Summer 2025 Edition
The following MBU Community Update provides information on personnel changes — new hires, internal transitions/promotions, and departures — since last January.
The list was sourced from offices and departments across the university, but may not be comprehensive. If you would like to add information, please email communicate@marybaldwin.edu.
New Faculty and Staff
Advising, Academic Resources, and Life Success
- Brooke Buffington, Associate Vice President for Career and Professional Development
Enrollment Management
- Amanda Rogus, Admissions Counselor
Financial Aid and Student Accounts
- Kelsey Karr, Director of Student Accounts
- Anna-Christina Kendall, Financial Aid Counselor
- Michael Adams, Financial Aid Counselor
Facilities
- Trenton Wojcik, Groundskeeper/Campus Support
- Joshua Huff, Groundskeeper/Campus Support
Gold College of Arts and Sciences
- Constance Swain, Adjunct Professor – Theatre
- Susan Anderson, Operations Manager – Shakespeare and Performance
- Shelby Shartzer, Post-baccalaureate Researcher – Biology
Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences
- Nancy Freeborne, PA Program Director/Chair; Associate Professor
- Lisa Hayes, Assistant Professor – Physical Therapy
- Amanda McComas, Adjunct Professor – School of Nursing
- Victoria McLean, Adjunct Professor – School of Nursing
- Kerry Morgan, Administrative Assistant – PA Program
Advancement and Alumni Relations
- Rebecca Bower, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
Palmer College of Professional Studies
- Maryah Fram, MSW Program Director; Associate Professor
President’s Office and Executive Operations
- Jennifer Williams, Research Analyst
Internal Transitions and Promotions
- Promotion to Professor:
- Associate Professor Doreen Bechtol, Shakespeare and Performance
- Associate Professor Allison Ellington, Occupational Therapy
- Promotion to Associate Professor:
- Assistant Professor Molly Seremet, Theatre
- Assistant Professor Veronica Howard, Applied Behavior Analysis
- Assistant Professor Andrew Raridon, Criminal Justice & Sociology
- Assistant Professor Paige Reed, Criminal Justice
Academic Leave, 2025–26
- Peter Ruiz-Haas, PhD: Spring 2026
- Stephanie Sebolt, PhD: Spring 2026
- Amy J. Tillerson-Brown, PhD: Fall 2025–May 2026
Departures
Enrollment Management
- K. Ashley Fleming, Director of Admissions – MDCHS
- Deborah Sproles, Assist. Director of Admissions – MDCHS
- Mirela Muftarevic, Assoc. Director of Admissions
Academic Advising and Student Support
- Spencer Mayo, First Year Experience Advisor
- Karissa DeTrana, Access Services Coordinator
- Rahyana Talley, First Year Experience Advisor
Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement
- Raven Showalter, Assist. Director Spencer Center
Athletics
- Thomas Wells, Assistant Coach -Tennis
Facilities
- Landon Brogan, Groundskeeper/Campus Support
- Mike Carpenter, Maintenance Tech/Carpenter
- Pandora Swats, Housekeeper
Gold College of Arts and Sciences
- Carol Shepherd, Office Assistant Early College
- Adam Fajardo, Assoc. Professor – English
- Mary Jane Epps, Assoc. Professor of Biology
- Andrew Knight, Adjunct Faculty – Professor of Practice Theatre
- Joseph Johnson, Assistant Professor of Math
- R. Matthew Gildner, Visiting Assistant Professor – History and Spanish
Information Technology
- Laura Sheffey, Sr. Director, Enterprise Data & Apps Mgt.
- Jennifer Mahanes, Technology Support Specialist
Palmer College of Professional Studies
- Timothy Martin, Adjunct Faculty – Criminal Justice/COB
- Barbara Holt, Adjunct Faculty – SOE
- Bronwyn MacFarlane, Adjunct Faculty – SOE
- Dana McCauley, Adjunct Faculty – SOE
- Donna Morris, Adjunct Faculty – SOE
Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences
- Donna Bletz, Admin. Assistant – MSPA Program
- Michael O’Grady, Instructor – DPT Program
- Derek Owens, Assistant Professor – Nurse Annesthesiology Prog
- Michael Miller, Assistant Professor – DNP/NAP
- Benjamin Farley, Medical Director, PA Program
- Michael Welsch, Dept. Chair, Kinesiology Program
Academic Affairs
- Rebecca Cochran, Asst. Director of Learning Systems and Design
Student Accounts
- Katherine Parker, Director of Student Accounts
Student Engagement
- Kailen Mayfield, Director Student Engagement, Leadership, Orientation
University Advancement and Alumni Engagement
- Kiefer Fairbanks, Assist. Director Alumni and Donor Relations
- Joseph Debraggio, Director of Annual Giving