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Meet THE PRESIDENT

Welcome Home Message from the Ferrum College President

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Meet the President

Presidential Appearance and Event Request

If you would like President Martin to appear and/or speak at an event, please submit the required request form.

Please note, requests for speaking engagements must be made at least four weeks in advance of an event.

Board of trustees

Members of the Ferrum College Board of Trustees (BOT) are volunteers who are qualified to serve by virtue of their achievements, scholarship, business-related experience, and/or United Methodist Church association. They are appointed to direct the policies and retain senior management personnel of the College.

As a group the BOT is liable for the financial and other consequences of the College’s activities.

Board Member Responsibilities

Officers and Executive Committee

Officers and Executive Committee

Mr. D. Scott Showalter ’73

Chair of the Board of Trustees and Institutional Advancement Committee

Dr. W. Jeffrey Booker

First Vice Chair, Chair of the Business Affairs and Academic/Student Affairs Committees

Mr. Everett Foxx ’92

Second Vice Chair

Amanda Cox ’04

Secretary

Mr. Baxter Phillips ’66

Chair, Audit and Investment Committees

Mr. John P. Cougill ’69

Chair, Buildings, Grounds and Infrastructure Committee

Mr. Judson P. Mason ’67

Chair, Enrollment/Athletics Committee

Mr. F. Abe Dymond

Chair, Trusteeship Committee

Members

Mr. David Arrington

Member, Board of Trustees

Rev. Denise P. Bates

Member, Board of Trustees

Mrs. Karen McElfish

Member, Board of Trustees

Mr. Jamie Green

Member, Board of Trustees

Mr. Holland Perdue III, ESQ.

Member, Board of Trustees

Dr. Ronald E. Singleton ’70

Member, Board of Trustees

Mrs. Annita P. Nelson

Member, Board of Trustees

Mr. Greg Craddock ’92

Member, Board of Trustees

Mr. Carl Thomas Cline, Jr.

Member, Board of Trustees

ADVISORY TRUSTEES

Mr. Carthan F. Currin, III ’84, Richmond, VA

Mrs. Phyllis Karavatakis ’76, Union Hall, VA

Mr. George D. Yancey ’67, Gordonsville, VA

TRUSTEE EMERITI

Mr. William B. Bales, Williamsburg, VA

Mrs. Patricia O. Compton, Richmond, VA

Mr. Robert A. Cox, Jr., Richmond, VA

Mrs. Thelma B. Crowder, South Boston, VA

Mrs. Betty Forbes, Chester, VA

Mr. Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr, Roanoke, VA

Dr. M. Douglas Newman ’42, Roanoke, VA

Mrs. Ida B. Powell, Lynchburg, VA

Executive Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team

Todd Hill

Associate Vice President of Compliance, Title IX, & Institutional Equity

Chris Watters

Vice President for Institutional Advancement and External Relations

Mark Poore

Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

John DeVault

Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Student Success

Cleive Adams

Director of Athletics

Joseph Kelley

Chief of Police and Director of Campus Safety

Jason Powell

Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Innovation and Research Officer

Delia Heck

Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Director of Institutional Effectiveness

Courtney Brown

Chief of Staff and Liaison to the Board of Trustees