MSU Executive Officer Biographies
Board of Trustees
- Dianne Byrum, Chair
- Dan Kelly, Vice Chair
- Joel I. Ferguson
- Melanie Foster
- Renee Knake
- Brian Mosallam
- Brianna T. Scott
- Kelly Tebay
President
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Executive Vice President for Administration
- Vacant
Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Executive Officers
- Merri Jo Bales, Vice President and Strategic Director of University Communications
- Nakia Barr, Secretary of the Board of Trustees
- William R. Beekman, Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
- Dan Bollman, Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
- Sharon E. Butler, Associate Vice President for Human Resources
- David S. Byelich, Vice President for Planning and Budgets
- Vennie Gore, Vice President for Auxiliary Enterprises
- Emily Gerkin Guerrant, Vice President and University Spokesperson
- Mark P. Haas, Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
- Marti Heil, Vice President for University Advancement
- Wanda Lipscomb, Senior Advisor to the President for Diversity
- Rubén Martinez, Senior Advisor to the President for Diversity
- Denise B. Maybank, Vice President and Associate Provost for Student Affairs and Services
- Brian Quinn, Vice President and General Counsel
- Heather C. Swain, Vice President for Marketing, Public Relations and Digital Strategy
- Vacant, Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation
- Kathleen M. Wilbur, Senior Vice President for Government Relations
- Melissa Woo, Senior Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
- Phil Zecher, Chief Investment Officer
- Michael Zeig, Chief of Staff to the President
Deans
- Andrea Amalfitano, College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Prabu David, College of Communication Arts and Sciences
- Phillip Duxbury, College of Natural Science
- Stephen Esquith, Residential College in Arts and Humanities
- Robert Floden, College of Education
- Jim Forger, College of Music
- Sanjay Gupta, Eli Broad College of Business
- Ronald L. Hendrick, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Michele H. Jackson, Lyman Briggs College
- Melanie B. Jacobs, College of Law
- Leo Kempel, College of Engineering
- Christopher P. Long, College of Arts and Letters
- Birgit Puschner, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Randolph Rasch, College of Nursing
- Joseph Salem Jr., MSU Libraries
- Aron Sousa, College of Human Medicine