MANCHESTER - Key Persons


Aaron L. Fetrow

Job Titles:
  • Committee: Student Life ( Vice Chair )

Abigail Van Vlerah

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Student Life

Adam Hohman

Job Titles:
  • Director of Institutional Research

Alexis Young

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President for Facilities and Auxiliary Services

Alicia S. Baird

Job Titles:
  • Committees: Student Life, Governance ( Vice - Chair )

Andrew Wolfe

Job Titles:
  • Data Analyst

Anti-Racism Statement

Job Titles:
  • President 's Cabinet

April White

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Counseling Services

Barb Burdge - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Beate Gilliar - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Modern Languages

Bella Hurd

Job Titles:
  • Junior Admissions Counselor

Bethany Theological Seminary - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Blake Moore

Job Titles:
  • Operations and Slate Manager

Brandi Chauncey

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions

Brian L. Harshberger

Job Titles:
  • Executive, Institutional Vitality ( Chair ), Audit ( Vice - Chair

Brooke Betten

Job Titles:
  • Student Financial Services Coordinator

C. Arturo Yañez - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Carolyn Moldenhauer

Job Titles:
  • Retired Teacher / Indianapolis, Ind

Cassandra R. Gohn

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biology

Celia Cook-Huffman

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Academic Affairs

Chloe Leckrone

Job Titles:
  • Communications Specialist

Clair Knapp

Job Titles:
  • Chief Business Officer
  • Vice President for Finance

Cole Richards

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development

Dan Chudzynski

Job Titles:
  • Creative Director

Darla Haines

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Library Director
  • Archives
  • Library

Dr. Stacy H. Young - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • President, Manchester University
  • University President

Emily Ewen

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Counselor
Emily specializes in helping students who are interested in studying athletic training, clinical & rehabilitation sciences, coaching*, exercise science, human performance, medical health education & sales*, nutrition sciences, orthopedic studies*, pre-occupational therapy and pre-physical therapy. Emily joins us from the tiny town of Wolcott, Ind. She is a recent grad from Manchester University in the spring of 2021. While studying here, she earned a degree in secondary English education, ran cross country and track, worked too many on-campus jobs to count, and participated in every club she could make time for. Before coming back to Manchester, she taught high school English at Snider High School in Fort Wayne. She found that her passion to help students grow and excel would be better suited at the college level. Emily wants to be an admissions counselor to help students navigate their way toward a scary, yet exciting and developmental time. A fun fact about Emily is that art has always been a large passion of hers, and she runs an art business online.

Eric Schwarz

Job Titles:
  • IT Technician

Erin Hickle

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sports Information

Erin Shriver

Job Titles:
  • Student Account Coordinator

Grace Newton

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Counselor
Grace hails from Columbia City, Indiana and graduated from Manchester this past spring with a major in Business Management and a minor in Digital Media. She was involved in various clubs during her time at MU including Student Senate and even served on the board of the College of Business Club throughout her time. She looks forward to being able to connect with new students and help them discover their interest in learning!

Harriet Hamer

Job Titles:
  • Committees: Outreach, Governance / Midwest Anesthesia Consultants / South Bend, Ind

Heather Gochenaur

Job Titles:
  • Campus Store Manager

Heather Twomey

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the Gilbert College of Business

J. Bentley Peters

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Trustee

Jacob Sweet

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Admissions
Jacob specializes in helping students who are interested in studying biology-chemistry, chemistry, medical technology population health, pre-dentistry, pre-medicine, pre-optometry, pre-osteopathic medicine, pre-pharmacogenomics, pre-pharmacy, pre-physician assistant and pre-veterinary medicine. He also coordinates the MU Academy, Manchester's dual enrollment experience for high school students. Hi Everyone! Welcome to Manchester University! I am Jacob Sweet, and I am a native of Hicksville, Ohio, located in Northwest Ohio in Defiance County. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in sport management with a minor in journalism from Manchester in 2016. I received my Master of Science degree in Leadership from Trine University in October 2019. I loved my time at Manchester and I became an admissions counselor to help give that experience back to you! Before returning to Manchester, I was a sports reporter at The Bryan Times and a general assignment reporter at the Paulding Progress. My favorite part about Manchester is the sense of community and the family feel. You can't go anywhere on campus without knowing someone. I also loved my time as a cross country and track and field distance runner for the Spartans. I am the biggest Friends TV show fan, Colts fan, Duke basketball fan, and Pepsi fan. I hope I get the chance to get to know you. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me at anytime!

Jane Webb

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Residential Life

Jeff Beer - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Jeff Diesburg - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Jeff Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Biology - Chemistry

Jennifer Barscz

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director of Marketing and Communications

Jennifer Robison

Job Titles:
  • Biology - Niswander Department of Biology

Jill Biehl

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Jim Manis

Job Titles:
  • Director of Business Technology Resource

Joel Waggy

Job Titles:
  • Web Team Leader / Senior Web Programmer Analyst

John "JT" Straub Jr.

