ROCKHURST - Key Persons


Alexander Druen

Job Titles:
  • Desktop Support Technician

Alicia Douglas

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Relations and Outreach

Amanda Given

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Generalist / Human Resources

Andrea Stanley

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Applications Specialist

Angela Grojean

Job Titles:
  • Operations Administrator, OT

Annalisa Gramlich

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness

Annie Lehwald - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations

April Gray

Job Titles:
  • Disability Resource Center Coordinator

Bailee Callahan

Job Titles:
  • ACCP Admissions Coordinator

Bebe Harrington

Job Titles:
  • Stewardship Coordinator

Becca Hedge

Job Titles:
  • Director of ELearning

Beth Harris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions and Partnerships

Betty Carson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Brent Blazek

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Athletics - Development and Engagement

Bryonne Cummings MSOD


Caitlin Dresser

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Captain Ken Frederick

Job Titles:
  • Captain
  • Executive Officer / Department of Safety and Security

Carmen Panlilio

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management

Chris Bayne

Job Titles:
  • Professional Nursing Tutor

Christina Berg

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Academic Advisor

Christina Byers

Job Titles:
  • Department Assistant

Christy Harrell

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Financial Analyst

Ciara Chaffin

Job Titles:
  • Communications Dispatcher

Cole Bosley

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Cross Country Coach

Conway Hall


David Brundage

Job Titles:
  • Computer Support Technician

Dick Diener

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Men 's Basketball Coach

Dick Vermeil

Job Titles:
  • Coach With the St. Louis Rams

Donna Gardner

Job Titles:
  • Director Medical Assisting

Doug Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Development

Doug Dunham

Job Titles:
  • Provost and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs

Drew Diener


Elbert Darden

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Counseling Center

Ella Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Campus Visits and Events

Erin Ellefson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Women 's Soccer Coach

Gabrielle Brancato

Job Titles:
  • Social Media Manager

Gary Burns

Job Titles:
  • Baseball Coach / Athletics / Convocation 200D

Gene Burton

Job Titles:
  • E - Learning Instructional Technologist

Geoff Smith

Job Titles:
  • Admission and Telecommunication Access Coordinator

Giorgio Antongirolami

Job Titles:
  • Associate Men 's Soccer Coach

Grant Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Residence Life

Greg Herdlick


Gwendolyn Bradley

Job Titles:
  • Communications Dispatcher

Haley Cox

Job Titles:
  • Creative Designer

Halley Dean

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Cross Country Coach

Hannah Adams

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Intern

Jackie King

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Admissions Coordinator

Jamie Banister

Job Titles:
  • Research Services Assistant

Jennifer Denzine

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Records Specialist / Registrar

Jessica Van Ackeren

Job Titles:
  • Data Entry Specialist

Jill Connors

Job Titles:
  • College Assistant

Jody Burgard

Job Titles:
  • Director of Advancement Services

John Dodderidge

Job Titles:
  • Sports Information Director

Julie Harding

Job Titles:
  • Associate Registrar / Registrar ( Effective July 1, 2023 ) Registrar

Katherine Frohoff

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President of University Marketing & Communications

Kathleen FitzGerald

Job Titles:
  • Academic and Facilities Assistant, Nursing

Katlin Gabriel

Job Titles:
  • Student Accounts Analyst / Financial Services

Kay Norgard

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions and CBIIA Partnerships

Kendall Hart

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Women 's Basketball Coach

Kristina Henry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean

Kristy Bayer

Job Titles:
  • Director of Athletics

Kylee Soucie

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Processing and Articulation

Lanie Clark

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the VP of Student Development & Athletics

LaTisha Davis

Job Titles:
  • Director of Multicultural Belonging and Engagement

LaToya Vaughn

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Counselor
  • Advisor

Laura Fitzpatrick

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean

Laura Horne-Popp

Job Titles:
  • Director of Greenlease Library

Linda Endecott - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Managing Director

Lindsey Carlson

Job Titles:
  • ABSN Director and Faculty

Lindsey Coker

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Generalist / Human Resources

Lora Colombatto

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Education Assistant

MacKinzie Foster

Job Titles:
  • OT Fieldwork Administrative Assistant

Maeve Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Admission Counselor

Mark Hetzler

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Student Development / Student Development & Residence Life

