Senior Officers

Reynolda Cabinet

President

Nathan O. Hatch
AB (Wheaton College); AM, PhD (Washington University of St. Louis)
nhatch@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5212

Provost

Rogan Kersh
BA (Wake Forest ’86); MA (Yale); PhD (Yale)
kersh@nullwfu.edu
336.758.3128

Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Wake Forest University;
Chief Executive Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Wake Forest University Health Sciences;
Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Julie Ann Freischlag, M.D.
BS (University of Illinois); MD (Rush University)
336.716.3408

Executive Vice President

Hof Milam
BS, MBA (Wake Forest University)
bhm@nullwfu.edu
336.758.7415

Vice President of Innovation and Career Development

Andy Chan
BA, MBA (Stanford University)
achan@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5902

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

J. Reid Morgan
BA, JD (Wake Forest University)
jrm@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5122

Special Assistant to the President & CEO, Verger Capital Management

James J. Dunn
BS (Villanova University)
dunnjj@nullwfu.edu
336.758.4240

Vice President for Campus Life

Penny Rue
BA (Duke University); MA (Ohio State University); PhD (University of Maryland)
rue@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5943

Vice President for University Advancement

Mark A. Petersen
BA (Brandeis University); MA (University of Southern California)
map@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5890

Director of Athletics

Ronald D. Wellman
BS, MS (Bowling Green State University)
wellmanr@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5616

Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Chief Diversity Officer

José Villalba
BS, M.Ed, PhD (University of Florida)
villalja@nullwfu.edu
336.758.3824

Dean, Undergraduate College

Michele Gillespie
BA (Rice University); MA, PhD (Princeton University)
gillesmk@nullwfu.edu
336.758.3418

Chief of Staff/President’s Office

Mary E. Pugel
BA (University of Washington)
mpugel@nullwfu.edu
336.758.3005

Vice President

Todd Johnson 
BA (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), MBA (Wake Forest ’82)
johnsocw@nullwfu.edu
704.365.1717

Academic Leadership

Provost

Rogan Kersh
BA (Wake Forest ’86); MA (Yale); PhD (Yale)
kersh@nullwfu.edu
336.758.3128

Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives

Kami Chavis
BA (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), JD (Harvard)
chavisk@nullwfu.edu

Associate Provost for International Affairs

J. Kline Harrison
BS (University of Virginia); PhD (University of Maryland)
harrisjk@nullwfu.edu
336.758.4907

Dean of the College

Michele Gillespie
BA (Rice University); MA & PhD (Princeton University)
gillesmk@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5311

Dean of Business

Charles L. Iacovou
BS (University of Vermont); PhD (University of British Columbia)
iacovou@nullwfu.edu
336.758.4579

Dean of the Divinity School

Gail R. O’Day
BA (Brown University); MTS (Harvard University); PhD (Emory University)
odaygr@nullwfu.edu
336.758.3957

Dean of Graduate Programs in Arts and Sciences

Brad Jones
BS (Wake Forest ’84); PhD (University of Florida)
jonesbt@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5512

Dean of Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences

Dwayne Godwin
BA (University of West Florida); PhD (University of Alabama-Birmingham)
dgodwin@nullwakehealth.edu
336.716.9437

Dean of the School of Law

Suzanne Reynolds
BA (Meredith College), MA (University of North Carolina), JD (Wake Forest)
reynols@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5435

Dean of Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Tim Pyatt
BA (Duke University), MA (North Carolina Central University)
tpyatt@nullwfu.edu
336.758.5090

Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Wake Forest University;
Chief Executive Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Wake Forest University Health Sciences;
Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Julie Ann Freischlag, M.D.
BS (University of Illinois); MD (Rush University)
336.716.3408

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Leadership

Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Wake Forest University;
Chief Executive Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Wake Forest University Health Sciences;
Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Julie Ann Freischlag, M.D.
BS (University of Illinois); MD (Rush University)
336.716.3408

Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs

Dr. Kevin P. High
B.S. (Bucknell University MD; (University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1986)
336.716.6211

Chief Innovation Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
President, Piedmont Triad Research Park

Dr. Eric Tomlinson
BPharm, PhD (University of London)