Job Titles:
  • IT Technician
  • IT System Specialist

John W. Gilmore

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Trustee

John Zeglis

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Trustee
  • Retired President, at & T Chairman and CEO, at & T Wireless Founder and Chairman, Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Judd Case

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Arts and Sciences

Katharine Gray Brown - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Program Director

Katharine Ings

Job Titles:
  • Program Director

Katie Estep

Job Titles:
  • Social Media Coordinator

Kelsey Gower

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Career and Service Engagement

Kevin R. Hochstedler

Job Titles:
  • Executive

Kim Reinoehl

Job Titles:
  • Communication and Events Coordinator

Kory Deane

Job Titles:
  • Data Analyst

Kourtney Rogers - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Human Resources
  • Human Resources

Kyle Grubbs

Job Titles:
  • Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
Kyle specializes in helping students who are interested in studying accounting, art, digital media arts, english, entrepreneurship*, finance, gender studies*, individualized studies, journalism, marketing, music, peace studies, philosophy*, philosophy & religious studies, religious studies*, spanish* & TESOL*. Kyle Grubbs graduated from Manchester in 2012 with a bachelor of arts in Spanish and a TESOL minor. She's worked in admissions at Manchester for over nine years. Kyle says she chose to work in admissions at Manchester because of the wonderful experience she had at Manchester. She loves the idea of being the one to introduce incoming students to this special place and help them in their college search process. A fun fact about Kyle is that she studied abroad twice while studying at Manchester. She went to Spain during the January session of her sophomore year and spent the spring semester of her junior year in Xalapa, Mexico.

Kyle Watson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chemistry and Physics

LaDonna Bloom

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Student Financial Services

Larry Johnston

Job Titles:
  • Director of ITS Operations

Laura Turner-Reed

Job Titles:
  • Director of Academic Support

Laurie Young

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Vitality ( Vice - Chair

Linda M. Kroll

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board, Committees: Exofficio All Committees / Associate Vice President for Finance, University of Notre Dame

Lisa Beery

Job Titles:
  • Director of Dining Services

Lisa R. Ford

Job Titles:
  • Committee: Educational Quality / Teacher, Community Leader / Wabash, Ind

Lisa Young Alston

Job Titles:
  • Committee: Educational Quality

Lucas Dargo

Job Titles:
  • Program Director

Marcie Coulter-Kern - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Psychology

Mark A. Baer

Job Titles:
  • Committee: Student Life / Chief Executive Officer, Crowe LLP

Marsha Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Trustee

Max Ihnen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Systems Administrator

Megan Sarber

Job Titles:
  • Director

Melanie Harmon

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Advancement

Melissa West

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Recruitment
Melissa works with students who wish to transfer or re-enroll to MU. Melissa West oversees the Manchester recruitment team. She is originally from Peru, Ind., and is a graduate of North Miami H.S. As a student at Manchester, she studied athletic training and sociology and was a member of the women's volleyball team. Her professional experience includes marketing and human resources in the orthopedic industry and financial aid, alumni relations and admissions at MU. Melissa holds a master's degree in higher education administration. She chose a career in admissions because she enjoys helping students and families work through the college-search process to find the right college fit. A fun fact is that Melissa is a third-generation Manchester alum. Her paternal grandparents met at and graduated from Manchester in the ‘40s; her parents met at and graduated from Manchester in the ‘60s; and she and her husband met at and graduated from Manchester in 1998!

Michael J. Packnett

Job Titles:
  • Executive

Michelle Calka - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Nadine S. Pence

Job Titles:
  • Executive, Education Quality ( Chair

Nathan Corder

Job Titles:
  • Photographer / Videographer

Nathan Haywood

Job Titles:
  • Web Content Strategist

Olan Griffiths

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Technology Services
  • Information Technology

Princeton Theological Seminary

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Trustee
  • Retired Senior Vice President and COO

Rachelle Sorg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Student Financial Services

Rick Espeset

Job Titles:
  • Director of Athletics

Rose Reinhart

Job Titles:
  • Interim Registrar

Rudy Rolle

Job Titles:
  • Director

Rustin Crutchley

Job Titles:
  • Director of Pharmacogenomics and Professor of Pharmacogenomics

Ryon Kaopuiki

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations
  • Strategic Communications
  • Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing

Samantha Alley

Job Titles:
  • Student Involvement

Samantha Cussen - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Shane Thomson

Job Titles:
  • Program Director

Shaun Julius

Job Titles:
  • Counselor

Sherri Shockey

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director of Student Financial Services

Stacy Stetzel - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Education - Henney Department of Education

Tim Brauch - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Mathematics and Computer Science - Bittinger Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Tim Reed

Job Titles:
  • Music

Tina Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Director

Tish Kalita

Job Titles:
  • Director of Career and Professional Development

Tom Ruediger

Job Titles:
  • Director

Trevor Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Admissions Counselor
Trevor specializes in helping students interested in: Entrepreneurship*, Esports Management*, Sports Management, Marketing, Communication Studies, Health Communication* and Public Relations*. Trevor also works with students interested in transferring to Manchester. Trevor specializes in helping students who are interested in studying business*, business management, esports management*, professional sales and sport management Coming from Austin, Ind., Trevor graduated from Manchester in the spring of 2022. Trevor earned a Bachelor of Science with majors in sport management and digital media, and then joined the admissions team after graduation. Trevor is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Esports Business. At MU, Trevor spent almost four years in the Office of Admissions as a student working as a Spartan ambassador and then a junior admissions counselor. Trevor also worked as an Esports intern for three years with Manchester Esports. Aside from working on campus, Trevor was very involved in clubs and was a part of the men's tennis team. A fun fact about Trevor is that he loves to be creative and design things, but he's terrible at drawing, so he sticks to graphic design.

Uma Ganesan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • History and Political Science

W. Thomas Smith

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

William N. Harper

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Trustee