University leadership
Kimberly Andrews Espy
President
Mark Kornbluh
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Academics and Research
Ahmad M. Ezzeddine
Vice President for Academic Student Affairs and Global Engagement
Timothy Stemmler
Vice President for Research (Interim)
Donyale Padgett
Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer (Interim)
Boris Baltes
Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Associate Vice President of Academic Personnel
Rob Thompson
Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice President for Computing and Information Technology
Virginia Franke Kleist
Dean, Mike Ilitch School of Business
Denise Taliaferro Baszile
Dean, College of Education
Ali Abolmaali
Dean, College of Engineering
Hasan Elahi
Dean, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich
Dean, Graduate School
Elena Past
Acting Dean, Irvin D. Reid Honors College
Thomas Walker
Dean, University Libraries and the School of Information Sciences (Interim)
Stephanie Hartwell
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Richard Bierschbach
Dean, Law School
Sheryl Kubiak
Dean, School of Social Work
Health
Mark Schweitzer
Vice President for Health Affairs
Wael Sakr
Dean, School of Medicine
Laurie M. Lauzon Clabo
Dean, College of Nursing, and WSU Chief Health and Wellness Officer
Brian Cummings
Dean, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Shared Governance
Linda Beale
President, Academic Senate
Hayden Johnson
President, Student Senate
Business and Operations
David P. Massaron
Chief Business Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Operations, and Treasurer
Carolyn Hafner
Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Bethany Gielczyk
Senior Associate Vice President for Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Rob Davenport
Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning and Management
Engagement and Advocacy
David Ripple
Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs and
President, Wayne State University Foundation
Ned Staebler
Vice President for Economic Development
Patrick O. Lindsey
Vice President for Government and Community Affairs
Michael Wright
Vice President of Marketing and Communications and Chief of Staff
Erika Wallace
Director of Athletics
University Governance
Michael Poterala
Vice President and General Counsel
Julie Miller
Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Governors