Key Administrators
Office of the President
Dr. Bill Hardgrave
President
901.678.2234
president@memphis.edu
Stephanie Beasley
Chief of Staff
901.678.5021
sbeasly1@memphis.edu
Vicki Deaton
Chief Audit Executive, Internal
Audit
901.678.5274
vddeaton@memphis.edu
President's Council
Dr. Abby Parrill-Baker
Interim Provost
901.678.2119
aparrill@memphis.edu
Dr. Jasbir Dhaliwal
Executive Vice President for
Research and Innovation
901.678.1618
jdhaliwl@memphis.edu
Tammy Hedges
Executive Vice President for
University Relations
901.678.2843
thedges@memphis.edu
Raaj Kurapati
Executive Vice President for
Business & Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
901.678.2121
kurapati@memphis.edu
Dr. Karen Weddle-West
Vice President for Student
Academic Success and Director
of Diversity Initiatives
901.678.2114
kweddle@memphis.edu
Ron Brooks
Vice President for Physical Plant
901.678.2077
rbrooks@memphis.edu
Joanna Curtis
Vice President for
Advancement
901.678.5274
jecurtis@memphis.edu
Laird Veatch
Vice President and Director
of Intercollegiate Athletics
901.678.5395
lfveatch@memphis.edu
Melanie Murry
University Counsel
901.678.2155
mmurry@memphis.edu
Dr. Robert Jackson
Chief Information Officer
901.678.8324
rjax@memphis.edu
Katie VanLandingham
Chief Government Relations
and Policy Officer
901.678.3187
K.L.V@memphis.edu
Stephanie Beasley
Chief of Staff
Office of the President
901.678.5021
sbeasly1@memphis.edu
Dr. Justin Lawhead
Dean of Students/Vice Provost
for Student Development
and Wellness
901.678.2187
jtlawhed@memphis.edu
Dr. Niles Reddick
Dean, UofM Lambuth
901.678.1936
nmrddick@memphis.edu
Dr. Colton Cockrum
Assistant Vice Provost of
Institutional Effectiveness,
Accreditation & Academic
Assessment
ccockrum@memphis.edu
Dr. Bridgette Decent
Associate Vice Provost
for Strategic Analytics
901.678.5502
bdecent@memphis.edu
Pat Travis
Faculty Senate President
901.678.2512
wptravis@memphis.edu
Chris Bourque
Staff Senate President
901.678.4269
bdecent@memphis.edu
Dr. Kandi Hill-Clarke
Senior Serving Dean, College
of Education
901.678.4265
k.hill-clarke@memphis.edu
Dr. Shahram Pezeshk
Senior Serving Chair, Dept. of
Civil Engineering
901.678.4727
spezeshk@memphis.edu
Lynda Wray Black
Faculty Athletics Representative
to the NCAA
901.678.3225
l.black@memphis.edu
Atlantica Smith
Student Government Association
President
901.678.2051
tsmith61@memphis.edu
Academic Affairs
Dr. Abby Parrill-Baker
Interim Provost
aparrill@memphis.edu
Dr. Richard Bloomer
Dean, College of Health Sciences
rbloomer@memphis.edu
Dr. Okenwa Okoli
Dean, Herff College of
Engineering
O.Okoli@memphis.edu
Dr. Gary Emmert
Interim Dean, College of
Arts & Sciences
gemmert@memphis.edu
Dr. Kandi Hill-Clarke
Dean, College of Education
k.hill-clarke@memphis.edu
Dr. Linda Jarmulowicz
Dean, School of Communication
Sciences & Disorders
ljrmlwcz@memphis.edu
Dr. Melinda Jones
Director, Helen Harden Honors
College
mljones6@memphis.edu
Dr. Ashish Joshi
Dean, School of Public Health
ashish.joshi@memphis.edu
Dr. Radesh Palakurthi
Dean, Kemmons Wilson School
of Hospitality & Resort
Management
rplkrthi@memphis.edu
Dr. Greg Boller
Interim Dean, Fogelman College
of Business & Economics
gboller@memphis.edu
Dr. Niles Reddick
Dean, UofM Lambuth
nmrddick@memphis.edu
Katharine Schaffzin
Dean, Cecil C. Humphreys
School of Law
ktschffz@memphis.edu
Dr. Linda Haddad
Dean, Loewenberg
College of Nursing
lhaddad@memphis.edu
Dr. Justin Lawhead
Dean of Students/Vice Provost
for Student Development
and Wellness
jtlawhed@memphis.edu
Dr. John Evans
Dean, University Libraries
jevans@memphis.edu
Dr. Colton Cockrum
Assistant Vice Provost of Institutional Effectiveness,
Accreditation & Academic Assessment
ccockrum@memphis.edu
Dr. Bridgette Decent
Associate Vice Provost
for Strategic Analytics
bdecent@memphis.edu
Dr. Sally Parish
Associate Vice Provost for
Educational Initiatives
sdgates@memphis.edu
Dr. Deb Tollsefen
Graduate School
dtollsfn@memphis.edu
Business & Finance
Raaj Kurapati
Executive Vice President for
Business & Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
kurapati@memphis.edu
Student Academic Success
Dr. Karen Weddle-West
Vice President for Student
Academic Success and Director
of Diversity Initiatives
kweddle@memphis.edu
Dr. Eric A. Bailey
Assistant Vice President of
Student Academic Success
eabailey@memphis.edu