Executive Committee
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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