Summer 2026 Edition
The following MBU Community Update provides information on personnel changes (new hires and departures) since February 2026.
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
Enrollment Management
- Scott Cooper, Director of Admissions
- Lauren Healy, Admissions Counselor
- Abigail Souders, Admissions Counselor
Financial Aid and Student Accounts
- Jill Gable, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management (Student Financial Services)
Academic Affairs
- LaShander Spencer-McQueen, University Registrar
- Sarah Cochran, Learning Experience Consultant
Gold College of Arts and Sciences
- Franki Kilmer, Lab Manager/Chemical Safety Officer
- Siena Guttormson, Post-Baccalaureate Researcher
- Justin Barhite, Assistant Professor (Mathematics)
Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences
- Amy Mumbauer, Adjunct Faculty (DPT Program)
- Kathleen (Katie) Peltz, Assistant Professor (PA Program)
- Kimberly Richards, Adjunct (School of Nursing)
- Samantha Koontz, Adjunct (School of Nursing)
- Larkin Muncaster, Adjunct Faculty (School of Nursing)
- Sarah Neff, Clinical Coordinator (MSPA Program)
- Rosie Taylor-Lewis, Program Director (PMHNP)
Athletics
- Steven Cancel Santiago, Assistant Track and Field Coach
- Robert Kocher, Head Women’s Volleyball Coach
- Tavian Brown, Assistant Cross Country, Track, and Field Coach
- Nathan Smith, Head Men’s Basketball Coach
- Lionel Karyea, Head Women’s Soccer Coach
- Chelsea Ley, Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country + Track and Field
- Kieren Collins, Assistant Baseball Coach
Advancement and Alumni Relations
- Ingrid Zepp, Senior Director of Advancement Services
Facilities
- Hannah Gazmen, Director of Facilities Management
- Stanley Turner, Groundskeeper/Campus Support
- Sandrina Bonner, Housekeeper
- William Potter, Groundskeeper/Campus Support
Palmer College of Professional Studies
- Rebecca Mayo-Pitts, Director of Field Education and Assistant Professor of Social Work
- Meredith Kiljan, Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication
- Natalie Parks, Director of Clinical Education for ABA and Assistant Professor
President’s Office, Executive Operations, and Integrated Communications
- Justin Schofield, Content Creator and Social Media Manager
Office of Information Technology
- Jody Lohr, Technical Support Specialist
- Nicolas Smith, Network Systems Administrator
Departures
Enrollment Management
- Sara Holsten, Admissions Counselor (PA Program)
Academic Advising and Student Support
- Sarah Brown, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services
Athletics
- Daniel Eacho, Head Men’s Basketball Coach
- Sanders Gelnovatch, Head Women’s Soccer Coach
- Mikel Bradley, Graduate Assistant (Men’s Basketball)
- Rob VanCleve, Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track/Field
Facilities
- Deborah Hostetter, Housekeeper
- Phillip Chaplin, Groundskeeper
- Mitchell Burke, Engineering Technician
- Dorothy Jo Thomas, Environmental Services Technician
- Sandrina Bonner, Housekeeper
- Erin Painter, Housekeeper
Gold College of Arts and Sciences
- James Allan Moye, Director of Film Studies
- Martha Saunders, Visiting Associate Professor (Studio Art) and Director of Hunt Gallery
- Abigail Wightman, Professor of Anthropology
- Shelby Shartzer, Post-Baccalaureate Researcher (SPARCnet)
- Mary Cole, Professor of History
- Matthew Holman, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science
- Brenci Patino, Professor of Spanish
Palmer College of Professional Studies
- Carla VanDevander, Assistant Professor of Education
Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences
- Bonnie Tang, PT Lab Manager
Academic Affairs
- Cooper O’Neil, Assistant University Registrar (Student Services and Records)
- Sierra Sweezy, PEG Residence Hall Director
- A. Opal Craft, Assistant University Registrar
- Cathy Jo Swain, Senior Learning Solutions Architect
Office of Information Technology
- Sonya Jaf, Technology Support Specialist
- Robert Harvill, Network and Systems Engineer
University Advancement and Alumni Engagement
- Rebecca Bower, Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
President’s Office, Executive Operations, and Integrated Communications
- Alexandra West, Content Creator and Social Media Manager
- Leighton Carruth, Director of Internal Communications
- Alex Jost, Associate Vice President for Finance and Assistant CFO
- Charles William Webb, Chief Growth Officer, Senior Vice President, and Dean of Palmer
- Amy Diduch, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness
Departing Adjunct Professors
Gold College of Arts and Sciences
- Michael Blackwood, Adjunct Faculty (Shakespeare and Performance)
- Kyle Powell, Adjunct Faculty (Shakespeare and Performance)
- Ghita Chraibi, Adjunct Faculty (Political Science)
- Tara Riggs, Adjunct Faculty (Political Science)
- Mandi Smith, Adjunct Faculty (Political Science)
- Jared Browne, Adjunct Faculty (Criminal Justice)
- Jeffrey Czarnec, Adjunct Faculty (Criminal Justice)
- Haley Davis, Professor of Practice (College of Arts and Sciences)
- Jessica Embach Jankauskas, Adjunct Faculty (Music)
- Sharon Jacobs, Adjunct Faculty (Ceramics)
- Elizabeth Larson, Adjunct Faculty (Physics)
- Jessica Rublee, Adjunct Faculty (Studio Art)
- Ammara Shafqat, Adjunct Faculty (Visual and Performing Arts)
Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences
- Frank Barrett, Adjunct Faculty (PT Program)
- Christopher Chapman, Adjunct Faculty (Health Sciences)
- Kala Doss, Adjunct Faculty (OT Program)
- Hannah Harris, Adjunct Faculty (OT Program)
- Rachel Peer, Adjunct Faculty (OT Program)
- Kenneth Feifer, Adjunct Faculty (School of Public Health)
- Meredith Joyner, Adjunct Faculty (MDCHS)
- Tyler Knecht, Adjunct Faculty (College of Health Sciences)
- John Mack, Adjunct Faculty (PA Program)
- Jessica Ray, Adjunct Faculty (NAP)
- Sherry Roper, Adjunct Faculty (RN-BSN)
Palmer College of Professional Studies
- Irving Driscoll, Adjunct Faculty (School of Education)
- Victoria Evans, Adjunct Faculty (School of Education)
- Connie Harrison, Adjunct Faculty (School of Education)
- Beverly Kirby, Adjunct Faculty (School of Education)
- Patricia Reynolds, Adjunct Faculty (School of Education)
- Tamra Willis, Adjunct Faculty (School of Education)
- Angela Wilson, Adjunct Faculty (School of Education)
- Christina Harrison, Adjunct Faculty (Social Work)
- Crista Cabe, Adjunct Faculty (Marketing Communication)
- Jan Nichols, Adjunct Faculty / University Supervisor