Provost's Organizational Chart

Accessible Text Version - Updated July 6, 2026

Karyn Scissum Gunn
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Neil Hultgren
Academic Senate Chair

Office of the Provost

Catherine Ward
Chief of Operations

Amy Paulsen
Executive Assistant to the Provost

Justin Lagace
Communications Specialist

Madison D'Ornellas
Communications Specialist

Senior Leadership

Dhushy Sathianathan
Vice Provost, Academic Planning

Pei-Fang Hung
Vice Provost for Academic Programs

Patricia Pérez
Associate Vice President, Faculty Affairs

Kerry Johnson
Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Studies

Barbara Taylor
Interim Associate Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs

Shariq Ahmed
Associate Vice President, Academic Technology

Deans

Royce Smith
College of the Arts

Mark Suazo
College of Business

Anna Ortiz 
College of Education

Jinny Rhee
Hung Family College of Engineering

Dina Perrone 
Graduate Studies 

Jennifer Wade-Berg
College of Health and Human Services

Donna Nicol
College of Liberal Arts

Curtis Bennett
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Christopher Swarat
College of Professional and Continuing Education

Elizabeth Dill
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