Administration

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

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

Michael McGuffey
Senior VP for Information Technology, Institutional Research, and Planning / Interim CIO
mcguffey@marshall.edu
304-696-3212

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

Dr. Avinandan Mukherjee
Interim Provost / Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
mukherjeea@marshall.edu
304-696-3716

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

Mark Robinson
Senior Vice President for Finance / Chief Financial Officer
robinsonma@marshall.edu
304-696-6603

Dr. Joseph Shapiro
Dean, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
shapiroj@marshall.edu
304-691-1700

Christian Spears
Director of Athletics
spearsc@marshall.edu
304-696-3879

Charlotte Weber
Vice President for Federal Programs / Director, RCBI
cweber@rcbi.org
304-781-1655

Staff

Bill Burdette
Special Assistant to the President / External Affairs Liaison
burdette@marshall.edu
304-696-6523

Mike Hamrick
Special Assistant to the President
hamrickm@marshall.edu

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