Central Administration & Academic Organization for Michigan State University
President
Lou Anna K. Simon
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Kim A. Wilcox
Senior Associate Provost
June Youatt
Degree-granting Colleges
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Douglas Buhler, Interim Dean
Arts and Letters
Karin A. Wurst, Dean
Eli Broad College of Business and
Graduate School of Management
Stefanie A. Lenway, Dean
Communication Arts and Sciences
Pamela Whitten, Dean
Education
Donald E. Heller, Dean
Engineering
Satish Udpa, Dean
Human Medicine
Marsha Rappley, Dean
James Madison College
Sherman W. Garnett, Dean
Lyman Briggs College
Elizabeth H. Simmons, Dean
MSU College of Law
Joan Howarth, Dean
(also reports to a separate
law college board)
College of Music
James Forger, Dean
Natural Science
R. James Kirkpatrick, Dean
Nursing
Mary H. Mundt, Dean
Osteopathic Medicine
William D. Strampel, Dean
Residential College in the Arts
and Humanities
Stephen L. Esquith, Dean
Social Science
Marietta L. Baba, Dean
Veterinary Medicine
Christopher M. Brown, Dean
Other Core Academic Units
Honors College
Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean
International Studies and Programs
Jeffrey M. Riedinger, Dean
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
C. Konrad Gelbke, Director
Academic Support Units
Academic Human Resources
Theodore H. Curry, Associate Provost
and Associate Vice President
Academic Services
Linda O. Stanford, Associate Provost
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Michael Rush, Director
Office for Inclusion and
Intercultural Initiatives
Paulette Granberry Russell
(joint w/ President)
Faculty and Organizational Development
Deborah G. DeZure, Assistant Provost
Graduate School
Karen L. Klomparens, Associate
Provost and Dean
Libraries, Computing, and Technology
David A. Gift, Vice Provost
(joint w/ VPFO)
MSU Global
Christine Geith, Assistant Provost
and Executive Director
Olin Health Center
Glynda M. Moorer, Director
Office of Planning and Budgets
David S. Byelich, Assistant Vice President
and Director
(joint w/ VPFO)
Student-Athlete and Support Services
James R. Pignataro, Director
Undergraduate Education
Douglas Estry, Associate Provost
and Dean of Undergraduate Studies
University Outreach and Engagement
Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Associate Provost
University Physician
Elizabeth A. Alexander
(joint w/ VPFO)
Vice President for Finance and Operations
Fred L. Poston
Administration
William J. Latta, Assistant
Vice President
Business Operations
(Controller, CGA, U. Services), Surplus
Mark P. Haas, Assistant
Vice President and CFO
Campus Planning and Administration
Jeff R. Kacos, Director
Campus Sustainability
Jennifer Battle, Assistant Director
Human Resources
Sharon Butler, Assistant
Vice President
Business
Mark P. Haas, Assistant
Vice President and CFO
Land Management
Charles J. Reid, Director
(joint w/ ANR, MSU AgBioResearch,
and MSU Foundation)
Libraries, Computing, and Technology
David A. Gift, Vice Provost
(joint w/ Provost)
Physical Plant
Ronald T. Flinn, Assistant
Vice President
Planning and Budgets
David S. Byelich, Assistant Vice
President and Director
(joint w/ Provost)
Finance and Operations
Kathryn E. Lindahl, Assistant
Vice President
MSU Police
James H. Dunlap, Police Chief
and Director
Residential and Hospitality Services
Vennie Gore, Assistant Vice President
University Physician
Elizabeth A. Alexander
(joint w/ Provost)
Executive Officers
Senior Adviser to the President for
Diversity and Director of the Office for
Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives
Paulette Granberry Russell
Associate Vice President and Executive
Director of the MSU Alumni Association
Scott Westerman
Secretary of the Board and
Executive Assistant to the President
William R. Beekman
Vice President for Legal Affairs
and General Counsel
Robert A. Noto
Vice President for Governmental
Affairs
Mark Burnham
Vice President for Student Affairs
and Services
Denise B. Maybank (Interim)
Vice President for University
Advancement
Robert W. Groves
Vice President for Communications
and Brand Strategy
Heather C. Swain
Other
Intercollegiate Athletics
Mark J. Hollis, Athletic Director
Internal Audit
Tom N. Luccock, Director
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Last Updated: 5-7-2012