University Leadership
Wake Forest University Cabinet
Susan R. Wente
President
BS (University of Iowa); PhD (University of California, Berkeley)
Ashleigh M. Brock
Chief of Staff
BA (University of Richmond); MA (Michigan State University); PhD (The College of William and Mary)
Ebony Boulware
Dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Chief Science Officer and vice chief academic officer of Advocate Health
Bachelor’s in English (Vassar College); MD (Duke University School of Medicine); MPH (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Shea Kidd Brown
Vice President for Campus Life
BS (University of Southern Mississippi); MA (University of Georgia); PhD (University of Memphis)
Andy Chan
Vice President, Personal and Career Development
BA, MBA (Stanford University)
John Currie
Vice President & Director of Athletics
BA (Wake Forest University); MA (University of Tennessee)
James J. Dunn
Special Assistant to the President & CEO, Verger Capital Management
BS (Villanova University)
Brett Eaton
Vice President, Communications, and Chief Communications Officer
BA (Clemson University); MPA (American University); MA (American University)
Julie Ann Freischlag, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President of Advocate Health, and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at Wake Forest University
BS (University of Illinois); MD (Rush University)
Paula Gentius
Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Director of the Board Office
BA (Hampton University); MA (Ohio University); JD (University of Detroit Mercy School of Law); PhD (Hampton University)
Michele Gillespie
Provost
104 Reynolda Hall
BA (Rice University); MA, PhD (Princeton University)
Andrew Klein
Dean, Wake Forest University School of Law
BA (University of Wisconsin); JD (Emory University School of Law)
Jackie Krasas
Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
BA (Lehigh); MS, PhD (University of Southern California)
Charles L. Iacovou
Dean, School of Professional Studies, and Vice Provost, Charlotte Programs
200 North College Street, Suite 150
BS (University of Vermont); PhD (University of British Columbia)
Eric Maguire
Vice President, Enrollment
BA (Muhlenberg College); MS (Indiana University)
Mark A. Petersen
Senior Vice President, University Advancement
BA (Brandeis University); MA (University of Southern California)
Lauren Pressley
Dean, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Master of Library and Information Studies, UNC Greensboro; BA, North Carolina State University
Annette L. Ranft
Dean, School of Business
BS (Appalachian State University); MS (Georgia Tech); PhD (UNC Kenan-Flagler School of Business)
Jacqueline A. Travisano, Ed.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
BA (Robert Morris University); MBA (Chatham University); EdD(Nova Southeastern University)
José Villalba
Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion; Chief Diversity Officer
BS, M.Ed, EdS, PhD (University of Florida)
Corey D. B. Walker
Dean, School of Divinity; Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities; Director, Program in African American Studies
PhD (The College of William and Mary); MTS (Harvard University); MDiv (Virginia Union University); BS (Norfolk State University)
Brian White
Vice President and General Counsel
JD (University of Iowa College of Law)