Executive Committee | Ohio University

Standing Committees

2020-2021

Note : All faculty appointments shall be for a period of two (2) years unless otherwise noted.

The voting membership of the Executive Committee shall be composed of: those deans, associate and assistant deans, directors, and other unit heads designated by the executive dean; the chairperson of each Heritage College department; the six (6) officers of the faculty, as elected by the voting membership of the Heritage College; one (1) representative of the college administrative staff; one (1) representative of the classified staff. The non-voting membership of the Executive Committee shall include: the seventh faculty officer elected to serve as an alternate; president prime of the Student Government Association or his/her designee upon invitation.

Members, 2020-2021

Kenneth Johnson, DO	Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Ohio University; Executive Dean, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Beth Longenecker, DO	Dean, Athens Campus
Isaac Kirstein, DO	Dean, Cleveland Campus
William Burke, DO	Dean, Dublin Campus
John Schriner, PhD	Associate Dean, Admissions and Student Affairs
Wayne Carlsen, DO	Associate Dean, Clinical Education
Jody Gerome-Zuchowski, DO	Associate Dean, Curriculum
Susan Williams, PhD	Interim Associate Dean, Faculty
Darlene Berryman, PhD	Associate Dean, Research and Innovation
Duke Starr, DO	Interim Executive Assistant Dean, Clinical Education
Randall Longenecker, MD	Assistant Dean, Rural and Underserved Programs
Tanisha King-Taylor, PhD	Chief Inclusion Officer
Tom Rosol, DVM, PhD	Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Tracy Shaub, DO	Chair, Department of Primary Care
Stevan Walkowski, DO	Chair, Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Jack Ramey, DO	Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Interim Chair, Department of Specialty Medicine
Karen Montgomery-Reagan, DO	Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Nagesh Rao, PhD	Chair, Department of Social Medicine
Karoline Lane, MLS	Chief Communication Officer
P.J. Murphy, MA	Chief Public Affairs Officer
Shelley Ruff, MBA	Chief Financial Officer
Rachael Crouch, MA	Chief of Staff
Beth Maxon, PHR	Chief Administrative Officer
Sherri Oliver, MPA	Executive Director, AHEC & Community Health Programs
Heather Porter, MPA, CHES	Executive Director, Clinical Education Network
Jill Harman, MEd	Senior Director, Admissions & Recruitment
Laura Whitt, MS	Senior Director, Medical Professional Affairs
Terra Ndubuizu, MBA	Senior Director, Campus Administration, Cleveland
Brian Thompson, MEd	Senior Director, Campus Administration, Dublin
Jodie Penrod, MS	Senior Director, Office of Information and Learning Technologies
Melissa Standley, MEd	Senior Director of Operations, Office of Research and Grants
Marie Barone, MA	Senior Director, Student Affairs
Brenda Noftz, PhD, JD	Director, Administrative Services
Holly Jacobs, MA	Director, Clinical Education
Calvin James, PhD	Interim Executive Director, Diabetes Institute
Kelly Coates, MBA	Director, Finance
Dean Dupler, BBA	Director, Facilities Management
Gillian Ice, PhD, MPH	Director, Global Health
Mario Grijalva, PhD	Director, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Mary Wurm-Schaar, PhD	Director, Institutional Assessment and Accreditation
Brian Clark, PhD	Director, Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Angela Mowrer, BS	Director, Pre-Clinical Education

Elected Members & Officers of the Faculty

Kelly McCall, PhD	Clinical	1st term ends 6/30/21	Chair of Faculty
Larry Witmer, PhD	Non-Clinical	1st term ends 6/30/22	1st Vice Chair of Faculty
Jean Rettos, DO	Clinical	1st term ends 6/30/22	2nd Vice Chair of Faculty
Anna Kerr, PhD	Clinical	1st term ends 6/30/21	Secretary of Faculty
Leah Sheridan, PhD	Non-Clinical	1st term ends 6/30/21	Vice Chair of Faculty, Dublin
Ron Russ, DO	Clinical	1st term ends 6/30/22	Vice Chair of Faculty, Cleveland

Ex-Officio Members

Nicholas Espinoza, DO	Clinical Education Assistant Dean Representative	1st term ends 6/30/21
Linda Knopp, BA	Administrative Representative	1st term ends 6/30/21
Marilyn Maher, BA	Classified Representative	1st term ends 6/30/21

Ex-Officio Non-voting Members

Kristina Kazimir, OMS II	SGA President-National Representative or Designee	Term ends 6/30/21
Todd Fredricks, DO	Alternate Faculty Representative	Term ends 6/30/21

Staff Support

Yumi Choe, BA, special assistant, Office of the Executive Dean