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. David Russomanno
Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs & Provost
901.678.2119
drussmnn@memphis.edu
Dr. Jasbir Dhaliwal
Executive Vice President for
Research and Innovation
901.678.1618
jdhaliwl@memphis.edu
Michele Ehrhart
Senior Vice President and
Chief Marketing and
Communications Officer
901.678.2843
mehrhart@memphis.edu
Rene Bustamante
Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating and
Chief Financial Officer
901.678.2121
rbustmnt@memphis.edu
Tara Jones
Senior Vice President for
University Advancement
901.678.3951
tara.jones@memphis.edu
Jeff Crane
Interim Vice President and
Director of Intercollegiate
Athletics
901.678.5395
jeff.c@memphis.edu
Melanie Murry
University Counsel
901.678.2155
mmurry@memphis.edu
Jeff Delaney
Chief Information
Officer
901.678.8324
Jeff.Delaney@memphis.edu
Stephanie Beasley
Chief of Staff
Office of the President
901.678.5021
sbeasly1@memphis.edu
Dr. Colton Cockrum
Senior Associate Vice Provost
of Institutional Effectiveness,
Accreditation & Academic
Assessment
ccockrum@memphis.edu
Melinda Carlson
Vice President for
Student Affairs
901.678.2187
mcrlson2@memphis.edu
Dr. Bridgette Decent
Associate Vice Provost
for Strategic Analytics
901.678.5502
bdecent@memphis.edu
Dr. DeAnna Owens-Mosby
Faculty Senate President
901.678.2512
dgish@memphis.edu
David Greganti
Staff Senate President
901.678.2733
dgregant@memphis.edu
Dr. Rick Bloomer
Senior Serving Dean, College
of Health Sciences
901.678.3416
rbloomer@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
Tony Bourne
VP for Enrollment
Management
901.678.5218
tbourne1@memphis.edu
Samuel Warren
Student Government
Association President
901.678.2051
sjwrren1@memphis.edu
Christopher Harris
Graduate Student Association
President
cdhrrs15@memphis.edu
Academic Affairs
Dr. David Russomanno
Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs & Provost
drussmann@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. Abby Parrill-Baker
Dean, College of Arts
& Sciences
aparrill@memphis.edu
Dr. Joanne Gikas
Interim Dean, College of
Professional & Liberal
Studies; UofM Global
jgikas@memphis.edu
Dr. Michael T. Miller
Dean, College of Education
mtmller6@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. Robert Garrett
Dean, Fogelman College of
Business & Economics
rgrrett8@memphis.edu
Vacant
Dean, UofM Lambuth
Dr. Linda Haddad
Dean, Loewenberg
College of Nursing
lhaddad@memphis.edu
Melinda Carlson
Vice President for
Student Affairs
901.678.2187
mcrlson2@memphis.edu
Dr. Gerald Chaudron
Dean, University Libraries
gchudron@memphis.edu
Dr. Colton Cockrum
Senior Associate Vice Provost,
Institutional Effectiveness
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
Vice Provost & Dean, Graduate School
dtollsfn@memphis.edu
Business & Finance
Rene Bustamante
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
901.678.2121
rbustmnt@memphis.edu
Student Academic Success
Dr. Eric A. Bailey
Interim Senior Vice Provost,
Student Academic Success
eabailey@memphis.edu