Leadership

Leadership

Walden administrators and members of our Board of Directors are responsible for upholding our university mission and our dedication to supporting adult learners.

University Administration

Office of the President

• Dr. Cynthia G. Baum, President
• Dr. Bonnie Copeland, Vice President, Education Policy and Regulation

Office of the Chief Academic Officer

• Dr. Eric Riedel, Interim Chief Academic Officer     
• Dr. Phyllis Mogielski-Watson, Director, Field Experience
• Devon Loetz, Director, Admissions
• Ronald Blankenship, Director, Academic Advising
• Brian Wagner, Academic Director, University Residencies  
• Gina Dyson, Associate Director, Student Affairs and Academic Integrity
• Willie Sadler, Manager, Veteran’s Affairs
• Robert Brandt, Ombudsperson
• Eve Dauer, Registrar

Center for Faculty Excellence

• Dr. Donna Gardner Liljegren, Executive Director
• Dr. Ellen Scalese, Director, Center for Production and Support
• Dr. Iris Yob, Associate Director, Special Projects
• Dr. Kimberlee Bonura, Director, University Policies and Procedures
• OPEN, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Center for Research Support

• Dr. Laura Lynn, Executive Director
• Dr. Gary Burkholder, Director, Graduate Research Curriculum Standards, Senior Research Scholar
• Dr. Louis Milanesi, Director, Research Quality Management
• Dr. Molly Lauck, Director, Faculty Research and Sponsored Programs
• Dr. Leilani Endicott, Director, Research Integrity and Compliance

Center for Student Success

• Susanna L. Davidsen, A.M.L.S., Executive Director
• Dr. Laurel Walsh, Interim Director, Writing Center
• Lisa Cook, Director, Career Services
• OPEN, Director, Library Services

Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

• Dr. Eric Riedel, Executive Director
• Dr. Crissie Grove, Director, Academic Quality
• Dr. Shari Jorissen, Director, Assessment
• Jim Lenio, Director, Institutional Research

University Operations 

• Brett Lundeen, Vice President, Operations  
• Teresa Drzewiecki, Director, Financial Aid

The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership

• Victoria Reid, Vice President
• Dr. Kate Steffens, Dean
• Dr. Christine Jax, Associate Dean of Ph.D./Ed.D./Ed.S. Programs
• Dr. Kelley Costner, Associate Dean of Master’s and Undergraduate Programs
• Dr. Richard Simms, Associate Dean for Educator Licensure Programs
• Dr. Linda Gatlin, Associate Dean of Assessment
• List of Faculty

College of Health Sciences

• Dr. Cynthia Baum, Interim Vice President

College of Management and Technology

• Paul Thomas, Vice President

School of Information Systems and Technology

School of Management

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Dr. Melanie Storms, Vice President

College of Undergraduate Studies

• Susan Dreifuss, Vice President
• Dr. Jon Paulson, Interim Associate Dean and Program Director for General Education

Board of Directors

• Paula Singer, Board Chair
  President and CEO of Global Products and Services, Laureate Education, Inc.
• Sean R. Creamer
  Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Arbitron, Inc.
• Donna M. Dorsey
  Principal in Dorsey & Associates Consulting
• Dr. William G. Durden
  President, Dickinson College
• Dr. Charles O. Heller
  President, Annapolis Capital Group
• John E. Kobara
  Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, California Community Foundation
• Dr. David P. López
  President, The National Hispanic University 
• Dr. Anita McDonald
  Chancellor, Penn State DuBois
• Lee McGee
  Consultant for Laureate Education, Inc.
• Dr. Estanislado Y. Paz
  Founding President, Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents
• Dr. Barbara Solomon
  Professor and Vice Provost Emerita, University of Southern California