Cabinet

Dr. Ronald Area
Senior Vice President for Development
Chief Executive Officer, Marshall University Foundation
area@marshall.edu
304-696-2826

Maurice Cooley
Vice President for Student Affairs and Intercultural Affairs
cooley@marshall.edu
304-696-4677

Layton Cottrill, Esq.
General Counsel / Senior Vice President for Executive Affairs
cottrill@marshall.edu
304-696-6444

Senior Vice President for Operations / Chief of Staff
jacobs2@marshall.edu
304-696-3328

Senior Vice President for Institutional Research / Special Assistant to the President
mcguffey@marshall.edu
304-696-3212

Vice President for Research
Executive Director, Marshall University Research Corporation
maherj@marshall.edu
304-696-4748

Provost / Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
jaime.taylor@marshall.edu
304-696-3716

Senior Vice President for Communications and Marketing
painterv@marshall.edu
304-696-4621

Senior Vice President for Finance / Chief Financial Officer
robinsonma@marshall.edu
304-696-6603
Staff
Bill Burdette
Special Assistant to the President / External Affairs Liaison
burdette@marshall.edu
304-696-6523
Jendonnae L. Houdyschell, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
houdyschell2@marshall.edu
FOIA@marshall.edu
304-696-6704
Cora Pyles
Executive Assistant to the President
curtisc@marshall.edu
304-696-3977
Cora Westmoreland
Executive Administrative Assistant
westmoreland@marshall.edu
304-696-6295
Jodi Zimmerman
Office Administrator
bell78@marshall.edu
304-696-2300