Administration

Roanoke’s Leadership

Headshot of President Frank Shushok

Dr. Frank Shushok

President

Kathy Wolfe

Dr. Kathy Wolfe

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Shirley C and Donald E Morel Dean of the College

Kim Blair

Mrs. Kimberly P. Blair '93

Vice President - Resource Development

headshot of the vice president of business affairs,  David B. Mowen

Mr. David B. Mowen

Vice President - Business Affairs

Brenda Poggendorf

Dr. Brenda P. Poggendorf

Vice President - Enrollment and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid

Tom Rambo

Mr. Thomas A. Rambo

Dean of Students

Teresa Ramey

Ms. Teresa Ramey


Vice President for Community, Diversity, and Inclusion
Headshot of the vice president of marketing, Melanie Tolan

Ms. Melanie Tolan

Vice President - Marketing and Communications

Trustees of Roanoke College

Photo of Mr. Malon CourtsOfficers

Mr. Malon W. Courts '92, Chair
Ms. Kathryn S. Harkness '73, Vice Chair
Mr. James S. Frantz, Jr., Secretary
Mr. David B. Mowen, Treasurer
Frank Shushok Jr., Ph.D, President of the college

Trustees

*Mr. Kenneth J. Belton, Sr. '81
President, Your Church Partner, Inc.
Salem, Virginia (2023)

Mr. Kirk Howard Betts
Managing Partner, Betts & Holt LLP
Washington, DC (2023)

Dr. Paris D. Butler, MPH '00
Division of Plastic Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut (2024)

*Ms. Pamela L. Cabalka '76
CEO & President, Schaper, Inc.
Excelsior, MN (2026)

Dr. M. Paul Capp '52
Executive Director (Retired), The American Board of Radiology
Tucson, Arizona (2025)

Mr. Joseph H. Carpenter, IV '99
Senior General Counsel, Norfolk Southern
Norfolk, Virginia (2026) 

Ms. Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo '78
President & Director, The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc.
Dallas, Texas (2025)

*Mr. W. Morgan Churchman '65
President (Retired), Central Atlantic Distributors, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2026)

Ms. Danae Psilopoulos Foley '92
Wellesley, MA (2023)

Mr. Robert P. Fralin 
President of R.P. Fralin, Inc.
Roanoke, VA (2026)

The Rev. Harry W. Griffith 
Pastor (Retired), Our Savior Lutheran Church
Virginia Beach, VA (2026)

Mr. Michael P. Haley '73
Advisor/Managing Director, Fenway Partners/Fenway Resources
Martinsville, Virginia (2024)

Ms. Judith B. Hall '69
Vice President (Retired), General Reinsurance Corp.
New York, New York (2023)

Mr. Richard S. Hathaway '73
Managing Director, J. P. Morgan
Atlanta, Georgia (2025)

Ms. Peggy Fintel Horn '78
Managing Partner (Retired), Morneau Shepell SBC Ltd.
Atlanta, Georgia (2024)

The Rev. Robert F. Humphrey
Bishop, The Virginia Synod
Salem, Virginia (2025)

*Mr. Patrick R. Leardo
Senior Managing Director, Domain Capital Advisors
Atlanta, Georgia (2026)

Ms. Nancy B. Mulheren '72
President and CEO, Rumson Management Company, Inc.
Rumson, New Jersey (2026)

Mr. Brendan O'Donnell '09
President & CEO, Newport Craft Brewing and Distilling Co.
Newport, Rhode Island 

*Mr. Roger A. Petersen, '81
General Counsel, Litigation (Retired), Norfolk Southern
Norfolk, Virginia (2025)

Mr. J. Tyler Pugh '70
Managing Director/Investments Manager (Retired), Wells Fargo Securities
Roanoke, Virginia (2023)

The Reverend Dr. Theodore F. Schneider '56 
Bishop (Retired), Metro Washington DC Synod
Washington, DC (2025)

Mr. C. Micah Spruill '11
Chief Executive Officer, MS2 Capital, LLC
Charleston, South Carolina (2025)

Mr. Daniel Strelka '89
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Carter Machinery Company, Inc.  
Roanoke, Virginia (2025)

Mr. Andrew K. Teeter '71
Senior Vice President, USI Insurance Services
Charleston, West Virginia (2024)

Dr. Garnett B. Whitehurst 
Vice President, Brooks Whitehurst Associates, Inc.
New Bern, North Carolina (2024
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Ms. Helen Twohy Whittemore '80 
Vice President/Secretary (Retired), Capital Concrete, Inc.
Norfolk, Virginia (2023)

Mr. Gregory M. Terrill '94 and Mrs. Nicole (Brewer) Terrill '95 
(Ex-officio, Co-chairs of the Parent Leadership Council)

Mrs. Cara (Bayersdorfer) Kenney '98 
(Ex-officio, Chair of the Alumni Executive Council)

Mr. James L. Chisom '84 
(Ex-officio, Chair of the President's Advisory Board)

*Members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees