Leadership
University Leadership
The Wright State University Board of Trustees exercises general oversight of the university and bears ultimate responsibility for its organization, finances, and governance. The board approves strategic plans, budgets, personnel decisions, and policies. The board appoints the president, to whom it delegates operating responsibilities for the university, and provides ongoing counsel to them.
The president—in collaboration with trustees and members of the university community—sets the university’s strategic direction, serves as its ambassador, and appoints its senior leadership. This includes the provost, the chief academic officer who oversees the educational mission of the university.
Executive Officers and Administration
- Joylynn Brown, B.A., Director of Athletics
- Matthew C. Chaney, Ed.D., Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
- Sean Culley, J.D., Vice President and General Counsel
- James Denniston, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
- Andrea Faber, Ph.D., Vice Provost and Chief Administrative Officer, Lake Campus
- Emily Hamman, M.A., Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
- JJ Jenkins, M.B.A., Vice President for Compliance and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer
- Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Research and Innovation
- Burhan Kawosa, M.B.A., Vice President, Finance, Planning and Analysis
- Carol Loranger, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
- Gregory Sample, M.P.A., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- Susan Schaurer, M.S., Vice President for Enrollment Management
- Bill Shepard, M.S., Vice President for Advancement
- Michael Stankas, B.S.C.E., Chief Information Officer
- Tom Webb, M.A., Associate Vice President of Accessibility
- Jane Wildermuth, M.A., University Librarian
Deans
- Darryl K. Ahner, Ph.D., P.E., Engineering and Computer Science
- Eric Corbitt, M.Ed., Dean of Students
- Subhashini Ganapathy, Ph.D., Graduate Programs and Honors Studies
- Donald H. Hopkins, Jr., M.B.A., Raj Soin College of Business (interim)
- Raj Mitra, M.D., Dean, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine & Chief Academic Officer, Premier Health
- Ayşe Şahin, Ph.D., Science and Mathematics
- Gary Schmidt, Ph.D., Liberal Arts
- Marty Sexton, Ph.D., RN, FNAP, Health, Education, and Human Services (acting)
- Andrea Faber, Ph.D., Vice Provost Lake Campus
Elected Representatives
- Marwah Almuzoughi, President of Student Government
- Dawn Wooley, Ph.D., President of the Faculty
- Michael Epley, M.A., Chair of Lake Campus Staff Advisory Council
- Seth Gordon, Ph.D., Chair of Staff Senate