Marta Treuner

Job Titles:
  • Admission Counselor

Mary Bond

Job Titles:
  • Director of Graduate Advising

Mary Cary

Job Titles:
  • Secretary, College of Arts and Sciences / Secretary, Thomas More Center for Catholic Thought and Culture

Mary Claire Brass

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions and Partnerships

Mary Curry

Job Titles:
  • Banner Programmer Analyst

Mary Mooney Burns

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Advancement

Matt Emory

Job Titles:
  • Student Success and Retention

Matthew Eppright

Job Titles:
  • Video Systems Engineer

Meghan Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Employment

Meilani Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Patrol Officer

Michael Calvin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Athletics / Head Athletic Trainer

Michael Clump

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean

Michael Craig

Job Titles:
  • Information Services Director

Mitch Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Myles Gartland

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Paivi Bybee

Job Titles:
  • Writing Coordinator

Rachel Schleicher

Job Titles:
  • St. Louis Regional Assistant Director

Randy Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Director of Security / Co - Chair of Crisis Committee / Department of Safety and Security

Rev. Don Farnan

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant for Faith - Justice

Rev. Stephen Hess

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Mission and Ministry

Robert Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean / Director of Academic Advising

Rosie Brennan

Job Titles:
  • Department Assistant

Samantha Dodds

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Readiness Coordinator

Sandra Cassady - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Member of the Higher Learning Commission
Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., began her tenure as the 15th president of Rockhurst University on June 27, 2022, the first lay and woman president in the institution's history. She was inaugurated as president in November, 2022, under the theme "We Are Called." Cassady's 30-year career in higher education includes roles both as a member of faculty and in administration at St. Ambrose University, a comprehensive Catholic university enrolling over 3,000 students in Davenport, Iowa. She served as a full-time faculty member in the physical therapy department at St. Ambrose for more than a decade, receiving several awards for teaching, research and service. Cassady is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, a fellow in the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and served as past editor for the Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal and past associate editor for the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sport Physical Therapy. In addition to a distinguished academic career, Cassady has held numerous administrative roles at St, Ambrose, including director of physical therapy, associate dean, and associate vice president for academic and student affairs. Most recently, Cassady served as vice president for strategic initiatives and dean of the institution's College of Health and Human Services. In these roles she led the development of new academic programs across the university and provided oversight for undergraduate, graduate and transfer admissions, advising and academic student services. Her leadership led to an increase in enrollment in health and human services programs and the securing of grant and gifts to support capital campaigns, capital investments, student scholarships, technology and equipment. Since 2003, Cassady has served as a member of the Higher Learning Commission's peer review corps, the Institutional Actions Council, and the Specialized Review Corps, dealing with complex issues faced by institutions of higher education such as mergers, acquisitions and change of control. Cassady holds a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Northern Iowa and a certificate, master's degree in physical therapy and Ph.D. in exercise science from the University of Iowa. She holds a graduate certificate in fundraising management from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Sara Fitzgerald

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Sarah Ashman

Job Titles:
  • Financial Aid Advisor

Scott "Skip" Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Set Design and Technical Director

Shane Hagen

Job Titles:
  • Director MSN Programs

Sharon Gan

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Designer

Shaun Achee

Job Titles:
  • Network & Telecommunications Director

Shawnda Clark

Job Titles:
  • Simulation Center Technician

Steph Hart

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Coach / Student Success

Suzanne Hutsell

Job Titles:
  • Student Account Analyst / Financial Services

Sydney Hobbs

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Registrar / Registrar

Taylor Garber

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Contract Coordinator

Terri Haines

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Dean

Terry Forge

Job Titles:
  • Director of Academic Advising

Terry Thomas - President

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the President
  • President

Tessa Graf

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Intern, Counseling Center

Thomas Diggs

Job Titles:
  • IT Support Specialist

Todd Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Transfer and Associate Degrees

Tom Dailey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Baseball Coach

Tracey Costanzo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Dean

Tyler Gunelson

Job Titles:
  • Softball Coach

Van Ackeren


Victoria Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Information Systems Specialist

Will Brasel

Job Titles:
  • Transfer Admissions Coordinator

William Hart

Job Titles:
  • Events and Equipment Manager