Regional Advisory Committee

Caitlin Getchell
Director of Graduate Academic Policy and Student Success
Graduate School
The University of Tulsa
Lorton Hall, room 201
800 S. Tucker Dr.
Tulsa, OK 74104
caitlin-getchell@utulsa.edu

Scott Kemp
Student Loan Advocate
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
101 North 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
ScottKemp@schev.edu

Mohamadreza Babaee
Assistant Dean
Graduate School Bloomington
Indiana University
Wells Library E546
1320 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
mbabaee@iu.edu 

Matthew Calamia
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
31 Johnston Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
mcalamia@lsu.edu

Margaret Cabble
Coordinator of Special Programs
Alabama Commission on Higher Education
100 N. Union Street, Suite 782
Montgomery, AL 36104
margaret.cabble@ache.edu

Phil Trella
Associate Vice Provost and Director
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs
University of Virginia
New Cabell Hall, Room 559A
PO Box 400882
Charlottesville, VA 22904
trella@virginia.edu

Michael Cunningham
Associate Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (OGPS)
New Orleans, LA 70118
mcunnin1@tulane.edu

Karen Dace
Vice Chancellor
Indiana University – Indianapolis
301 University Blvd., Ste. 4054
Indianapolis, IN 46202
kdace@iupui.edu

NaTashua Davis
Executive Director | Access & Leadership Development
University of Missouri
402B Jesse Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-1160
davisnat@missouri.edu

Mary Farmer-Kaiser
Dean of the Graduate School
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Martin Hall Room 332
Lafayette, LA 70503
mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu

Delaney V. Foster
Director, Office of Inclusive Excellence
Mississippi State University
106 McArthur Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
dfoster@adi.msstate.edu

Christine Getz
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Volker Campus
Atterbury Student Success Center 120, 5000 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
GetzC@umkc.edu

Kevin Gibson
Associate Dean, The Graduate School
Director, Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP)
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47906
kgibson@purdue.edu

Tabitha Hardy
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education
Indiana University – Indianapolis
University Library 1170
755 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
tamhardy@iu.edu

Taja-Nia Henderson 
Dean, Rutgers Graduate School-Newark
Rutgers University-Newark
360 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
3rd floor of Hill Hall
Newark, NJ 07102
tajania@law.rutgers.edu

Annette Kluck
Dean of the Graduate School
The University of Mississippi
PO Box 1848
University, MS 38677
askluck@olemiss.edu

Robyn Kotzker
Program Director, Office of Funding Opportunities 
University of Maryland, The Graduate School
2123 Lee Building
College Park, MD 20742
rkotzker@umd.edu

Patrick Mensah
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
Southern University and A&M College
P.B.S. Pinchback Room 212
801 Harding Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70807
patrick_mensah@subr.edu

Dawn Offutt
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
100 Airport Rd., Second Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
dawn.offutt@ky.gov

Robin Phelps-Ward
Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Ball State University
West Quad, Room 203
Muncie, IN, 47306
rjphelpsward@bsu.edu

Ramu Ramachandran
Associate Vice President for Research, Dean of Graduate School
Louisiana Tech University
Wyly Tower 1208
Ruston, LA 71272
ramu@latech.edu

Josue Ramirez
Program Specialist
Arkansas Division of Higher Education
Department of Education
Little Rock, AR 77201
Josue.Ramirez@adhe.edu

Carrie Robison
Deputy Commissioner for Sponsored Programs
State of Louisiana Board of Regents
1201 N. Third St., Suite 6-200
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
carrie.robison@regents.la.gov

David Shafer
Assistant Dean 
North Carolina State University
Graduate School
1020 Main Campus Drive
Room 2300A
Raleigh, NC 27695-7102
dmshafer@ncsu.edu

Alydia Thomas
University of Pittsburgh | Office of the Provost
Graduate Studies
1900 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
ART138@pitt.edu

Matt Turner
Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration
West Virginia Higher Education Education Policy Commission
2001 Union Carbide Drive
South Charleston, WV 25303
Matt.Turner@wvhepc.edu

Melissa Tyler
Assistant Dean, The Graduate School
Virginia Commonwealth University
Blair House
408 West Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23284
mtyler@vcu.edu

Aimée M. Surprenant
Dean for Graduate Education
Virginia Tech
Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown (0325)
155 Otey Street
Graduate School, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
asurprenant@vt.edu

Scott Vignos
Vice President
Oregon State University
510 Kerr Administration Building
1500 SW Jefferson Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97331
scott.vignos@oregonstate.edu

Karen Woodfaulk
Director of Student Services
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
1122 Lady Street, Suite 300
Columbia, SC 29201
kwoodfaulk@che.sc.gov

Karian Wright
Program Manager, NSF, AGEP, NIH-
Stony Brook University
2401 Computer Science Building
Center for Inclusive Education
Stony Brook, NY 11794
karian.wright@stonybrook.edu