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

Associate Provost for Research and Scholarly Inquiry

Keith Bonin
B.S. (Loyola University); PhD (University of Maryland)
bonin@nullwfu.edu
336.758.4962

Associate Provost for Arts and Interdisciplinary Initiatives

Christina Soriano
B.A. (Trinity College); MFA (Smith College)
sorianct@nullwfu.edu
336.758.4460

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 Divinity

Jill Y. Crainshaw
Interim Dean and Blackburn Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology

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

President, Health System, Wake Forest Baptist Health

Dr. Kevin P. High
B.S. (Bucknell University MD; (University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1986)
336.716.6211
Complete List of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Leadership:
https://www.wakehealth.edu/About-Us/Leadership