University leadership
Kimberly Andrews Espy
President
Laurie M. Lauzon Clabo
Provost and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs
Academics and Research
Ahmad M. Ezzeddine
Vice President for Academic Student Affairs and Global Engagement
Ezemenari Obasi
Vice President for Research
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
Paul Bracke
Dean, University Libraries and the School of Information Sciences
Stephanie Hartwell
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Richard Bierschbach
Dean, Law School
Debra Patterson
Acting Dean, School of Social Work
Health
Mark Schweitzer
Vice President for Health Affairs
Wael Sakr
Dean, School of Medicine
Ramona Benkert
Interim Dean, College of Nursing
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
Carolyn Hafner
Associate Vice President for Human Resources
Bethany Gielczyk
Chief Financial Officer and Interim Senior Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer
Amr Abdel-Azim
Interim Associate Vice President of 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
Melissa Smiley
Chief of Staff and University Relations Officer
Erika Wallace
Director of Athletics
University Governance
Michael Poterala
Vice President and General Counsel
Julie Miller
University Secretary and Executive Officer to the Board of Governors