2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 24, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Sweet Briar College Board of Directors


 


Sweet Briar Institute was made possible by the last will and testament of Indiana Fletcher Williams, which directed that her assets be used to create and operate a women’s college in Amherst County, Va., to be held in trust in perpetuity. Sweet Briar Institute (known and operated as Sweet Briar College) was incorporated as a non-stock corporation by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved February 9, 1901, for the purpose of implementing the trust in the Williams will. The College has been operated continuously since that time as a private liberal arts women’s college.

Board of Directors

Elizabeth Groves Aycock ‘96 MBA
Baltimore, Maryland

Elizabeth “Lele” Dickson Frenzel Casalini ‘82, B.A.
Kirkland, Indiana

Verda M. Colvin ‘87, J.D.
Vice Chair of the Board
Macon, Georgia

Nancy Webb Corkery ‘81, B.A.
Marion, Massachusettes

Jane Dure ‘82, B.A.
San Antonio, Texas

Michaela English ‘71, M.A.
Gwynn, Virginia

Laura Willits Evans ‘79, A.B.
Palm Beach, Florida 

Marianne “Mimi” Fahs ‘71, Ph.D.
New York, New York

Kelley M. Fitzpatrick ‘85, B.A.
Mountain Brook, Alabama

Sally Mott Freeman, ‘76, B.A.
Board Secretary
Bethesda, Maryland

Robert “Bob” Goodlatte, J.D.
Roanoke, Virginia

Lendon Gray ‘71, B.A.
Bedford, New York

J. Eric Greenwood
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Fred “Buzzy” Griffin, MBA
Houston, Texas

Katie Hearn ‘82, J.D.
Baltimore, Maryland

Martha Holland ‘72, B.A.
Alexandria, Virginia

Keenan Kelsey ‘66, M.Div
Larkspur, California

Andrew McAllister, M.S.
Henrico, Virginia

Tori Murden McClure, J.D.
Louisville, Kentucky

Michelle O’Neill ‘85, M.A.
Washington, D.C.

John “Chap” Peterson, J.D.
Fairfax, Virginia

Charlotte “Holly” Prothro Philbin ‘95, B.A.
Dallas, Texas

Mason Bennett Rummel ‘83, M.A.
Board Chair
Louisville, Kentucky

Phillip C. Stone, J.D.
Harrisonburg, Virginia

Norma Bulls Valentine ‘93, B.A.
Wagener, South Carolina

Claude B. Wasserstein ‘82, A.B.
New York, New York

Administration

Office of the President

Mary Pope Maybank Hudson ‘83
President of the College
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Academic Affairs

Jeffrey E. Key
Vice President of Academic Affairs; Dean of the College
B.A., Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin; M.A. Baylor University

John Gregory Brown
Arts Division Head; Julia Jackson Nichols Professor of English
B.A., Tulane University; M.A. Louisiana State University; M.A. Johns Hopkins University

Lisa Powell
STEM Division Head; Director of the Center for Human and Environmental Sustainability; Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Agriculture
B.A. Harvard University; M.S. Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Dwana L. Waugh
Social Sciences and Humanities Division Head; Associate Professor of History
B.A. Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jonathan Bender
Director of the Margaret Jones Wyllie ‘45 Engineering Program; Professor of Engineering
B.S. University of Virginia; Ph.D. University of Delaware

Molly Boggs
Director of Academic Writing
B.A. University of Minnesota; M.A., Ph.D. Indiana University

Robert “August” Hardy
Director of Honors Summer Research Program; Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. University of Virginia; Ph.D. George Mason University

Erin Pitt
Director of Core and QEP; Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Studies
B.A. University of Arizona; M.A. University of Colorado-Boulder; Ph.D. University of California-Berkley

Susan L. Kennon
Registrar, School Certifying Official
B.S. Radford University; M.Ed. University of Lynchburg

Kimberly A. Sinha
Director of Institutional Effectiveness
B.A. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; M.A., Ph.D. Bowling Green State University

Clare van Loenen
Director of Galleries and Museums
B.A. University of Bristol (UK); M.A. University of Leicester (UK); Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University

Thomas L. Walker
Director of Library Services
B.A., M.A.Ed. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ed.D. Marshall University

Barbara Watts
Director of Career Services
B.A., M.A.Ed. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.T.S. Wesley Theological Seminary

 

Admissions

Taylor Gibson ‘16
Director of Admissions
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Alumnae, Development, and Communications

Claire Dennison Griffith ‘80
Senior Director of Alumnae Relations and Development
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Lisa Wray Longino ‘78
Director of Major Gifts
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Lee Anne MacKenzie Chaskes ‘83
Director of the Sweet Briar Fund
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Paula Eanes
Director of Advancement Services
 

Athletics

Jason Vittone
Director of Athletics
B.S. Illinois State University; M.S. Emporia State University

Communications

Clélie Steckel
Director of the Sweet Briar Fund and Annual Giving
B.A. Guilford College; M.A. Lynchburg College

Finance and Administration

Peter Bryan
Vice President for Finance, Operations, and Auxiliaries Enterprises
B.A. University of Virginia

Tracy Price
Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller
B.A. North Carolina State University; M.B.A. Liberty University.

Kathy Bradley
Human Resources Director
B.S. Eastern Mennonite University

Richard Meyer
Senior Director of Physical Plant
B.A. State University of New York College at Oneonta

John Thomas
Director of Grounds and Projects

Betty Wise
Director of Campus Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Hooshang Foroudastan
Director of Technology Services
B.S., M.S. Alabama A&M University

Cathy Cash Mays ‘84
Director of Hospitality
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Dottie Boone
Bookshop Manager
A.S. College of Charleston

Amanda Keller
Greenhouse and Hydroponic Operations Manager

Benjamin Phillips
Manager of Dining Services
B.B.A. Liberty University

Financial Aid

Wanda T. Spradley ‘09
Director of Financial Aid
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Grants

Kathleen Placidi
Director of Institutional Grants
B.A., M.A. Case Western Reserve University

Riding Program

Merrilee “Mimi” Wroten ‘93
Director of the Riding Program; Head NCEA Coach; Riding Instructor
B.A. Sweet Briar College

Student Life

Kerry Greenstein
Dean of Student Life
B.A. Rider University; M.Ed. University of Delaware; Ed.D. Georgia Southern University

Jess Austin
Director of Student Engagement
B.A. Lynchburg College; M.S, Ed. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse