, 1969; M.Ed.;
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1970;
Ed.D., 1972; M.A., Dartmouth College, 1990.
Berea, 1999

Phyllis Hughes, M.S.L.S.
Director of Development for Foundations, Capital
Projects, and Development Communications
B.A., Berea College, 1966;
M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1974;
M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky, 1975.
Berea, 1975

Timothy W. Jordan, B.A.
Director of Public Relations
B.A., Berea College, 1976.
Berea, 2000

Joanne Singh, M.A.
Associate Vice President for Development and
College Relations
B.S., Westfield State College, 1979;
M.A., Smith College, 1989
Berea, 2003

Mae Suramek, M.A.
Director of Alumni Relations
B.A., Berea College, 1995;
M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1998.
Berea, 2004