Provost Office Contacts
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Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Catherine A. Riordan (360-650-3547) |
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Vice Provost for Information Technology/CIO John Lawson (360-650-3917) |
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Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Steven VanderStaay (360-650-3004) |
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Acting Vice Provost for Research/Dean of the Graduate School; Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Initiatives Kathleen Kitto (360-650-2884) |
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Vice Provost for Equal Opportunity and Employment Diversity ADA Coordinator Sue Guenter-Schlesinger (360-650-3307) |
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Vice Provost for Academic Resources Debra Jusak (360-650-3396)
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Vice Provost for Extended Education Earl F. Gibbons (360-650-4446) |
Provost Office Staff
Bev Jones, Assistant to the Provost (360-650-3345)
Melinda Assink, Administrative Assistant to the Provost (360-650-3547)
Mary Lacher, Receptionist for the President & Provost Offices (360-650-3480)
Diane Bateman, Administrative Assistant to the Vice Provost for Information Technology (360-650-3917)
Wendy Knight, Administrative Assistant to the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and to the Director of the Karen W. Morse Institute for Leadership (360-650-2292)
Gary McKinney, Analyst (360-650-3409)
Academic Affairs Budget
Ichi Pencil, Director for Academic Budgeting (360-650-6837)
Laura Poolman, Budget Analyst (360-650-3729)
Kimberly Caulfield, Program Manager (360-650-3915)
Campus Compact (WWU serves as the fiscal agent)
Jennifer Hine, Executive Director (360-650-2926)
http://www.wacampuscompact.org/
Institutional Research
Ming Zhang, Director of Institutional Research (360-650-4454)
Sharon Schmidtz, Assistant Director of Institutional Research (360-650-3087)
Chris Stark, Analyst (360-650-3239)
Karen W. Morse Institute for Leadership
Joseph Garcia, Director of the Karen W. Morse Institute for Leadership and Bowman Distinguished Professor of Leadership Studies (360-650-3916)
Space Administration
Francis Halle, Director of Space Administration & Management (360-650-3230)






