Faculty
Mrs. Heather Davenport
Adjunct Lecturer
Roanoke College.
Received her B.S. from Longwood University and MBA from Liberty University. She is currently Vice President for Human Resource Operations, at Carilion Clinic and an Adjunct lecturer at Roanoke College
Mrs. Terri Fox, PMP
CIO
Roanoke College
Received her B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics from Roanoke College. Mrs. Fox has served in many positions within the Roanoke College Information Technology Department during her career and was recently promoted to Chief Information Officer where she will oversee all personnel, projects, strategy and budget for the department.
Mrs. Sharon C. Gibbs, CPA
Director of Academic Advising
Associate Professor
Roanoke College
Received her B.S. and M.A. in Accounting from Virginia Tech. Prior to her joining the Department in 2002 she was employed by Norfolk Southern Corporation. Her research interests are pedagogical developments in active learning. She teaches Accounting and Leadership courses at Roanoke College.
Dr. Alice Louise Kassens
John S. Shannon Professor
of Economics
Roanoke College
Dr. Kassens is a Research Fellow with the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis; a Senior Analyst with the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, Director of the Center for Economic Freedom, former member of the Governor’s Joint Advisory Board of Economists and a past President of VAE. Her book, Intemperate Spirits: Economic Adaptation During Prohibition was published in August 2019. Kassens earned her B.A. in economics and history from the College of William and Mary and her Ph.D. in economics from North Carolina State University. Her areas of specialty are labor and health economics.
Mr. Joseph Mills
Director of Campus Safety
Roanoke College
Received his M.S. in Criminal Justice from Radford University and B.S. from Bluefield College. He is a former police commander and graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, the Administrative Officer’s Management Program at North Carolina State University, and holds a certification in Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management from Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.
Ms. Arnica Mulder, CMA, CFE
Lecturer
Roanoke College
Received her B.A. at the Hogeschool van Utrecht, MBA with a concentration in Finance and M.S. in Accounting from Old Dominion University. She is a Certified Managerial Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Advanced Accounting. Ms. Mulder previously worked as a Senior Accountant at Luna Innovations, Inc. and as a Finance Manager at Nuvotronics, LLC. She teaches Accounting and Finance courses.
Dr. Alice Obenchain-Leeson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Roanoke College
Received her B.B.A. from Roanoke College, M.B.A. from Averett University and D.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University. Alice has worked in higher education, as both faculty and administration since earning her Master’s degree. Alice teaches undergraduate courses in Buyer Behavior, and Marketing Research and a graduate course in Strategic Marketing.
Dr. Elizabeth Parkins
Visiting Assistant Professor
Roanoke College
Received her B.A. from Washington & Lee University, M.S. from Syracuse University and D.B.A. from Johnson & Wales University. Betsy teaches undergraduate courses: Business Connections, Organizational Behavior & Management and Communications in Leadership; and also teaches in our MBA program.
Mr. Thomas Rambo
Dean of Students
Roanoke College
Received his B.A. from LaSalle University and his M.S. from Saint Joseph’s University. Prior to starting his role at Roanoke College in 2014, he served as a commander and Chief of Police at the University of Pennsylvania and as the Assistant Vice President & Adjunct Faculty at Susquehanna University. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff Command, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Critical Response training, and the FBI Command Institute.
Dr. C. Michael Smith
Lecturer
Roanoke College
Received his Ph.D. in Resource Management and MBA from Virginia Tech. He obtained his B.B.A. from Roanoke College. He currently teaches courses on Leadership, Investments, and Personal Finance and recently completed the second edition of his textbook on investing.
Mr. Randy Stubstad
Director of Systems, Networking
& Telecommunications Services for Information Technology
Roanoke College
Received his B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Roanoke College. He is a 2015 TMI alumnus. He holds certifications from VMware and Microsoft and manages the core systems and infrastructure at Roanoke College.
Dr. Johanna Sweet
Associate Professor
Roanoke College
Received her Ed.D. in Human & Organization Learning from the Executive Leadership Program at The George Washington University, MBA from East Carolina University, and B.A. from UNC-Wilmington. She is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR, SHRM-SCP). Her research interests are focused on psychological capital, self-authorship, and learning organizations. Dr. Sweet teaches Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Authorship of Your Life and Training and Development.